Alan E. Hicks

Background

About Alan E. Hicks

Costa Rican-American stage director Alan E. Hicks has spent more than two decades in professional theatre and opera. Before turning to directing, Alan sang contracts with Minnesota Opera, Virginia Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Saratoga, and Opera Northeast as well as concerts and recitals across the United States. Alan's work as a director has been described as “powerful and deeply moving,” “imaginatively directed,” “absolutely brilliant,” “gorgeous,” and “real magic.” He has directed productions throughout the United States and in Europe including Minnesota Opera, San Diego Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Tulsa Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Miami Music Festival, Green Mountain Opera Festival, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Franco-American Vocal Academy in Salzburg, the University of Houston, Shenandoah Conservatory, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Iowa. Alan has also served on the directing and production staffs of Central City Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Michigan Opera Theatre, New York City Opera, Seattle Opera, and Tulsa Opera. In 2013, he was appointed Director of the Emerging Artist Program at Green Mountain Opera Festival, a position he held until the companies closing in 2015. Recent and upcoming engagements include TOSCA, THE FALLING AND THE RISING, AIDA, and ALL IS CALM for San Diego Opera, ARIADNE AUF NAXOS for Minnesota Opera, L’ELISIR D'AMORE for Opera Santa Barbara, L'AMICO FRITZ and L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI for the University of Houston, ALBERT HERRING and DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE for Shenandoah University, and ALBERT HERRING and THE TURN OF THE SCREW for the Miami Music Festival. In addition to his work with such venerable operatic performers as Renée Fleming, Stephanie Blythe, Silvia McNair, Spiro Malas, Greer Grimsley, and Thomas Hampson (among others), Alan has also assisted Broadway veterans Susan Strohman and Sam Buntrock. Alan holds degrees from Mississippi State University, Rice University, and the University of Texas at Austin.