OPERA DESIGNERS
BREVARD MUSIC CENTER | OVERTURE BOBBY BRADLEY (PRODUCTION DESIGNER SETS, LIGHTS, PROJECTIONS) This Season at BMC: Falling Angel
Bobby is a multi-disciplinary theatrical designer working in theatre, TV, entertainment and fashion. Favorite jobs include: US Open Opening Ceremonies ’12-‘13 (Project ManagerProjection), 2012 Olympics 100 Days out Celebration in Times Square (Project Manager), Twelfth Night (LD - LIU Brooklyn), Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros ‘12 Tour (Associate LD), Jaguar E-Type 50th Anniversary (Production Designer - NYC), Calvin Klein (Associate LD - NYC Fashion Week ’14-‘15), and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Magazine 2012 Premiere (Production Designer - Las Vegas). Bobby has a BFA in Theatrical Design from Baylor University and is a member of the United Scenic Artists Local 829. He is currently living and volunteering part time with his wife and pug at a wildlife conservation facility in Namibia.
DANIELLE SCHULTZ (SCENIC DESIGNER) This Season at BMC: The Magic Flute
Danielle Schultz has previously designed the following for the Janiec Opera Company: Cosi Fan Tutti, Albert Herring, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Merry Widow, Peter Brook’s Carmen, and HMS Pinafore (Scenic Design), as well as La Bohème, Barber of Seville, and La Traviata (Props Master). Other credits include: Red Fern Theatre Company (Props Master) - All Through the Night, +30NYC, and We in Silence Hear a Whisper. Danielle has an MFA in Scenic Design from SUNY Purchase.
BETHANIE WAMPOL WATSON (SCENIC DESIGNER)
This Season at BMC: A Midsummer Night's Dream Bethanie Wampol is a scenic designer and educator whose recent design credits include Red Velvet (Shakespeare Theatre New Jersey, upcoming), Macbeth, Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre), The Way We Get By, Tick, Tick Boom! and Marry Harry (American Theatre Group), Grease! Damn Yankees, and the Sound of Music (Phoenix Productions), Hounds of War (Wee Man Productions), and A Year with Frog and Toad (Mile Square Theatre). She has also designed for Williamstown Theatre Festival (Massachusetts), Brevard Music Center (North Carolina), and Stagedoor Manor (New York). Bethanie teaches art and theatre in West Orange, NJ. She has an MFA from Rutgers University, and a BA from Troy University.
Utah Festival Opera, Todi Music Fest (Portsmouth, VA), Opera Roanoke, Shreveport Opera, Guerilla Opera (Boston, MA), Crested Butte Music Festival, and DiCapo Opera (NYC). Tláloc has a BFA in Performance Production from Cornish College of the Arts, and an MFA in Design from NYU/Tisch. Tláloc was the 2002 Allen Lee Hughes Lighting Fellow at Arena Stage in Washington, DC.
AARON CHVATAL (COSTUME DESIGNER)
This Season at BMC: Falling Angel, The Magic Flute & A Midsummer Night's Dream Aaron is thrilled to be joining the Brevard design team for the first time. Based in Minneapolis, MN, he designs for opera, theatre, and dance. Opera design credits include: Don Pasquale, Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica, Hansel and Gretel, La Voix Humane, and Bon Appétit for Opera on the James where he has also been Costume Coordinator for Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, La Bohème, and Little Women. Other opera design credits include Peter Brook’s La tragédie de Carmen (UMKC Opera Conservatory), Gianni Schicchi and The Telephone (Washburn Opera Studio). He holds an MFA in Costume Design and Technology from the University of Missouri - Kansas City.
GLENN AVERY BREED (RESIDENT COSTUME CONSULTANT)
This Season at BMC: Falling Angel, The Magic Flute & A Midsummer Night's Dream Glenn is happy to be returning to Brevard Music Center for his 9th season as Resident Costume Consultant, having designed The Ballad of Baby Doe, Così fan tutte, Rigoletto, Sweeney Todd, Don Giovanni, Albert Herring, Falstaff, Tragedy of Carmen, The Merry Widow, La Bohème, H.M.S. Pinafore, Barber of Seville, La Traviata, Three Penny Opera, Elixir of Love, The Magic Flute, The Mikado, Little Women, Pirates, Die Fledermaus, The Marriage of Figaro, Tales of Hoffman, Hello Dolly and Gianni Schicchi. He holds an MFA in Costume Design and Technology from The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and a BA from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Costume Design and Technology at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, FL, as well as the resident Costume Designer for Pensacola Opera, and owns and operates Wardrobe Witchery Opera and Theatrical Costume Rentals.
SONDRA NOTTINGHAM (WIG AND MAKE-UP DESIGNER)
This Season at BMC: Falling Angel, The Magic Flute & A Midsummer Night's Dream
TLÁLOC LÓPEZ-WATERMANN (LIGHTING DESIGNER)
This Season at BMC: The Magic Flute, A Midsummer Night's Dream Tláloc is very happy to be returning to Brevard this summer after designing Sweeney Todd, Falstaff, and The Ballad of Baby Doe for the Janiec Opera Company in years past. He is the founder of a lighting and projections design company called Light Conversations LLC. He designs lighting, projections, and scenery for theatre and opera companies around the country. His lighting designs have been seen at Opera Grand Rapids, FreeFall Theatre, Theatrezone, North Carolina Opera, Toledo Opera,
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With over 20 years in the beauty industry, Sondra excels in all mediums of makeup artistry. She is a member of NY 798 Film Union working on feature films with such celebrities as Quentin Tarantino, Allison Janney, Keith Carradine, Tom Sizemore, and Danny Trejo. In addition, she has toured with Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift. Sondra is based in Nashville, TN and is resident Wig & Makeup Designer for the Nashville Opera since 2001. Her work has been seen at over 25 opera companies throughout the US and Canada including Lake George and Shreveport Operas, Michigan Opera Theatre, Florentine Opera, and Opera Ontario.