ACIS AND GALATEA by Georg Friedrich Handel/John Gay, Alexander Pope/John Hughes.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Peter Westergaard (after the story by Lewis Carroll) World Première, June 2, 2008.
A MORE PERFECT UNION by Victoria Bond/Isaiah Sheffer/Priscilla Kierstein. World Première 2004.
ANGEL LEVINE by Elie Siegmeister/Edward Mabley (from a Bernard Malamud story).
BRIEF CANDLE by William Mayer, (performed in Manhattan and later in Brooklyn with the Brooklyn Philharmonic on the Meet the Modern series).
CHANTICLEER by Seymour Barab.
CATHEDRAL by Larry Spivak/Paul David White. World Première.
CHÉRI by Michael Dellaira/Susan Yankowitz. A reading at Lincoln Center’s Clark Theater.
CHRISTOPHER SLY by Dominick Argento/John Manlove. New York Première.
COSÌ FAN TUTTE by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Lorenzo da Ponte.
CURLEW RIVER by Benjamin Britten/William Plomer.
DER FREISCHÜTZ by Carl Maria von Weber/Friedrich Kind.
DER JASAGER by Kurt Weill/Berthold Brecht.
DON GIOVANNI by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Lorenzo da Ponte.
DREAM PLAY by Timothy Sullivan/Strindberg.
DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS by Stanley Walden/Gertrude Stein. U.S. Première.
FAUSTUS by Rudenstein. World Première.
GLORY DENIED by Tom Cipullo. (After the book by Tom Philpott). A staged reading.
HANSEL AND GRETEL by Engelbert Humperdinck/Adelheid White.
IDIOTS FIRST by Marc Blitzstein finished by Leonard Lehrman (from a collection of stories by Bernard Malamud. Première with Orchestra.
IL TRIONFO DELL’ONORE by Alessandro Scarlatti.
INSECT COMEDY: THE WORLD WE LIVE IN by Martin Kalmanoff/Lewis Allen (from a play by Karel and Josef Čapek). World Première.
JOSEPHINE by Timothy Sullivan/John Murrell. World Première.
KAFKA: LETTER TO MY FATHER by Stanley Walden (from Franz Kafka’s Letter). U.S. Première.
KARLA – Leonard Lehrman (from a collection of stories by Bernard Malamud). First Performance with Orchestra.
MADIMI by Bruce Wolosoff/Michael Hall. A staged reading.
MAHAGONY SONGSPIEL by Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht.
MARIO AND THE MAGICIAN by Francis Thorne and librettist J. D. McClatchy. Professional Première.
MARKHEIM by Carlisle Floyd (from a story by Robert Louis Stevenson).
MY HEART’S IN THE HIGHLANDS by Jack Beeson (from a play by William Saroyan). Stage Première
NOYES FLUDDE by Benjamin Britten/Eric Crozier (based on a Chester Miracle Play).
OF MICE AND MEN by Carlisle Floyd/Steinbeck.
ONDINE by Seymour Barab (from a play by Jean Giraudoux). World Première.
PHILIP MARSHALL by Seymour Barab (Fyodor Dostoyevski). World Première
PRACTICE IN THE ART OF ELOCUTION by Jack Beeson.
SORRY WRONG NUMBER by Jack Beeson (based on a radio play by Lucille Fletcher). World Première.
SUMMER by Stephen Paulus/Joan Vail Thorne. New York Première.
TALE FOR A DEAF EAR by Mark Bucci/Elizabeth Enright.
THE BALD SOPRANO by Martin Kalmanoff (based on a play by Eugene Ionesco). First Performance with Orchestra. A television production won a National Telly Award.
THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE by Benjamin Britten/William Plomer.
THE FACE ON THE BARROOM FLOOR by Henry Mollicone.
THE FOUR NOTE OPERA by Tom Johnson.
THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK by Robert Kurka (based on a story by Jaroslav Hašek).
THE HARMFULNESS OF TOBACCO by Martin Kalmanoff (from a story by Anton Chekhov).
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES by Scott Everly (based on the story by Nathaniel Hawthorne). A reading.
THE LITTLE SWEEP by Benjamin Britten/Eric Crozier.
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Lorenzo da Ponte.
THE MEDIUM by Gian Carlo Menotti.
THE PRODICAL SON by Benjamin Britten/William Plomer.
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by Stephen Paulus/Colin Graham. New York Première.
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA by Benjamin Britten/Ronald Duncan.
THE SECRET AGENT by Michael Dellaira/J.D. McClatchy. A Reading. Also performed in a complete production in New York, Szeged in Hungary and Avignon in France.
THE STONED GUEST by Peter Schickele (with apologies to Mozart and Da Ponte).
THE TELEPHONE by Gian Carlo Menotti.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by John Eaton
THE TRUE LAST WORDS OF DUTCH SCHULTZ by Eric Salzman/Valeria Vasilkevsky. USA Première.
THE UNICORN, GORGON AND MANTICORE by Gian Carlo Menotti.
THREE SISTERS WHO ARE NOT SISTERS by Ned Rorem/Gertrude Stein.
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW by Timothy Sullivan. World Première.
THE UNICORN, THE GORGON, AND THE MANTICORE by Gian Carlo Menotti.
TRANSFORMATIONS by Conrad Suza/Anne Sexton. New York Première.
VERA OF LAS VEGAS by Daren Hagen/Paul Muldoon. World Première.
WILD WOODY THORNTON by Lionel Lackey. New York Première (a spoof about Oliver North).
MUSICALS:
BRIGADOON: book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.
DAMN YANKEES: music and lyrics by Richard Adler/Jerry Ross based on a book by George Abbott/Douglass Wallop.
KISS ME KATE: music and lyrics by Cole Porter. A musical version of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew.
ON THE TOWN: music by Leonard Bernstein. Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins’ 1944 ballet Fancy Free with music by Leonard Bernstein.
PAJAMA GAME: based on the book 7-1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell, music by Richard Adler/Jerry Ross.
PLAIN AND FANCY: a ballet by Jerome Robbins, music by Leonard Bernstein.