Gregory Tufts
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RECENT ENGAGEMENTS
Darkling || Third Eye Theatre Ensemble
October 2019
Greg conducted nine performance of Stefan Weisman's Darkling for Third Eye Theatre Ensemble. The opera, based on Anna Rabinowitz's book-length acrostic poem of the same name, is an artistic collaboration written for singers, actors, and mixed media. The atmospheric and visceral work centers upon a woman (Anna) who sifts through a box of old photographs and letters found in her late father’s closet. It recalls fragments of lives that were lost when their owners perished in the Holocaust, and, in the words of the poet herself, asks the viewer to consider stories that are “pleading to be flossed from the teeth of silence.”
Gianni Schicchi || Night of Italian Opera
March 2019
Greg conducted a concert performance of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi for a Night of Italian Opera fundraiser in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Proceeds went to benefit Shelter for All, a charity dedicated to housing the homeless and providing affordable housing in DuPage County.
Don Pasquale || CCM Opera Boot Camp
July 2018
As a part of CCM's summer opera program, Greg conducted half of Act I of Donizetti's comic opera, featuring Met Opera veteran Vernon Hartman in the title role, and sang
in the chorus. The rest of the cast and orchestra featured current CCM students.
Die Zauberflöte || Opera On Tap Phoenix
April 2018
Stage director Timothy Nelson's six-singer interpretation of Die Zauberflöte featured Mozart's original music and new texts in English, French, Japanese, and America Sign Language.
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci || Main Street Opera
September 2017
Falstaff || Main Street Opera
September 2016
La traviata || CCM Opera Boot Camp
July 2016
As a part of CCM's summer opera program, Greg conducted half of Act I of Verdi's tragic opera, performed the role of Giuseppe, covered the role of Gastone, and sang
in the chorus. The rest of the cast and orchestra featured current CCM students.
Le nozze di Figaro || /kor/ productions
May 2016
Once again Greg joins /kor/ to conduct one of Mozart’s most beloved operas,
which was performed in Berger Park Mansion and The Growling Rabbit in Rogers Park.
Gianni Schicchi || Northwestern University
December 2015
Conducting Masterclass with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa
October and November, 2015
Greg traveled to Xalapa, Mexico to with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa and its
Music Director, Lanfranco Marcelletti, in a masterclass including works by Beethoven, Dvorak, Debussy, Silvestre Revueltas, and Pablo Moncayo.
www.orquestasinfonicadexalapa.com
Die Walküre - Act I and Walkürenritt || No Little Plans Opera
April 2015
No Little Plans explores Wagner's Ring Cycle with concert performances of Act I of
Die Walküre and the famous Ride of the Valkyries (Walkürenritt) in the Playhouse Theatre in the Fine Arts Building.
Falstaff || /kor/ productions
October & November, 2014
Lucia di Lammermoor || Main Street Opera
September 2014
A Night of American Opera || Chicago Opera Initiative
November 2013
A collection of scenes from rarely-performed selections of
20th-century American operas. Greg performed a scene from
Douglas Moore’s Gallantry.
Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi || Main Street Opera
September 2013
Die Fledermaus || American Chamber Opera
April 2013
Greg was the conductor and stage director for this production.
Forest Fantasies || Lingerie Lyrique
December 2012
Greg served as music director and conductor for this burlesque opera company’s production of Forest Fantasies at The Den Theatre in Wicker Park. Scenes selected from Massenet’s Cendrillon, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden),
Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen and Rossini’s Armida.