:: David Carl Toulson ::

I am proud to announce that I've been appointed to the position of Resident Stage Director for the Miami Music Festival.

This summer I will direct Cunning Little Vixen, Dead Man Walking, and Act 1 from Die Walküre.

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Director for Out of Darkness: Two Remain	Miami Music Festival	2020
Director for Carmen	Miami Music Festival	2020
Director for Das Rheingold	Miami Music Festival	2020

Wagner	Der Fliegende Holländer	Miami Music Festival	2019
Mozart	Die Zauberflöte	Miami Music Festival	2019
Corigliano	The Ghosts of Versailles	Miami Music Festival	2018
Strauss	Ariadne auf Naxos	Miami Music Festival	2018
Mozart	La finta giardiniera	Opera at USC	2017
Heggie	Dead Man Walking	Miami Music Festival	2017
Janáček	Cunning Little Vixen	Miami Music Festival	2017
Mascagni	Zanetto	Bel Cantanti Opera	2017
Puccini	Le Villi	Bel Cantanti Opera	2017
Mozart	Le nozze di Figaro: Look In	Washington National Opera	2016
Ward	The Crucible show info	Miami Music Festival	2016
Ravel	L'enfant et les sortileges show info	Miami Music Festival	2016
Puccini	Gianni Schicchi show info	Miami Music Festival	2016
Puccini	Gianni Schicchi	Binghamton University	2016
Massanet	Cendrillon show info	Miami Summer Music Festival	2015
Humperdinck	Hansel and Gretel show info	Miami Summer Music Festival	2015
Rossini	Il barbiere di Siviglia show info	Opera Idaho	2015
Mozart	La finta giardiniera show info	Temple University	2015
Sparr	Approaching Ali show info	North Carolina Opera	2015
Ching	Speed Dating Tonight! show info	Tri-Cities Opera	2015
Various Composers	Scenes Program	Webster University	2015
Verdi	Falstaff Scenes (Act 1 & Fugue)	Binghamton University	2014
Puccini/Toulson	La bohème: Look In	Washington National Opera	2014
Gluck	Orfeo ed Euridice show info	Temple University	2014
Puccini	Tosca show info	Asheville Lyric Opera	2013
Gounod	Romeo et Juliette show info	The Catholic University of America	2013
Moore	The Ballad of Baby Doe show info	Winter Opera of St. Louis	2013
Humperdinck	Hansel and Gretel show info	Binghamton University	2012
Mozart	Opera on the Go - The Marriage of Figaro (excerpt) show info	Opera Theater of Saint Louis	2012
Puccini	Madama Butterfly show info	The Catholic University of America	2012
Various Composers	The Words and the Music: A Game Show of American Opera Scenes	FBN Productions, Inc.	2012
Various Composers	Scenes Program	Webster University	2012
Mozart	Don Giovanni	Piedmont Opera	2011
Puccini	La bohème show info	Asheville Lyric Opera	2011
Cimarosa	The Secret Marriage show info	Aurora Opera Theater	2010
Bizet	Carmen show info	Asheville Lyric Opera	2010
Verdi	La traviata (associate director)	Los Angeles Opera	2009
Verdi	Rigoletto show info	Asheville Lyric Opera	2009
Davies	Pinocchio show info	FBN Productions, inc.	2009
Rossini	La Cenerentola (children's version)	Opera Theater of Northern Virginia	2008
Rossini	Il barbiere di Siviglia show info	Asheville Lyric Opera	2008
Wargo	The Music Shop show info	Connecticut Opera	2007
Donizetti	Don Pasquale show info	Opera Theater of Northern Virginia	2007
Bizet	Le Docteur Miracle	Opera at USC	2007
Donizetti	Don Pasquale	Toledo Opera	2006
Donizetti	L'elisir d'amore	Asheville Lyric Opera	2006
Mollicone	The Face on the Barroom Floor show info	Central City Opera	2006
Mozart	Don Giovanni (youth performance)	Central City Opera	2006
Donizetti	Le convenienze teatrali show info	Opera Theater of Northern Virginia	2006
Haydn	La canterina show info	Opera Theater of Northern Virginia	2006
Blitzstein	Regina	Catholic University of America	2005
Sullivan/Davies	Jack and the Beanstalk show info	FBN Productions, inc.	2005
Mozart/Pippin	The (mini) Magic Flute show info	Opera Theater of Northern Virginia	2004
Romberg	The Student Prince (youth performance)	Central City Opera	2004
Barab	Cinderella	Tulsa Opera	2003
Menotti	The Telephone	Connecticut Opera	2003
Barab	Little Red Riding Hood	Connecticut Opera	2003
Davies	The Three Little Pigs	Connecticut Opera	2003
Mollicone	Gabriel's Daughter - world premier (youth performance)	Central City Opera	2003
Boatwright	Goldilocks	FBN Productions, inc.	2003
Bizet	Carmen (youth performance)	Central City Opera	2002
Menotti	Amahl and the Night Visitors	St. Martins - Columbia, SC	2002
Handel	Imeneo	The University of South Carolina	1999
Mozart	Le nozze di Figaro	Studio Lirico - Cortona, Italy	1998
Pergolesi	La vedova ingegnosa	The University of South Carolina	1997

Rossini	Il barbiere di Siviglia - Peter Kazaras, director	Washington National Opera	2018
Mozart	Così fan tutte - John Cox, director	Lyric Opera of Chicago	2018
Puccini	Turandot - Rob Kearley, director	Lyric Opera of Chicago	2017
Berlioz	Les Troyens - Tim Albery, director	Lyric Opera of Chicago	2016
Mozart	Le nozze di Figaro - Peter Kazaras, director	Washington National Opera	2016
Weill	Lost in the Stars - Tazewell Thompson, director	Washington National Opera	2016
Glass	Appomattox - Tazewell Thompson, director	Washington National Opera	2015
Puccini	La Bohème - Peter Kazaras, director	Washington National Opera	2014
Donizetti	L'elisir d'amore - Stephen Lawless, director	Washington National Opera	2014
Strauss, J.	Die Fledermaus - E. Loren Meeker, director	The Lyric Opera of Chicago	2013
Wagner	Tristan und Isolde - Neil Armfield, director	Washington National Opera	2013
Puccini/Leoncavallo	Il tabarro/I Pagliacci - Ron Daniels, director	Opera Theater of Saint Louis	2013
Donizetti	Anna Bolena - Stephen Lawless, director	Washington National Opera	2012
Bizet	Carmen - Stephen Barlow, director	Opera Theater of Saint Louis	2012
Puccini	Tosca – David Kneuss, director/Plácido Domingo, conductor	Washington National Opera	2011
Debussy	Pelléas et Mélisande – David Alden, director/Stephen Lord, conductor	Opera Theater of Saint Louis	2011
Verdi	Un ballo in maschera – James Robinson, director	Washington National Opera	2010
Strauss, R	Ariadne auf Naxos – Ira Siff, director/Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor	Tanglewood Music Festival	2010
Verdi	Falstaff – Christian Räth, director	Washington National Opera	2009
Mozart	Don Giovanni – Ira Siff, director/James Levine, conductor	Tanglewood Music Festival	2009
Strauss, J.	Die Fledermaus – Ira Siff, director	Opera New Jersey	2009
Verdi	La traviata – Marta Domingo, director	Washington National Opera	2008
Tchaikovsky	Eugene Onegin – Julia Pevzner, director	Virginia Opera	2008
Mozart	Don Giovanni – John Pascoe, director/Plácido Domingo, conductor	Washington National Opera	2007
Mozart	Così fan tutte – Ira Siff, director/James Levine, conductor	Tanglewood Music Festival	2007
Mascagni/Leoncavallo	Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci – Lorna Haywood, director	Virginia Opera	2007
Bellini	Norma – John Pascoe, director	Virginia Opera	2006
Barber	Vanessa – Michael Ehrman, director	Central City Opera	2005
Gounod	Faust – Bernard Uzan, director	Virginia Opera	2005
Verdi	Rigoletto – Ken Cazan, director	Virginia Opera	2004
Gounod	Romeo & Juliet – Michael Ehrman, director	Indianapolis Opera	2003
Poulenc	Dialogues of the Carmelites – Talmage Fauntleroy, director	The University of South Carolina	1999

▪ Guest Lecturer for Opera Workshop, Binghamton University, Fall 2012
▪ Adjunct Lecturer for Opera Workshop, Webster University, Spring 2012
▪ Guest Lecturer for Opera Workshop, Presbyterian College
▪ Guest Lecturer for Opera Workshop, The University of South Carolina
▪ Director of Production – Ellen Douglas Schlaefer, General Director, FBN Productions, Inc.– Chapin, SC
▪ Administrative Intern to James Wright, Artistic Director, Opera Carolina
▪ Assistant Director of Opera at USC, The University of South Carolina

▪ MM in Opera Stage Directing; The University of South Carolina – Columbia, SC
▪ MM in Vocal Performance; The University of South Carolina – Columbia, SC
▪ BA in Music; Binghamton University – Binghamton, NY
▪ BS in Hotel/Restaurant Management with minors in Music and Business; The State University of New York at Plattsburgh – Plattsburgh, NY