Guerilla Opera

Guerilla Opera is an opera company in Boston, Massachusetts founded in 2007 specializing in accessible contemporary chamber operas, several of which have been commissioned by the company.^[1] In 2010, its Artistic Directors were Mike Williams and Rudolf Rojahn, its General Manager was Aliana de la Guardia and its director of design and production was Julia Noulin-Mérat. Guerilla Opera performed in the Zack Box Theater at the Boston Conservatory, where it is a resident ensemble. As of 2018^[update], its Artistic Directors are Julia Noulin-Mérat and Aliana de la Guardia. Guerilla Opera performs in Boston.

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Guerilla Opera
Company type	Opera company
Genre	Opera
Headquarters	Boston, MA
Website	https://guerillaopera.org/

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Date	Production	Author	Director
2007	Heart of a Dog^[2] (adapted from the novella, Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov)	Rudolf Rojahn	Copeland Woodruff
2008	No Exit^[3] (adapted from the play, No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre)	Andy Vores
2008	We Are Sons (to an original libretto by Rojahn )	Rudolf Rojahn	Sally Stunkel
2009	Rumpelstiltskin (adapted from the Brothers Grimm story, Rumpelstiltskin)^[4]	Marti Epstein	Greg Smucker

September 2009
- Say It Ain't So, Joe by Curtis K. Hughes (adapted from public records of the 2008 United States vice-presidential debate)^[5]^[6]
- directed by Nathan Troup
- set design by Julia Noulin-Merat,
September 2010
- Heart of a Dog by Rudolf Rojahn (adapted from the novella by Mikhail Bulgakov)^[7]
- directed by Copeland Woodruff
- set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Tlaloc Lopez-Waterman, costumes by Neil Fortin
September 2011
- Loose, Wet, Perforated by Nicholas Vines
- directed by Jeremy Bloom
- set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Christopher Brusberg, costumes by Neil Fortin
May 2012
- Bovinus Rex by Rudolf Rojahn
- directed by Copeland Woodruff
- set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Tlaloc Lopez-Waterman, costumes by Neil Fortin
May 2013
- Giver of Light by Adam Roberts (libretto Adam Roberts)
- directed by Andrew Eggert
- set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Tlaloc Lopez-Waterman, costumes by Neil Fortin
September 2014
- No Exit by Andy Vores
- directed by Nathan Troup
- set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Daniel Chapman, costumes by Lara De Brujin
May 2014
- "Gallo" by Ken Ueno
- directed by Sarah Meyers
- set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights and video by Tlaloc Lopez-Waterman, costumes by Annie Simon
September 2014
- "Let's Make A Sandwich" two chamber operas
- "Rarebit" by Curtis K. Hughes
- Ouroboros by Rudolf Rojahn
- directed by Copeland Woodruff and Giselle Ty
- set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights and video by Tlaloc Lopez-Waterman, costumes by Neil Fortin
May 2015
- Pedr Solis by Per Bloland (libretto Paul Schick)
- directed by Laine Rettmer
- set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Daniel Chapman, costumes by Neil Fortin
September 2015
- Troubled Water by Mischa Salkind-Pearl (libretto Frederick Choi)
- directed by Allegra Libonati
- set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Daniel Chapman, costumes by Neil Fortin
May 2016
- Beowulf by Hannah Lash
- directed by Andrew Eggert
- set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Daniel Chapman, costumes by Neil Fortin
October 2017
- Loose, Wet, Perforated by Nicholas Vines
- directed by Nichola O'Leary
- set design by Julia Noulin-Merat, lights by Keithlyn Parkman.
May 2019
- Rumpelstiltskin by Marti Epstein
- concert at the Opera America National Center, video animation by Deniz Khateri, lights by Keithlyn Parkman.

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