Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica, production considerations: based on the University of Washington's 2006 production

Abstract

This study's objective was to organize and present the often fleeting and nebulous thought process involved in directing and/or producing an opera at the collegiate level. Using the author's 2006 production of Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica at the University of Washington, this study and its supporting documents expose one director's vision for a particular opera, but also serve to propose an organized rubric which can be used to analyze the direction and production of any collegiate operatic offering. Musical considerations are touched upon, but dramatic intention and implication are at the forefront of the study.