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Commonwealth Opera has named Eve Summer (bio) as Artistic Director and Ian Watson (bio) as Music Director. These appointments follow their wonderful collaboration on our recent production of Mozart's Così fan tutte. Summer and Watson will collaborate again this spring on our new production of Donizetti's greatest masterwork: Lucia di Lammermoor. Performances are May 7th at 7:00 PM and May 9th at 2:00 PM at the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton, Massachusetts. Tickets will go on sale March 15th.


Eve Summer directs and choreographs for theater and opera. She serves as the Resident Stage Director of Commonwealth Opera and as the Managing Director of The Foundation for Modern Opera's annual The Shakespeare Concerts. Ms. Summer's degree is in Foreign Languages, and to that end, she writes her own surtitle translations for productions she directs.
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Ian Watson serves as Director of Music at St. Paul's Cathedral, Worcester MA, Artistic Director of Worcester Collegium and Arcadia Players Baroque Ensemble, Principal Guest Conductor Karlstad Baroque, Sweden and Director of Choral Activities, Clark University. He is a world-renowned conductor, pianist, and harpsichordist.
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