John Miller, President
Pinnacle Arts Management
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In November 2008, James Marvel will make his Lincoln Center debut for The Juilliard Opera Center, directing Mussorgsky's THE MARRIAGE; Krenek's THE CHAMPION; and Shostakovich's ROTHSCHILD'S VIOLIN with Maestro James Conlon. Other upcoming engagements include LA TRAVIATA for Orlando Opera; Il BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA for Opera Tampa; CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA for Toledo Opera; LA BOHEME in Sulmona, Italy and for Sacramento Opera.
Recent engagements include new productions of THE RAKE'S PROGRESS for the San Francisco Opera Merola Program; TOSCA for Opera Santa Barbara and The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia; LES PECHEURS DE PERLES for Opera Boston; CARMEN for Opera Grand Rapids; LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR for Syracuse Opera; New Orleans Opera; Opera Company of North Carolina and Asheville Lyric Opera. TURANDOT and IL TROVATORE for Utah Festival Opera; AIDA for Sacramento Opera; IDOMENEO for University of Southern California; MADAMA BUTTERFLY for Virginia Opera and Opera Tampa; FAUST for Opera Santa Barbara; Augusta Opera; and Shreveport Opera; and Philip Glass' GALILEO GALILEI for Boston University's Opera Institute. In 2007, James also directed four scenes for the Young Artist Program at The Santa Fe Opera.
James debuted at Florence Gould Hall in New York City directing Poulenc's LA VOIX HUMAINE and Menotti's THE TELEPHONE. The success of this production led to additional performance dates at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Belgium and appearances on NPR. International credits include work at the 5th International Theatre Festival in Budapest, Hungary; the Istropolitana Theatre Festival in Bratislava, Slovakia; the Viola Stage in Prague, Czech Republic; Teatr Wielki in Lodz, Poland; the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland; the Wadham Theatre and Burton-Taylor Theatre in Oxford, England.
Theatre credits include repeat engagements with the Passage Theatre Company in New Jersey; Clarence Brown Theatre in Tennessee; Williamstown Theatre Festival; and the Inter-Act Theatre Company of Philadelphia. James also directed the Southern Premiere of a new Christopher Durang play at the Southern Repertory Theatre in New Orleans.
In addition to his work as an actor and director, James has also played violin in numerous orchestras; composed original music for professional theatre productions; danced in pieces choreographed by members of the Martha Graham company; and published works in a variety of international journals.