Directors & Designers Musical Director/Conductor - Deirdre McClure Dividing her time between here and Portland, ME, we're honored to be working with Ms. McClure once again. She has conducted extensively throughout the US & Canada, including Lincoln Center, the Knitting Factory, the Smithsonian and Yerba Buena Center. Her career, spanning both traditional and contemporary music, has included opera, dance, silent film performances, as well as non-programmatic works. Conductor, 12/9 & 12/16 - Kelly Crandall Kelly Crandall was chosen by Ms. McClure to assist with this production. He also worked with OOT on our 2002 production of Así Que Pasen Cinco Años and we're very pleased to work with him again.. Stage Director - Tom Dean Artistic Director Tom Dean returns to his role as stage director, previously directing company productions such as Three Sisters who are not Sisters, Four Saints in Three Acts, Así Que Pasen Cinco Años, among others. He is co-founder of Oakland Opera Theater and has composed numerous operas, including OOTs upcoming May 2005 production White Darkness. He also manages all production/operations aspects for the company and it's venue, the Oakland Metro. Choreographer - Corey Action Oakland choreographer Corey Action is a multi-talented individual with a gift for music, dance and teaching others. A co-founder of New Style Motherlode Dance, he produces several shows a year with his professional company, as well as his youth company, Diamond Dance. His dance studio of the same name is the site of classes for all ages, ranging from hiphop to jazz to bellydance. Assistant Musical Director - Skye Atman Skye began her musical training at age 6, holding music degrees from the Berlin Hochschule für Musik, Washington University and the USC Graduate School of Music in Los Angeles. For the past 25 years, she has worked throughout the US and the UK as a solo performer, composer, arranger, accompanist, musical director, vocal coach and piano teacher. This is her fourth season with OOT. Chorus Master - Susan Swerdlow Susan conducted Queen Clara, a 2002 operatic production by Mary Watkins and Lance Belville with Oakland Opera Theater. She co-directed the chorus for Berkeley Opera's revival of Die Fleidermaus (Bat Out of Hell), and has worked on several previous productions for Berkeley Opera. She holds an MM in Choral Conducting from Temple University. Scenic Artisan - Garrett Lowe Garrett studied at New York University and Playwright's Horizon. He has been desiging and working in Bay Area theater for the past ten years. This is his eighth production with OOT. CAST & ORCHESTRA     All shows are located at the Oakland Metro: 201 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94607 Phone: 510-763-1146

. Alan Cochran as Tom Rakewell with Martin Bell as Nick Shadow in Oakland Opera Theater's production of Rake's Progress - Photo by Lori Eanes Rake's Progress Igor Stravinsky Previews Thursday, December 2. Show opens December 3 & runs Thursday - Sunday, through December 19 Rake's Review - December 6, 2004 - Joshua Kosman Press Info Oakland Opera Theater is proud to produce this amazing Stravinsky work. Our production will be set in the late 1970's, moving from the Jersey suburbs to the night life of Manhattan. The opera is originally inspired by a series of painted panels by William Hogarth; our set is inspired by the modern-day version of a series of painted panels - the comic strip. CAST & ORCHESTRA     Tickets: Advance Online: Fri & Sat - $27.50/general & $22/students & seniors. Thur & Sun - $24/general & $18/students & seniors. At the Door: Fri & Sat - $32.00/general & $25/students & seniors. Thur & Sun - $28/general & $22/students & seniors Buy Advance Tickets