Stage Director

Set in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the late 1930s, La Bohème follows a group of young struggling artists as they experience the trials and tribulations of lives lived in art and love as the spectre of world war surrounds them. Centered around the somewhat toxic relationship between Rodolfo and Mimì as their passion flickers against the harsh truth of poverty and illness. Puccini’s beloved score breathes passion into every moment of the timeless libretto by Illica and Giacosa.

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La Bohème

Riverview Theatre

The Falling and the Rising centers around an unnamed female Soldier who is severely wounded by a roadside IED. Placed in an induced coma to help minimize the extensive trauma to her brain, the soldier must now make a journey towards both healing and home. With a libretto taken from dozens of interviews with active-duty soldiers and veterans at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, The Old Guard at Fort Myer, and Fort Meade, Maryland, The Falling and the Rising tells a story of family, service, and sacrifice inside a period of great uncertainty and features active military personnel in lead roles.

The Falling and The Rising

Balboa Theatre

Tosca is Giacomo Puccini’s gripping drama filled with torture, treachery, lust, execution, and suicide. Scarpia, the chief of police, wants only two things: to recapture the escaped prisoner Angelotti and to seduce Tosca, an opera singer of incredible voice and beauty. Tosca is in love with Cavaradossi, an artist and sympathizer of Angelotti. After arresting Cavaradossi for harboring Angelotti, Scarpia plays with Tosca’s emotions, promising to free Cavaradossi if Tosca will succumb to Scarpia’s desires. But Tosca has a plan of her own, all of which unfolds with tragic consequences from which no one can escape. Soaring and sensuous, filled with such beautiful arias as Tosca’s “Vissi d’arte”, Cavaradossi’s “Recondita armonia” and the powerful choral piece “Te Deum”, Tosca has some of opera’s most beloved music, and one of opera’s most gripping plots.

Tosca By Giacomo Puccini

San Diego Civic Theatre

A wealthy and powerful young man cuts a wide swath through the women he encounters. When his latest “conquest” leads to tragedy, he spends the next 24 hours in an adrenaline-fueled game of hide and seek with his pursuers. At the height of his mania comes a knock at the door...Considered by many to be the greatest opera ever written, Don Giovanni warns that, for the wicked—whether privileged or down-trodden—justice comes in this life…or the next.

Don Giovanni

Never-before performed at Shreveport Opera, The Seven Deadly Sins and Mahagonny-Songspiel provide an intriguing ending to our 2025-26 season and feature our SOX artists. The Seven Deadly Sins tells the story of two sisters who leave Louisiana in search of fame, while Mahagonny-Songspiel tells of the rise and fall of a Sodom and Gamora-esque town.

Stage Director

Alan E. Hicks

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 21, 2026

Don Giovanni · Shreveport Opera

May 1, 2026

Art After Dark · Shreveport Opera

Past events

Nov 1, 2025

La Bohème · Shreveport Opera

12 - 14 May, 2023

The Falling and The Rising · San Diego Opera

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