Union Avenue Opera - St. Louis, Missouri

733 N. Union Boulevard
Saint Louis, Missouri 63108
314.361.2881- phone
314.361.3036 – fax
dana@unionavenueopera.org

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2007 Mozart – Die Zauberflöte
Puccini – Suor Angelica/ Gianni Schicchi
Gershwin – Porgy and Bess
Gilbert and Sullivan – The Gondoliers
2006 Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro
Bellini – Norma
Puccini – La Bohème
Britten – The Turn of the Screw
Gilbert and Sullivan – HMS Pinafore
2005 Menotti – The Medium
Verdi – Falstaff
Strauss – Ariadne auf Naxos
Donizetti – Lucia di Lammermoor
2004 Puccini – Turandot
Gounod – Faust
Purcell – Dido and Aeneas
2003 Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin
Puccini – Madama Butterfly
Lehár – The Merry Widow
2002 Puccini – Tosca
Verdi – La Traviata
Gilbert and Sullivan – The Pirates of Penzance
2001 Bizet – Carmen
Rossini – Il Barbiere di Siviglia
2000 Puccini – La Bohème
Mozart – Così fan tutte
1999 Floyd – Susannah
1998 Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro
1997 Gilbert and Sullivan – Yeoman of the Guard
1996 Britten – The Little Sweep
Blow – Venus and Adonis
Monteverdi – Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
1995 Purcell – Dido and Aeneas

Meghan Garvin
733 N. Union Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
314.361.2881, 785.640.5638
meghan@unionavenueopera

Dana E. Stone
Attn: Audition Information
733 N. Union Boulevard
Saint Louis, Missouri 63108
314.361.2881
dana@unionavenueopera.org

All Auditions for 2008 have taken place. Please check back in September for 2009 auditions.

Rachelle Shields
Attn: Box Office
Union Avenue Opera
733 N. Union Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63108
314.361.2881

Union Avenue Opera grew out of one man’s vision for an opera company that would offer professional opportunities for gifted, emerging artists. In the summer of 1995, Scott Schoonover, with the support of the Arts Group of Union Avenue and on a shoestring budget, mounted a production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, and the rest is history. In 2007 a new orchestra pit and expanded stage were constructed successfully completing UAO’s first capital campaign. Over the last thirteen years, Union Avenue Opera’s repertoire, audience, reputation and funding have grown as it has pursued its mission with excellence and integrity, offering professional opera in original languages at reasonable prices. Union Avenue Opera has become an integral part of the St. Louis arts community.

Scott Schoonover – Artistic Director and Conductor,
scott@unionavenueopera.org
Dana E. Stone – Administrative Director,
dana@unionavenueopera.org
Box Office Inquiries, Rachelle Shields- Box Office Manager
boxoffice@unionavenueopera.org

Scott Schoonover founded UAO in 1994. After studying Italian and opera conducting at the Accademia Filarmonica in Rome and Bologna, Italy, he returned to St. Louis and served as a guest conductor with many local and regional organizations including: Muddy River Opera, New Opera St. Louis, LyriCo., The Bel Canto Chorus of St. Louis, The Gateway Men’s Chorus and The Saint Louis Brass Band.
Upcoming engagements include: L’elisir d’amore at Muddy River Opera, Samson et Dalila for New Opera St. Louis, a world premiere of Barbara Harbach’s new opera, O Pioneers!, as well as L’elisir d’amore and Carmen at UAO.

Schoonover continues to direct UAO with his unique musical insights and dedication to providing performances that are true to the intentions of the composer, leading UAO to critical acclaim for the past eleven seasons. In addition to his role as conductor and artistic director of UAO, Schoonover serves as music director for Union Avenue Christian Church and is the artistic director of The Saint Louis Women’s Chorale.

Dana E. Stone, Union Avenue Opera’s first Administrative Director, began with the organization as the Box Office Manager for the 2006 Festival Season. During the 2007 Festival Season, she served as the volunteer coordinator for the season and house manager for Porgy and Bess. Previously Ms. Stone worked in Immigrant Outreach for the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.

Ms. Stone has a Bachelor of Music with a double major in Vocal Performance and Spanish from DePauw University, 2005 and a Master of Music from Washington University in St. Louis, 2007. Dana is enthusiastic about being involved with Union Avenue Opera.

Ms. Stewart sang professionally as Julia Emoed-Wallace. On her 24th birthday, she debuted with the Salzburg Camerata singing Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte. Ms. Stewart has a Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory and has three masters degrees from Akademie Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.

In 1990, she and her husband, John Stewart, moved to St. Louis where she directs the Washington University Opera. Ms. Stewart is also coordinator for Opera Theatre St. Louis’ Spring Training Program for talented high school singers. Ms. Stewart has directed our productions of Puccini’s La Bohème, Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, Puccini’s Tosca, Bizet’s Carmen, and Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.