2021 Winner of the American Prize in
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A stage director noted for his "gorgeously constructed stage pictures," Josh Miller has served on the directing staff of The Glimmerglass Festival, Virginia Opera, Palm Beach Opera, The Fort Worth Opera Festival, Wolf Trap Opera Company, Opera San Antonio, Austin Opera and Austin Shakespeare.
Miller's most recent directing credits include Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Chicago Summer Opera, The Revenge of the Bat for Palm Beach Opera (adapted from Die Fledermaus), Bernstein's MASS with the Austin Symphony, Ballet Austin and the Grammy-Winning Choral Ensemble, Conspirare. Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi (St. Petersburg Opera), La boheme (Spotlight on Opera), Le nozze di Figaro (The University of Texas at Austin), a double-bill of The Italian Lesson & Trouble in Tahiti (Opera Piccola of San Antonio).
Miller's production of Jake Heggie's Three Decembers was chosen as a winner of Opera America’s Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase. He and his design team presented their production concept to artistic directors and industry professionals during a special session of Opera America’s annual National Opera Conference in Washington, DC. An avid promoter of new music, Miller produced the fully-staged world premiere of Rose Made Man by Franklin Piland and Tegan McLeod as a part of the Cohen New Works Festival. He also directed the theatrical premiere of Daren Hagen's Cradle Song.
Dr. Miller is the Dean and on Faculty at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, PA.
See the Three Decembers design here.
Watch our presentation at the 2015 Opera America Conference here.
Read the press release here.
"There are lots of nice touches throughout the staging. One in particular caught my eye… I've always thought it a lovely moment in the piece that often goes for naught if not well staged. Here, Miller gives it its due. All in all, lovely stagings."
Read the full Talkin' Broadway Review Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi here.
"Everything about this production works beautifully... Josh Miller has staged this work so it is set in a physical church space, which surprisingly works to free the work rather than constrict it. His staging is full of gorgeously constructed stage pictures and he has created lovely moments of connection amongst the chorus members."
Read the full Broadway World Review of Bernstein's Mass here.
"I've never seen it staged that way, brilliant idea."
Alexander Bernstein, after seeing his father's Mass.
"the zanny family’s antics zigzag over the stage and they’re FUNNY"
Read the full Oregon Arts Watch Review of Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi here.
"Miller's choices gave either a simple sober nod to the tale's horror or a wink at its mischievous sense of humor."
Read the full Austin Chronicle Review of Sweeney Todd here.
"an iconic work that has been given a smart and snappy staging"
Read the full Broadway World Review of Jesus Christ Superstar here.