Updates

Dear visitor,

thanks for your interest in my work as an opera, film, and theater director.  For a variety of reasons, I decided to change my career path in the summer of 2021 and am now pursuing a career in public interest law.  Please feel free to check out the pictures of my past work on this website; if you’re curious about my new professional path, please follow me on Linkedin.

– David

Read the full review at https://operawire.com/arizona-opera-2019-20-review-la-boheme/

Arizona Opera 2019-20 Review: La Bohème

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The rehearsal process doesn’t provide the director with a lot of respite.. but when you’re in Arizona, there’s no excuse not to take the time and see one of the true great marvels of the world!

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A superbly thoughtful essay by Daniel Isengart (Slate.com) on David’s Cosi fan tutte that totally gets what the production was after:

https://isengart.com/blog/cosi-juilliard

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Come see David’s innovative COSI production at the Juilliard School Nov 13/15/17 2019.  Set in 2019 America at the juncture of high school and adulthood, it explores the darker side of this beautiful but problematic piece as the hubris of youth encounters the chilling effects of reality.

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A feature by Germany’s RTL television about David Paul and what it means to miss one’s hometown while working in the greatest city in the world
(and why Robin Williams, Yo-Yo Ma, and Itzhak Perlman have nothing on Marcia Cross):

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Check out a rough attempt at explaining why TOSCA *may* be the best opera ever:

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afterWARds, David’s reimagining of Mozart’s IDOMENEO, opened on January 26th 2019 to a sold-out house with Pittsburgh Opera and wowed its audiences with 80 minutes of action-packed, emotion-stacked drama featuring some of the most beautiful, harrowing, and gripping music ever written.  Check out some of the awesome press coverage here or here, and go here for some production pics and video clips.  Stay tuned for the next iteration of afterWARds!

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Arizona Opera recently announced its 2019/20 season, featuring David Paul’s return to the company for the greatest of great operas, La Bohème.  Unlike its attic dwellers, this director looks forward to foregoing January in Pittsburgh (current iteration) and spending next January in warm desert country instead!

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The countdown is on to the world premiere of afterWARds, David Paul’s reimagined 80-minute version of Mozart’s IDOMENEO. The buzz is growing — grab your tickets at pittsburghopera.org

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David is excited to join the bold, brave, and brilliant team at Arizona Opera for his debut with them this spring, directing Così fan tutte with his very dear friend Christopher Cano at the musical helm.  Stay tuned for more exciting news about a future project in the same sunny location…

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A sold out run of POPPEA with Bare Opera and a glowing review for this sexy, provocative show. Read the review in Voce Di Meche.

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Thanks to the incredible Scout James, whom David first met at Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska back in 2005, 2019 kicks off with this new website full of beautiful pictures of past adventures.  Enjoy!