Dr. Basil Considine
basilus@gmail.com
617-858-1617
Recent Directing Engagements
Year | Show | Capacity | Organization | City |
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2020 | PolySHAMory | Stage Director | Really Spicy Opera | Minneapolis, MN |
2020 | Émilie, ou la belle esclave | Music Director | Really Spicy Opera | Paris, France |
2018 | Seussical, KIDS | Vocal Director | Morningside Theatre Company | Edina, MN |
2018 | Shrek, JR | Vocal Director | Morningside Theatre Company | Edina, MN |
2018 | A Pickle (Revival) | Stage Director | Really Spicy Opera | St. Louis Park, MN |
2017 | Amahl and the Night Visitors | Stage Director | Really Spicy Opera | Minneapolis, MN |
2017 | A Pickle | Stage Director | Really Spicy Opera | Minneapolis, MN |
2017 | Oxygen is Overrated | Stage Director | Tesseray Productions | Minneapolis, MN |
2017 | 101 Dalmatians KIDS | Stage Director; Vocal Director | Morningside Theatre Company | Edina, MN |
2017 | Oliver | Music Director; Assistant Stage Director | Waconia High School | Waconia, MN |
2017 | Godspell, Jr | Stage Director; Vocal Director | Morningside Theatre Company | Edina, MN |
2017 | Game of Thrones: The Musical (Hawaii Tour) | Stage Director | Really Spicy Opera | Honolulu, HI; Wailuku, HI |
2017 | Aladdin, Jr | Stage Director; Vocal Director | Morningside Theatre Company | Edina, MN |
2017 | Game of Thrones: The Musical (Spring Tour) | Music Director | Really Spicy Opera | Tampa, FL; Various |
2017 | Amahl and the Night Visitors | Stage Director | Really Spicy Opera | Minneapolis, MN |
2017 | The Enchantment of Beauty and the Beast | Stage Director; Music Director | Northern Starz Children's Theatre | Ramsey, MN |
2017 | The Last Five Years | Stage Director; Vocal Director | Really Spicy Opera | Minneapolis, MN; Orlando, FL; Various |
2016 | Rigoletto | Music Director | Really Spicy Opera | Minneapolis, MN |
2016 | Game of Thrones: The Musical | Music Director | Really Spicy Opera | Minneapolis, MN |
2015 | The Clever Artifice of Harriet and Margaret | Vocal Director | Really Spicy Opera | Minneapolis, MN |
2014 | The Frat Party | Stage Director | Really Spicy Opera | Minneapolis, MN |
- Director for more than 15 new operas, plays, and musicals.
- Veteran choral, orchestral, pit, and opera conductor.
- Clinician for high school and college singing and acting master classes.
- Rehearsal pianist for more 20 additional musicals, concerts, and scene programs.
- 11 years of post-baccalaureate experience coaching singers and singer-actors.
Related Highlights
- Conducting studies with Simon Carrington (longtime director of the King’s Singers), Ryan Murphy (Associate Conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir), Brian O’Connell, and David Martins.
- Extensive experience with opera premieres and new works development.
- Training in Alexander Technique, scenes coaching, and vocal pedagogy.
- Former manager of Shiley Theater, University of San Diego.
- Former manager of the Peace and Justice Auditorium, University of San Diego.
- Excellent with children and actors who act like children.
Selected Other Experience
- Artistic Director, Really Spicy Opera, 2006-present
- Bass Section Leader, Messiah United Methodist Church (Plymouth, MN), 2020-present
- Co-Director, Morningside Theatre Company, 2017-2018
- Member, Schola Cantorum, Basilica of St. Mary (Minneapolis, MN), 2014-2017
- Bass Section Leader, Cathedral Choir, Basilica of St. Mary (Minneapolis, MN), 2014-present
- Bass Section Leader, St. Cecilia’s (Boston, MA), 2012-2013
- Scenes Coach, Boston University, 2007-2011
- Assistant Director of Music, Catholic Center at Boston University, 2004-2008
- Assistant Director of Music, Founder’s Chapel, University of San Diego, 2002-2003
- Head of Chamber Instruments, Founder’s Chapel, University of San Diego, 2001-2002