DAVID RADAMÉS TORO
DIRECTOR
DAVID RADAMÉS TORO
Opera director, mime, and pedagogue David Radamés Toro applies his experience in music and stage movement to direct creative and meaningful opera.
ABOUT DAVID
As a director, David Radamés Toro integrates his background in physical theatre into directing a wide variety of standard and non-traditional repertoire with a special penchant for Baroque and 20th/21st century works. The San Diego Union Tribune described his 2019 production of Cavalli’s La Calisto as "well sung and cleverly staged," and the San Diego Story wrote "I predict that I will long remember this staging of Cavalli’s La Calisto." He has worked at companies including Minnesota Opera, the Wexford Opera Festival, Washington National Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Central City Opera, Opera Saratoga, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, and Opera Neo.
In addition to directing, David coaches singers in acting and audition prep, as well as offers classes and workshops in physical theatre. His workshops in Gestural Mechanics draw from the techniques of Anne Bogart and Tadashi Suzuki, Ettiene Decroux, and Marcel Marceau with the goal of empowering singers to effectively combine musical expression and movement. He has taught at Minnesota Opera, OperaNEO, The University of Texas - Austin, and Druid City Opera.
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An alum of the Minnesota Opera Resident Artist Program, David regularly returns to direct for the company. The Minneapolis Star Tribune noted that, in his 2020 production, "this staging showed that Flight has a beating heart, and something to say." A frequent director at Opera Neo, the San Diego Story praised his work in Cavalli's Il Giasone, where he "made a splash as the director."
