Cara Consilvio
Stage Director
BIO
Cara Consilvio is a director and producer of opera, theater, and film. A multi-disciplinary artist, Cara’s productions are evocative, engaging, and innovative.
Cara is passionate about New Work and has directed six world premieres; Bernadette’s Cozy Book Nook by Joe Illick and Mark Campbell for Fort Worth Opera, Inheritance by Lei Liang and Matt Donovan at UC San Diego, Our Trudy by Anna Pidgorna and Maria Reva for Ad Astra Music Festival, I Give You My Home by Beth Weimann for Guerilla Opera, and The Leader by Karim Al-Zand and Kassandra by Anthony Brandt and Neena Beber which both premiered at Opera in the Heights. Cara has also directed new productions of other contemporary operas such as Glory Denied, After Life, Scalia/Ginsburg, The Last American Hammer, Penny, Second Nature, and An American Dream.
Recent directing credits include The Elixir of Love for Charlottesville Opera, La Bohème for Opera Grand Rapids and Rigoletto for HALO. Other Past Productions include Hydrogen Jukebox at The Chautauqua Opera, Suor Angelica at Tri-Cities Opera, The Threepenny Opera for Syracuse Opera, The Sound of Musicfor Charlottesville Opera, The Elixir of Love for Piedmont Opera and Il Trovatore for Opera in the Heights.
Cara has been a producer for The Atlanta Opera and OPERA America. She has also had engagements with Houston Grand Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Portland Opera, Tulsa Opera, American Opera Projects, and Opera Saratoga.
As a teacher and guest director, Cara has taught at Oberlin College and Conservatory, The Boston University Opera Institute and directed productions for Loyola University at New Orleans, The Cleveland Institute of Music, UC San Diego, Depauw University and The Hartt School of Music. Cara brings her extensive performance background and training as a dancer, actor, and singer to her work. She earned a BA in Dramatic Art and Dance from University of California at Berkeley. She pursued advanced acting training with the American Conservatory Theater and Williamstown Theater Festival and completed three years of post-baccalaureate studies in vocal performance at SUNY Fredonia.
Cara is a co-founder of Hup! Productions. Her feature film debut, For the Love of Friends, is currently streaming on PBS Passport. Other film directing projects include narrative short films C.I.T., and Dry. Cara is a producer and co-story writer of the horror comedy feature film Camp Wedding, which is distributed by Gravitas Pictures. She has also produced and directed many tribute videos, promotional videos, and behind the scenes mini-docs for the NEA Opera Honors, the NEA Jazz Masters videos, OPERA America, and the American Composers Orchestra.