WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME DIRECTOR JENNIFER TARVER TO THE DEAN ARTISTS MANAGEMENT ROSTER!
Award-winning director, creator, and dramaturg, Jennifer Tarver has worked internationally in both theatre and opera for over 25 years. Her recent and upcoming productions include a staged Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater (Edmonton Opera), Rota’s Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (University of Toronto), and the premiere of Marshall’s Pomegranate at the Canadian Opera Company. She has also directed for Canadian Stage, the Stratford Festival, the Tarragon, Soulpepper and Buddies in Bad Times Theatres, as well as the Goodman Theatre (Chicago), The Longwharf Theatre and Hartford Stage (Connecticut).
Renowned for her visionary interpretations of both new and classical repertoire, Jennifer’s work is marked by innovation and exquisite craft. She worked extensively with Queen of Puddings Music Theatre, directing several operatic world premieres, and was the Director of the Opera Studio at the Centre for Opera Studies (Sulmona, Italy) from 2007-2009. Her operatic repertoire includes Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Così fan tutte, and Don Giovanni, Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, Sokolovic’s Svadba, Menotti’s The Telephone, Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, and several works of Benjamin Britten, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Turn of the Screw, and The Rape of Lucretia.
Learn more about Jennifer here.