Livermore Valley Opera Bios

Meet our Pagliacci Director

Mr. Cox began his foray into stage directing in 1993 for Pacific Repertory Opera’s Don Pasquale. He has since directed several other shows for PRO including: Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Faust, Rigoletto, and Die Zauberflote. He returned to PRO in March of 2007 to direct Verdi’s La Traviata. For his first directing assignment for Opera San Jose, Mr. Cox began with an original language Eugene Onegin followed by two critically acclaimed pieces from the French repertoire: Faust and Pearl Fishers. In the new California Fox Theater he directed sold out performances of Carmen and La Boheme.

In the summer of 2004 Mr. Cox directed Rigoletto and Un Ballo in Maschera for Festival Opera in Walnut Creek to great audience and critical acclaim and has been asked to return in 2008 to direct a new production of Turandot.  In recent seasons, he has been the principal stage director for Opera Idaho, directing Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Boheme, L’Elisir d’Amore and Lucia di Lammermoor and Cosi Fan Tutte.

In the summer of 2008, Cox directed his first musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, for Cabrillo Stage. The show received rave reviews and ran for five weeks. Most recently, he made his debut with West Bay Opera with a sold out production of Carmen. He also directed Don Giovanni in February of 2009, his first opera for San Francisco Lyric Opera.

In addition to professional opera, Mr. Cox enjoys working with young singers and has directed The Impressario, Gianni Schicchi and Cosi Fan Tutte for the USC Opera Department.

Mr. Cox helped initiate, performed and sang in the first opera at the San Luis Obispo summer Mozart Festival. He directed and sang in Magic Flute, Cosi Fan Tutte and assisted with Le Nozze di Figaro.