F. Mitchell Dana

Born in New York, he studied Fine Arts at Yale University School of Drama. His work includes Turandot (ROH, 1984 Olympic Arts Festival, Wembley Arena), Carmen (Expo ’92), Die Zauberflöte and The Merry Widow (Cleveland SO), Carmen, The Makropulos Case, La traviata and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Los Angeles Opera), Don Giovanni, Falstaff, The Mikado, Madama Butterfly and 30 other productions (New Jersey Opera Festival), La traviata (Liceu, Barcelona, Juilliard), La rondine (NYCO), the world premiere of Harriet, the Woman Called Moses and Un ballo in maschera (Virginia Opera) and more than 500 productions throughout Canada and the US, including 36 musicals in the 11,500-seat Muny, St Louis, and Broadway shows including The Suicide, Freedom of the City, Mass Appeal, Monday After the Miracle, Once in a Lifetime, Man and Superman, The Inspector General and Oh Coward!. He was National Vice President of United Scenic Artists 829.