Chas Rader-Shieber

Stage Director Chas Rader-Shieber is known both for his bold and inventive productions and for his acute musical instincts. Mr. Rader-Shieber has enjoyed a long relationship with the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, where he has directed over 30 operas, among them Il barbiere di Siviglia, La clemenza di Tito, Capriccio, Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Zauberflöte, Henze’s Elegy for Young Lovers, Idomeneo, Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims, Antony and Cleopatra, Dido and Aeneas, and Alcina. At Curtis, he also co-directed a film entitled Mercy with Alek Shrader, inspired by Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito. Chas Rader-Shieber has established lasting relationships with multiple other companies, such as Des Moines Metro Opera (Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rameau’s Plateée, Rusalka, Gluck’s Orfeo, Die Entführung aus dem serail), Portland Opera (La finta giardiniera, Die Fledermaus, Rinaldo, Gluck’s Orfeo), and Pinchgut Opera (Hasse’s Artaserse, Cavalli’s Giasone, Charpentier’s David et Jonathas, L’amant jaloux). In addition, his productions have been seen around the world, at houses such as Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Theatre St. Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and many more.