Madeleine
Snow

Madeleine Snow
(She/Her) Madeleine Snow is an adventurous director and creative collaborator whose work spans opera, theatre, and film. Passionate about reimagining ways for contemporary audiences to engage with classical music, she has enjoyed directing site-specific performances and collaborating with living composers, including Ricky Ian Gordon and Ben Moore. A 2024-26 Studio Artist at Arizona Opera, Madeleine has staged productions at PAC NYC, Palm Beach Opera, Opera Colorado, Central City Opera, Boulder Opera, Eastman Opera Theatre, and Harvard College Opera. Learn more at www.madeleinesnow.com.
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Madeleine Snow

Madeleine Snow is an adventurous director and creative collaborator whose work spans opera, theatre, and film. A 2025-26 Studio Artist in the Marion Roose Pullin Studio, Madeleine is thrilled to return to Arizona Opera, where she will direct La Cenerentola, stage songs and scenes for the Studio Cabaret, and assistant direct productions of Zorro and Madama Butterfly. She also looks forward to joining Opera Colorado’s production of La traviata this season.

In the 2024-25 season, Madeleine staged immersive, outdoor performances of Mozart’s La finta giardiniera, directed and choreographed the Studio Cabaret, and assistant directed La bohème and Aida. The recipient of the 2024-2025 National Opera Association’s JoElyn Wakefield-Wright Stage Director Fellowship, Madeleine made her Central City Opera debut in the 2024 Festival, where she assistant directed The Pirates of Penzance, stage directed the Young Artists performance of The Pirates of Penzance, and directed opera scenes for the Short Works programs. Additional recent credits include directing Die Zauberflöte with Boulder Opera, assistant directing Norma with Palm Beach Opera, and assistant directing the New York premiere of Huang Ruo’s An American Soldier at the Perelman Performing Arts Center.

Passionate about reimagining ways for contemporary audiences to engage with classical music, Madeleine directed a new production of Cavalli’s La Calisto with Eastman Opera Theatre and won second place of the 2023 American Prize in Directing for her innovative interpretation. She also brought an inventive, immersive twist to selections from Mozart’s most beloved operas, including Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, and Die Zauberflöte, in site-specific, outdoor performances as a part of Eastman Opera Theatre’s Mozart Mayhem. A founder of Rochester Summer Opera, she directed and choreographed the company’s inaugural production of Die Fledermaus at the Memorial Art Gallery and conceptualized its production of The Pirates of Penzance at a historic bathhouse on Ontario Beach.

An advocate of new works, Madeleine has enjoyed collaborating with contemporary composers. She directed the world premiere of Joshua Daniel Hershfield’s Rise, a critically acclaimed rock musical inspired by true stories of young women resistance fighters during the Holocaust. With celebrated American composer Ricky Ian Gordon, she staged the composer’s art songs in Heart Melodies as a part of Our Voices, a project championing collaborations with living composers and centering interpretive exploration with singers and pianists. In collaboration with distinguished theatre and opera composer Ben Moore, she directed (RE)LIVE, featuring selections from the composer’s stage works, including Gene and Tate (world premiere), Enemies, A Love Story, Henry and Company, Odyssey, and Robin Hood. As an opera libretto writer, she directed a reading of her adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s final novel, We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

Madeleine holds an A.B. in Psychology and Theater, Dance & Media from Harvard University, where she directed productions of Die Zauberflöte and Cendrillon. She completed the M.M. in Opera Stage Directing from the Eastman School of Music, where she instructed several courses on acting for opera singers and served as a dramatic coach on the faculty. She is also an alumna of the Kennedy Center Directing Intensive. Madeleine has previously worked as a director with Harvard College Opera, the Radcliffe Institute, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, JCC CenterStage, and Boston Youth Symphony, and she has held administrative positions with Opera Colorado, Boston Lyric Opera, American Repertory Theater, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

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Arizona Opera

2024 - Present
Phoenix, AZ

Studio Artist - Stage Director

2024 - Present
• Stage directed immersive, outdoor performances of Mozart's La finta giardiniera (The Secret Gardener) in the Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens (Tucson) and the historic Monroe Abbey (Phoenix) • Directed selections from opera, musical theatre, and cabaret repertoire for the Studio Cabaret and Opera Gala • Assistant stage directed productions of La bohème (dir. Mo Zhou) and Aida (dir. David Murakami)

Opera Colorado

2023 - 2024
Englewood, CO

Individual Giving & Donor Events Manager

2023 - 2024
• Managed portfolio of approximately 100 donors primarily within the $1,000-5,000 range as well as the broad base donor effort of gifts below $1,000, focusing on retention and upgrades • Created financial goals for donors based on previous and potential giving, coordinating fundraising strategies and initiatives in cooperation with the Director of Development • Spearheaded annual fund activities, including direct mail campaigns and digital communications • Built relationships with donors through strategic cultivation and stewardship visits • Planned and executed donor benefit events, organizing all event logistics and serving as an ambassador for Opera Colorado
Boston, MA

Development Research Intern

2021 - 2021
• Contributed to internal research database of individuals in new customer segment of first-time ticket buyers of digital content • Created 70 research profiles of individuals identified from batch screenings of first-time ticket buyers and recent donors. Updated plans and projections for major donors’ contributions in FY21 and FY22 in Tessitura database
Rochester, New York

Voice, Opera, and Vocal Coaching Department Assistant

2020 - 2022
• Developed Eastman Opera Theatre programming for two seasons in collaboration with VOVC Department faculty • Served on the directing team for 8 mainstage productions, working closely with guest artists, designers, and composers • Instructed 3 departmental courses with an emphasis on acting through song, operatic repertoire, and audition techniques
Cambridge, MA

Producer + Pechet Opera Fellow

2019 - 2020
• Managed 2019 production for the longest-running opera company in New England and oversaw $28,000 production budget • Coordinated donor benefit events and opening night gala, driving donations up 125% from previous season • Wrote grant application garnering $11,000, the largest largest institutional donation in company history
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard Summit for Young Leaders in China | Seminar Leader

2018 - 2018
• Designed interdisciplinary syllabus for seminar entitled “To Thine Own Self: Exploring Authenticity Through Acting, Psychology, and Philosophy” • Instructed three class sections at the conference in Shanghai, China • Led creative and team-building extracurricular activities for high school participants

Harvard College Opera | President (2019-2020), Treasurer (2018-2019), Development Coordinator (2017-2018)

2017 - 2020
• Led Harvard's premier opera company, one of the only opera groups in the U.S. to boast an entirely undergraduate cast, staff, and orchestra • Oversaw all operations of the company, including finances, season planning, development, alumni relations, production, and artistic direction • Stage directed Die Zauberflöte (2020) and Cendrillon (2019). Produced Die Fledermaus (2018). Performed as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro (2017).

Harvard College Musical Theater | President (2018-2019), Cabaret Chair (2017-2018)

2017 - 2019
• Spearheaded organization dedicated to providing inclusive performing opportunities for Harvard undergraduates interested in musical theatre • Produced and curated musical selections for five cabarets • Oversaw programming, staff recruitment, and production for three musicals in the American Repertory Theater's Loeb Drama Center

Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club | Loeb Experimental Theatre Coordinator

2017 - 2018
• Managed programming and production for two seasons of Harvard undergraduate productions in the American Repertory's Loeb Experimental Theater • Developed and taught six producing workshops • Produced The Laramie Project in the A.R.T.’s second stage Club OBERON, the United States premiere of Eli Zuzovsky’s Minotaur, and a site-specific production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
St. Louis, MO

Finance Intern

2018 - 2018
• Created daily box office and development reports in preparation for company annual report and audit • Organized and maintained files and spreadsheets for fiscal years 2018 and 2019
Cambridge, MA

Development Intern

2018 - 2019
• Conducted donor research for use by Artistic Director and Development Department • Maintained CRM database Tessitura with ticketing and donation activity • Created stewardship materials for donor recognition at performances and special events

Audience Services Representative

2017 - 2017
• Served as initial point of contact for festival patrons throughout summer season • Worked as part of administrative and concert box office teams

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