Eric Gibson is a stage director equally comfortable with opera and musical theatre. 

 

Gibson recently staged Salome for the Musik für Musik Künstler Kollaborativ in Berlin, and has directed productions of la Bohème, Die Fledermaus, Madame Butterfly, The Pirates of Penzance, Hansel and Gretel, Trouble in Tahiti, Bastien and Bastienne, and The Barber of Seville for Fargo-Moorhead Opera. Other engagements include The Barber of Seville for Opera Tampa, The Mikado and HMS Pinafore for Union Avenue Opera in St. Louis, Rigoletto for MidAtlantic Opera Company, and The Barber of Seville, The Mikado, Sweeney Todd and The Light in the Piazza for Mobile Opera. Recently Gibson staged la Rondine for Winter Opera in St. Louis after staging The Italian Girl in Algiers for the company. 

 

Gibson was artistic director of LOOK Musical Theatre (Tulsa) directing nearly fifty original productions including Die Fledermaus, Naughty Marietta, The Merry Widow, Sweeney Todd, Guys & Dolls, South Pacific, Candide and multiple productions of nearly the entire Gilbert & Sullivan cannon. 

 

Gibson has taught acting at AIMS in Graz, Austria and the Kashu-do Opera Studios in Harnosand, Sweden. He directed Cosi fan tutte for Varna International in Bulgaria and is the current acting teacher and stage director for the International Performing Arts Institute in Kiefersfelden, Germany. 

 

As Director of Lyric Theatre at Northern Arizona University from 2015-2020, Gibson staged original productions of Signor Deluso, Il Campanello, Beethoven’s Slippers, Dido & Aeneas, Kiss me, Kate, Trouble in Tahiti, The Pirates of Penzance, The Magic Flute, The Light in the Piazza, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. 

 

Upcoming productions include The Turn of the Screw at Ohio State and HMS Pinafore and Naughty Marietta for Opera Project Columbus, where Gibson serves at Executive Director.

 

Gibson received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Stage Direction from Indiana University. He is currently a Professor and Director of Opera at The Ohio State University where he teaches acting and produces. He resides in Columbus, Ohio.