FENLON LAMB
DIRECTOR
BIOGRAPHY
Fenlon Lamb has been recognized by The Kansas City Star as “one of the most creative forces in Kansas City…presenting satisfying and ingenious productions.” Seen and Heard International praised her “well-honed theatrical sensibility.” Fenlon is the co-creator and Artistic Director of Papermoon Opera Productions that she launched with her artistic partner, Jefferson Ridenour. Papermoon created new productions of Madama Butterfly for Inland NW Opera, Don Giovanni and Carmen for Pensacola Opera, Il barbiere di Siviglia for Amarillo Opera, and remounted their flagship production and Hänsel und Gretel at Palm Beach Opera. Papermoon’s La voix humaine recently received first place in the National Opera Association competition. Recently, Papermoon productions appeared at Amarillo Opera (Hänsel und Gretel) and Opera Delaware (The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro).
As a director, Lamb recently returned to Madison Opera for Lucia di Lammermoor, Palm Beach Opera for L’elisir d’amore and La bohème for New Orleans Opera. She also directed a filmed version of Mozart and Salieri for Opera San Jose. Last season, Lamb directed Charlie Parker’s Yardbird for Dayton Opera and Così fan tutte for Palm Beach Opera. This season, she directs Carmen for Opera Santa Barbara, Le nozze di Figaro for Portland Opera, and La fanciulla del West for Central City Opera. [read more...]
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
“…Lamb’s memorable tableau…” – DC Metro Theater Arts
Carmen – “Lamb’s memorable tableau was enhanced by superior lighting work, which brightened the colors, especially the cheery colors in the Plaza de Toros scene. “
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"...these were among Lamb’s original inventions, and they worked...” – Palm Beach Daily News
Tosca – “In the world of Harvey Weinstein and the #Me Too movement, Tosca’s travails take on new meaning, and Fenlon Lamb’s staging – mostly traditional but peppered with subtle added touches – lent a modernity to this operatic chestnut that shocked some viewers at its premiere in 1900 in Rome. Tosca’s desperation resulting in her stabbing Scarpia first in the stomach, then in the back; her jumping off the parapet backward at the end, cornered and afraid to look down: these were among Lamb’s original inventions, and they worked”
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"...Director Fenlon Lamb keeps a breathless pace without degenerating into clichéd sight gags..." – South Florida Classical Review
Il barbiere di Siviglia – “Palm Beach Opera’s production opened Friday night at the Kravis Center and hit all the right notes. Throughout the performance, the audience laughed uproariously at the cannily staged, nonstop comedy and cheered the cast at the final curtain. Director Fenlon Lamb keeps a breathless pace without degenerating into clichéd sight gags. Strobe lights enhance the wonderful confusion of the Act I finale while the storm scene is staged as a Keystone Cops silent movie pantomime. Displaying theatrical ingenuity and artistic taste, Lamb’s staging captures the essence of bubbly opera buffa rather than exaggerated sitcom.”
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“...the lighting and the projections of Michael Baumgarten and Fenlon Lamb added much to the constantly changing moods..." – CVNC
Der fliegende Holländer – “The lighting and the projections of Michael Baumgarten and Fenlon Lamb added much to the constantly changing moods. Working within a traditional set design (on loan from the Arizona Opera), with an actual mock-up of a sailing vessel crossing the stage, projections on the scrim in front and on the back cyclorama were an integral part of the staging. An unusual innovation during the overture was a retrospective insight into Senta’s obsession with the legend of the Flying Dutchman, done with projections and showing the child Senta already fascinated by the dark tragedy of the Holländer.”
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"...she did not give [the cast] a second’s worth of down time while they were on stage..." – Bar Harbor Times
L’Elisir d’Amore – “Major kudos to Fenlon Lamb who directed this delightful show. Not only did she gather together a terrific little cast – drawing them, literally, from coast to coast – she did not give them a second’s worth of down time while they were on stage – engaging them every moment with some bit of stage business, even when they weren’t singing. In fact some of the most hilarious moments were done in pantomime.”
REPRESENTATIVES
Vice President | Classical & Creatives
Agent | Classical & Artist Promotion