Recently, Mr. Buchman directed Ainadamar for Indiana University, Le nozze di Figaro for University of Miami’s Frost Opera Theatre, Don Giovanni for the Academy of Vocal Arts, and Tosca for Florida Grand Opera. In addition, he has directed La Traviata for Opera Naples, as well as three productions for Florida Grand Opera for their winter 2021 season – Three Decembers, New York Stories, and a double bill of Trouble in Tahiti & Signor Deluso. Further previous engagements include Il barbiere di Siviglia for Baltimore Opera; Tosca with Opera Tampa; La tragédie de Carmen and Il barbiere di Siviglia for Syracuse Opera; Turandot and Manon Lescaut for Mobile Opera; a double-bill of Gianni Schicchi/Suor Angelica, Roméo et Juliette and La fille du régiment at Intermountain Opera Bozeman; Così fan tutte at Brevard Music Center; South Pacific for Anchorage Opera; Hänsel und Gretel for Sarasota Opera; Cold Sassy Tree for the Sugar Creek Music Festival; L’elisir d’amore for Toledo Opera; Il barbiere di Siviglia for the Orlando Philharmonic; and La Cenerentola at Green Mountain Opera Festival. Following his success directing the première of Madama Butterfly in his Nicaraguan début for the National Theater in Managua, Mr. Buchman returned to direct a critically acclaimed production of La bohème.

An innovative director, Mr. Buchman spends time working on new and groundbreaking material for the contemporary opera world. Some of these endeavors include his title as Artistic Director of a dynamic multimedia project entitled “Live Arts” at Grand Rapids Symphony, Andy Vores’ chamber opera No Exit based on the 1944 existentialist play with the same title at Florida Grand Opera, and a contemporary multimedia theatre project entitled Fairy Tales: Songs of the Dandelion Woman at Little Stage Theater in Miami Beach.

He has led three productions for Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, Carmen, La bohème and La Traviata; as well as several for The Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia, including Roméo et Juliette, La Traviata, Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflöte. In addition, for the University of Miami, he has led a double bill of Gianni Schicchi/Suor Angelica, L’enfant et les Sortileges, Marva, and Ainadamar; The Bartered Bride for the New World School of the Arts; Don Giovanni at UCLA; and L’elisir d’amore for the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music.

Mr. Buchman has a long history of fostering the artistic growth of young artists throughout the country. He was Resident Stage Director for Sarasota Opera’s Apprentice Artist Program. His work with Tulsa Opera includes directing productions for their Young Artist Studio such as Pirates of Penzance and Luisa Fernanda. From 2005-2010, Mr. Buchman served as stage director and coach for the Opera Department of the New World School of the Arts in Miami, where he created new productions of Die Zauberflöte, Hänsel und Gretel, Amelia Goes to the Ball, La Divina, Die Fledermaus, and Così fan Tutte.

Mr. Buchman studied German at the Goethe-Institut in Prien am Chiemsee, Germany and Spanish at the Instituto Cervantes in New York. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Opera from the Boston Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music degree in Voice from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in his native city of Baltimore, Maryland. He trained in the Young Artist Program of the Florida Grand Opera, where he later was honored with the company’s Evelyn P. Gilbert Award. He also trained in the Studio and Apprentice Artist Programs of Central City Opera, where he was awarded their Studio Artist of the Year award.

Current as of November 1, 2024