Brian August

About

AGMA Member, Able to read music well, Mac and Windows based platforms, Microsoft Office, Kronos Workforce Central, intermediate Spanish, basic Italian, unarmed and armed combat (quarterstaff, rapier, dagger), hand and machine sewing, First Aid and child and adult CPR certified, TX licensed driver

Experience

• Stage Manager at Houston Grand Opera
  Dec 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 7 mos

  Il barbiere di Siviglia - SM - Dir. Joan Font (upcoming) Hansel und Gretel - SM - Dir. Anthony McDonald (upcoming) Porgy and Bess - SM - Dir. Francesca Zambello Tannhauser - SM - Dir. Francesca Zambello West Side Story - SM - Dir. Francesca Zambello La Cenerentola - SM - Dir. Joan Font Don Giovanni - SM - Dir. Kasper Holten Madama Butterfly - SM - Dir. Jordan Braun (Prod. Grandage) Falstaff - SM - Dir. Paula Suozzi Salome - SM - Dir. Francisco Negrin Il nozze de Figaro - SM - Dir. Ian Rutherford (Prod. Grandage) La traviata - SM - Dir. Arin Arbus Romeo et Juliette - SM - Dir. Tomer Zvulun Die Zauberflote - SM - Dir. Erik Friedman (Prod. Kosky) The Snowy Day (World Premiere) - SM - Dir. Omer Ben Seadia The Sound of Music - SM - Dir. Francesca Zambello - Cancelled due to COVID-19 La cenerentola - SM - Dir. Joan Font - Cancelled due to COVID-19 Vinkensport - SM - Dir. E. Loren Meeker (HGO Digital) Werther - SM - Dir. Francisco Negrin - Cancelled due to COVID-19 Salome - SM - Dir. Francisco Negrin - Cancelled due to COVID-19 Aida - SM - Dir. Phelim McDermott

• Stage Manager at The Glimmerglass Festival
  May 2025 - Aug 2025 · 4 mos

  Oklahoma - SM - Dir. Francesca Zambello (upcoming) The Rake's Progress - SM - Dir. Eric Sean Fogel

• Production Stage Manager at Des Moines Metro Opera, Inc.
  May 2011 - Sep 2024 · 13 yrs 5 mos

  Pelléas and Mélisande - PSM - Dir. Chas Rader-Shieber The Love for Three Oranges - PSM - Dir. Chas Rader-Shieber A Thousand Acres (World Premiere) - PSM - Dir. Kristine McIntyre Die Zauberflote - PSM - Dir. Erik Friedman (Prod. Kosky) Sweeney Todd - PSM - Dir. Kristine McIntyre Wozzeck - PSM - Dir. Kristine McIntyre Flight - PSM - Dir. Kristine McIntyre Billy Budd - PSM - Dir. Kristine McIntyre Manon - PSM - Dir. Kristine McIntyre Jenůfa - PSM - Dir. Kristine McIntyre Three Decembers - PSM - Dir. Kristine McIntyre Dead Man Walking - SM - Dir. Kristine McIntyre La Tragédie de Carmen - SM - Dir. Dugg McDonough Roméo et Juliette - SM - Dir. Linda Ade Brand Eugene Onegin - ASM - Dir. Kristine McIntyre Don Giovanni - ASM - Dir. Tim Ocel La bohème - ASM - Dir. Kristine McIntyre Don Pasquale - ASM - Dir. A. Scott Parry Les mamelles de Tirésias - SM - Dir. A. Scott Parry

• Stage Director at Florentine Opera Company
  Mar 2024 - May 2024 · 3 mos

  Maria de Buenos Aires - Stage Director

• Stage Manager / Assistant Stage Manager at Michigan Opera Theatre
  Oct 2011 - Mar 2024 · 12 yrs 6 mos

  Europeras 3 &4 - PSM - Dir. Yuval Sharon Faust - ASM - Dir. Bernard Uzan Madama Butterfly - ASM - Dir. Bernard Uzan Elektra - ASM - Dir. Nic Muni Turandot - ASM - Dir. Garnett Bruce La traviata - ASM - Dir. Mario Corradi Der fliegende Holländer - ASM - Dir. Bernard Uzan Aida - ASM - Dir. Bliss Hebert Fidelio - ASM - Dir. John Pascoe Giulio Cesare - ASM - Dir. Michael Shell Il barbiere di Siviglia - ASM - Dir. Mario Corradi Pagliacci - ASM - Dir. Bernard Uzan Les pêcheurs de perles - ASM - Dir. Andrew Sinclair Le nozze di Figaro - ASM - Dir. Mario Corradi