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Alan is Artistic Director of Opera Theater of Connecticut and recently finished seven years as Artistic Director of Mississippi Opera and three and a half years as Executive Director of the Boston Chamber Music Society. His 30 years in professional theater and opera has taken him from New York's Lincoln Center to London?s West End to the Edinburgh Festival to the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival to The Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy to New York's Broadway. His directing assignments span traditional opera, contemporary opera, comic opera, musical theater and classic and modern theater.
Dr. Mann is also a renowned guest speaker, known for his Opera Talks - a series of informal, informative talks on specific operas and opera in general. He frequently serves as a judge for various competitions, including The Jenny Lind National Competition for Sopranos, The Connecticut Opera Guild's National Vocal Competition, The San Antonio Opera Competition and Opera Theater of Connecticut's Vocal Competition, as well as the English Speaking Union's Shakespeare competition. Dr. Mann has held Master classes in opera performance at Hartt School of Music and the University of Southern Mississippi.
He received degrees in directing from The Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, London. He also studied Set Design under Chris Hewitt and Lighting Design with Richard Pilbrow and Molly Friedel. He received his Ph.D. in Opera Production and Presentation from Andersen University.
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