Stage director Trevore Ross is earning vast attention in his young career. 2010-2011 season engagements include Daniel Catan’s Il Postino at Austria’s Theater an der Wien, Faust at Opera New Jersey, and AD on the Los Angeles Opera’s production of Il Turco in Italia.

Over the past few seasons, he directed Aida at the Atlanta Opera and Opera Carolina, L’Italiana in Algeri at Palm Beach Opera, Otello at Opera Carolina, Rigoletto at the Opera Company of North Carolina, Le Nozze di Figaro at the Atlanta Opera, Don Giovanni at the Connecticut Opera, assisted David Cronenberg on Los Angeles Opera’s American Premiere of The Fly conducted by Placido Domingo, and on Los Angeles Opera’s production of Tamerlano.

Additional assistant director career highlights include San Francisco Opera’s World Premiere production of Phillip Glass’ Appomattox, and productions with Chautauqua Opera, Sarasota Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Minnesota Opera, Arizona Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre and Palm Beach Opera.

A native of South Carolina, he earned his Bachelor of Arts at Furman University in piano. In the past ten years of his career he has worked with over 35 different directors and 40 plus productions across the country.  Starting out his directorial life Mr. Ross was chosen as an Opera America Fellow, which led him to several residencies across the nation in the 2001/2002 season.

Mr. Ross then spent the next 3 years as the Resident Assistant Director at Florida Grand Opera.  Here he was able to work on Bliss Hebert’s production of Turandot, Renata Scotto’s La Traviataas well as Bernard Uzan’s Romeo et Juliette, among many others. He then returned in 2006 to work with Bliss Hebert and Allen Klein’s new production of Aida opening the seasonin the brand new Carnival Performing Arts Center.