Court Watson

Music: Jacques Offenbach; Libretto: Jules Barbier

National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China, 2013. 

Director: Francesca Zambello

Set Design: Peter Davison

Costume Design:  Court Watson

Lighting Design: Mark McCoullough

Virginia Opera, 2022

Music and Libretto: Richard Wagner

President and CEO: Peggy Kriha Dye

Artistic Director and Conductor: Adam Turner

Director and Projections Designer: Joachim Schamberger

Set and Costume Designer: Court Watson

Lighting Designer: Driscoll Otto

Hair and Makeup Designer: James McGough

Assistant Costume Designer: Benjamin Weigel

Costume Supervisor: Pat Seyller

Draper: Jessica Hensley

First Hand: Jessica Land

Crafts: Audrey de Haan

Production Photos: Dave Pearson

Virginia Opera, 2023

Music and Libretto: Richard Wagner

President and CEO: Peggy Kriha Dye

Artistic Director and Conductor: Adam Turner

Director and Projections Designer: Joachim Schamberger

Set and Costume Designer: Court Watson

Lighting Designer: Driscoll Otto

Hair and Makeup Designer: James McGough

Assistant Costume Designer: Ben Weigel

Draper: Jessica Hensley

First Hand: Marissa Thompson

Crafts: Sydney Martin

Production Photos: Dave Pearson

Music: Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave.

Wolf Trap Opera, 2018, Filene Center, Wolf Trap National Park.

Conductor: Grant Gershon

Director: Crystal Manich

Set Design: Erhard Rom

Projections Design: S. Katy Tucker

Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Mark Stanley

Hair & Makeup Design: Anne Nesmith

Production Photos: Scott Suchman

Drapers: Steven Simon, Dorothy Driggers, Ellen Bredehoft, Lauren McLoughlin, & Rachel Schuldenfrei

Puppetry: Marie Schneggenburger

Music & Lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Ari Afsar, Emily Gardner, Xu Hall, Mark Sonnenblick, Joriah Kwamé. Libretto by Tim McDonald. Vocal Arrangements + Incidental Music: Daniel Mertzlufft

Based on the Books Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Weber

Pasadena Playhouse at the Colony Theatre, 2025

Direction: Nina Meehan

Choreography: Max Gonzalaz

Set Design: David Meyer

Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting: Hilda Kane

Sound: Veronika Vorel

Puppets: Anney Fresh Ozar

Photos: Jeff Lorch

Costume Construction by Pintler Studios and Carmen Gee. Millinery and Crafts by Arnold Levine

Music by Camille Saint-Saëns; Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire

Virginia Opera, 2017.

Conductor: Adam Turner

Direction & Choreography: Paul Curran

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting & Projections: Driscoll Otto

Photos: Court Watson & Ben Schill

Music: Giacomo Puccini. Libretto: Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa.

Wolf Trap Opera, 2016, Filene Center, Wolf Trap National Park.

Director: Paul Curran

Set Design: Erhard Rom

Projections Design: S. Katy Tucker

Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Mark Stanley

Hair & Makeup Design: Anne Nesmith

Production Photos: Scott Suchman

Drapers: Steven Simon & Rachel Schuldenfrei

Tailoring: Ed Dawson 

Millinery & Crafts: Marie Schneggenburger

Music by Engelbert Humperdinck; Libretto by Adelheid Wette

Felsenreitschule, Salzburger Landestheater, 2016.

Direction: Johannes Reitmeier

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting: Günther Schöllbauer & Johannes Reitmeier

Photos: Anna-Maria Löffelberger

Virginia Opera, 2022

Music: Jake Heggie Libretto: Gene Scheer

Based on Some Christmas Letters by Terrence McNally

President and CEO: Peggy Kriha Dye

Artistic Director and Conductor: Adam Turner

Director: Lawrence Edelson

Set and Costume Designer: Court Watson

Lighting Designer: Josh Epstein

Hair and Makeup Designer: James McGough

Assistant Costume Designer: Benjamin Weigel

Ms. Ziemba’s Gown Construction: Eric Winterling

Vintage Clothes: Lofty Vintage and Helen Uffner

Vintage Hats Styling: Arnold S. Levine

Production Photos: Ben Schill

Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Book by Dorothy & Herbert Fields

Glimmerglass Festival, 2011, Cooperstown, New York.

Director: Francesca Zambello

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Designer: Mark McCoullough

Un Giorno di Regno, Giuseppe Verdi

Glimmerglass Festival, 2013, Cooperstown, New York. 

Director: Christian Räth

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Robert Wierzel

Translation & Adaptation: Kelley Rourke

Production Photos: Karli Cadel & Jamie Kraus

Music by Richard Rogers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse

Salzburger Landestheater, Salzburg, Austria, 2011.

Co-Directors: Andreas Gergen & Christian Struppeck

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Choreographer: Kim Duddy

Gotham Chamber Opera, 2013, New York, New York.

Director: Paul Curran

Conductor: Neal Goren

Co-Set Design: Georg Baselitz & Court Watson

Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Paul Hackenmueller

Video Design: Driscoll Otto

Production Photos: Richard Termine & George Mott  

Music by Giacomo Puccini; Libretto by Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa.

Opera Columbus. 2018.

Conductor: Kathleen Kelly

Director: Crystal Manich

Choreographer: Susan Petry

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting & Projection Design: Tláloc López-Watermann

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics: Tim Rice

ZACH Theatre, 2015. Austin, Texas.

Director / Choreographer: Nick Demos

Costume Design: Court Watson

Set & Original Costume Design: Chris Oram

Lighting Design: Michelle Habeck 

Hair & Makeup Design: Serret Jensen

Photos: Kirk Tuck

Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Book & Additional Lyrics by Tim McDonald. Additional Arrangements & Incidental Music Daniel J. Mertzluft.

Nashville Children’s Theatre, 2020.

Direction: Rosemary Newcott

Choreography: David Rosetti

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting: Scott Leathers

Sound & Music Direction: David Weinstein

Photos: Court Watson & Reed Hummell

Dale Wasserman; Lyrics Joe Darion; Music Mitch Leigh

Central City Opera, 2015, Central City, Colorado

Conductor: Adam Turner

Director: Paul Curran

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: David Jacques

Hair / Makeup Design: Dave Bova

Production Photos: Kira Horvath

Music by Zina Goldrich; Book & Lyrics by Marcy Heisler

Nashville Children’s Theatre, 2019.

Direction & Choreography: Ernie Nolan

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting: Scott Leathers

Sound: David Wright

Photos: Reed Hummell & Court Watson

Music by Jeanine Tesori; Libretto by Tony Kushner

Glimmerglass Festival, New York, 2011.

Director: Francesca Zambello

Set Design: Erhard Rom

Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Mark McCoullough

Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter; Book: Bella & Sam Spewack

Barter Theatre, Virginia, 2013.

Director: John Briggs

Choreographer: Amada Aldridge

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Production Photos courtesy of the Barter Theatre

Adaptation and Original Lyrics: Lee Breuer; Adapted Lyrics and Music: Bob Telson

ZACH Theatre, 2014. Austin, Texas.

Director: Dave Steakley

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Michelle Habeck 

Photos: Kirk Tuck

 Émile Zola & Astrid Großgasteiger

Salzburger Landestheater, Salzburg, Austria, 2012.

Co-Directors: Astrid Großgasteiger & Carl Philip von Maldeghem

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Musik: Udo Zimmerman Texten: Wolfgang Willaschek/ Lillian Groag

Camerata Nuovo e.V. - Europäischer Opernregie - Preis, 2014.

Director: Crystal Manich

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Book & Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; Music by Frank Wildhorn; Deutsch by Susanne Dengler & Eberhard Storz

Konzertdirektion Landgraf & Stadttheater Fürth, European Tour, 2010.

Co-Directors: Christian Struppeck & Andreas Gergen

Choreographer: Kim Duddy

Set Design: Jan Freese

Costume Design: Court Watson

Pietro Masagni / Ruggero Leoncavallo

Camerata Nuovo e.V. - Europäischer Opernregie - Preis, 2012.

Director: Michael Rau

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

The National World War II Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2009

Director: Blake Coheley

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Lighting Design: Paul Hackenmueller

Adapted & Directed by Olympia Dukakis, Margo Whitcomb, & Gregory Hoffman

Alpine Theatre Project, Montana, 2008.

Co-Directors: Olympia Dukakis, Margo Whitcomb, & Gregory Hoffman

Set & Costume Design: Court Watson

Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg; Words: Alain Boublil & Stephen Clark

New York University, 2006.

Thesis Advisors: Paul Steinberg / Constance Hoffman

Set and Costume Design: Court Watson