Mitchell was Assistant Professor Voice and Opera and Head of Opera Theatre for six years at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. He has been a dramatic coach on faculty at the CoOPERAtive Program and has directed the program's productions of La Traviata and The Magic Flute. At Westminster Choir College, he directed productions of The Magic Flute, Cendrillon, and Cost fan Tutte.
He has directed Faust for Opera Modo Madama Butterfly for Opera Forza and, La Voix Humaine, Iolanta, Brettl Lieder, L'heure Espagnole, La Tragedie de Carmen, and Three Decembers at Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton, NY. James Kenon Mitchell’s work has spanned various disciplines in the world of live theatre including collaborative piano, acting, and conducting, culminating in a focus on opera stage direction. Since then, he has conducted the company’s productions of Der Freischütz, The Seven Deadly Sins, Pagliacci, La Bohème, Samson et Dalila, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Der fliegende Holländer, Il Postino, Aida, and Tosca. Turner will conduct Die Walkure, The Pirates of Penzance, Fellow Travelers, and La Traviata, all for Virginia Opera, as well as a concert performance, “Fall Outdoor.” Also last season, Turner will conduct Central City Opera’s production of Kiss Me Kate, in addition to two concerts for Virginia Symphony: “Never Break the Chain,” featuring the music of Fleetwood Mac, and “Broadway Rocks.” In his inaugural season as Artistic Director of Virginia Opera, Maestro Turner conducted performances of Street Scene, Don Giovanni, The Elixir of Love, and Madama Butterfly, in addition to Jack Perla’s An American Dream. Turner joined Toledo Opera to lead their production of Il Trovatore as well as four productions for Virginia Opera: Das Rheingold, La Bohème, Three Decembers, and Le Nozze di Figaro additionally, he lead concert performances of “Classical Broadway” for Portland Symphony Orchestra, a “Music of the Bee Gees” concert for Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and returned to Central City Opera to conduct The Light in the Piazza. Of his recent performance of Street Scene with Virginia Opera, Opera News hailed the “sensitive conducting” of Adam Turner “who demonstrated an affinity for a score as stylistically diverse as the characters in the plot” and of his conducting of Der Freischütz, Opera News hailed: “Conductor Adam Turner … ensured crackling rhythms as much as lyrical spaciousness, resulting in a performance that felt vital and spontaneous throughout.” In the 2021-22 season, Mo. Starring Metropolitan Opera soprano Kathryn Lewek as Juliet and Metropolitan Opera tenor Zach Borichevsky as Romeo.Ĭurrently in his sixth season as Artistic Director of Virginia Opera (following four seasons as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor), Maestro Adam Turner garners critical acclaim for the breadth of his repertoire, artistic vision, and polished technique.
Maestro Adam Turner returns to Toledo to conduct as director James Mitchell brings this timeless tragedy to life. Real life couple – and Toledo Opera audience favorites – Zach Borichevsky and Kathryn Lewek star as Romeo and Juliet. Gounod’s lush, romantic opera will explore the fragility of innocence and youth in the face of political turmoil. Will these star-crossed lovers be able to endure their feuding kin or succumb to tragedy? From tender intimacy to ecstatic grandeur, Gounod’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s eternal drama comes to life in a cinematic-inspired production. Set in 15 th century Verona, the deep and rapturous love between Romeo and Juliet rivals the longstanding feud between their families – the Montagues and the Capulets. The world’s most celebrated love story finds new dimension in Charles Gounod’s classic retelling of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.
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