About Director Robert Neu

Robert Neu regularly directs musicals, plays and operas throughout the country. His productions have been seen in Cincinnati (The Music Man and Cosi fan Tutte), Virginia (Romeo and Juliet), New York (Romeo and Juliet), and on the Main Street Stage (The Sound of Music).

For the Minnesota Orchestra he has directed productions of Candide, Fidelio, Hansel and Gretel, Tosca (starring Deborah Voigt), Carmen and La Boheme. Most recently, he worked with Minnesota Orchestra’s Music Director, Osmo Vanska, in directing his own adaption of Peer Gynt which incorporated Ibsen’s text and Grieg’s incidental music.

Upcoming productions include Naughty Marietta with Skylark Opera, a revival of Hansel and Gretal with the Minnesota Orchestra, and The Music Man for the Des Moines Civic Theater.

Bob holds degrees from the University of Kansas and The Juilliard School.