Brian Morgan (né Joseph Anthony Odom) stage directed many controversial opera productions between New Orleans (his native city) and New York, including Suor Angelica, Venus and Adonis, Sāvitri (New Orleans premiere), Cards, La voix humaine (New Orleans premiere, in his own translation), s (world premiere), Hänsel und Gretel, Dido and Æneas, Pelléas et Mélisande (New Orleans premiere), Bastien und Bastienne, Everyman (world premiere), Orfeo ed Euridice, Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Everyman (New York premiere), Pierrot lunaire, and the original version of Médée (which was then recorded by Newport Classic).
Following several years as a cloistered monk, he returned to New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina, where he was classical-music correspondent for the PBS affiliate WYES's "Stepping Out" for nine years. He is a noted musician, and is Basilica Organist at the Basilica of St Stephen in New Orleans. On facebook, Mr Morgan has created The Susanne Marsee Appreciation Society, The Herva Nelli Appreciation Society, The Norman Treigle Appreciation Society, The Giuseppe Anselmi Appreciation Society, The Gilda Dalla Rizza Appreciation Society, as well as The Society of the Holy Infant of Good Health, The Society of St Baradates, and The Society of the Infant of Prague.
On June 19, 2023, his monograph, A Cool Brilliance: The Legacy of Karan Armstrong, was published. On August 30, 2023, his book, Uttering Lamentations: Essays & Critiques on Opera, was published.
Hänsel und Gretel.Bastien und Bastienne.Orfeo ed Euridice.Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda.
Articles created by Mr Morgan, though superseded: Theo Adam, St Baradates, Blessed Stephen Bellesini, Wanda Brister, Tito Capobianco, Richard Cassilly, Joy Clements, Frank Corsaro, Joan Carroll Cruz, Enrico di Giuseppe, Stephen Dickson, Mignon Dunn, Ruth Falcon, Carlisle Floyd, F.A. Forbes, D'Anna Fortunato, Richard Fredricks, Marisa Galvany, Thomas Hayward, Walter Herbert (conductor), Holy Infant of Good Health, Cavada Humphrey, Jussi Jalas, Christopher Keene, the Reverend Francis Xavier Lasance, Chester Ludgin, Virginia MacWatters, John Macurdy, Nadja Michael, Tamara Milashkina, Sister Nazarena of Jesus OSBCam, Maralin Niska, Betsy Norden, Lisette Oropesa, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Aureliano Pertile, Marguerite Piazza, Kirk Redmann, the Recluse Sisters, Margaret Roggero, Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites, Rita Shane, the Right Reverend Monsignor Joseph F. Stedman, St Valérie, etc.
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