As a director, Regina Zona has had quite a diverse career so far. Her opera credits include a critically acclaimed production of Verdi's Falstaff  and Suor Angelica/Pagliacci at the University of Minnesota Duluth and various opera scenes programs featuring the works of Mozart, Massenet, Britten, Verdi, Puccini, Strauss, among others. Dr. Zona has directed musicals in regional theatres including West Side Story, 42nd Street and City of Angels. She has also created, directed and choreographed several university show choirs.

In 2009, Dr. Zona was selected as a winner of the Imagine Fund Grant supported by a generous donation of the McKnight Foundation and the University of Minnesota Graduate School in which she will study the art of Opera Direction by interviewing three nationally and internationally acclaimed opera directors.

Dr. Zona is also the Artistic Director of the Sieur Du Luth Opera Training Program in Duluth, Minnesota, a five week intenstive program for young aspiring opera singers.

Dr. Zona's upcoming directing projects include Don Giovanni at the Sieur DuLuth Opera Training Program in July 2010, as well as Hansel and Gretel  in February 2011 and an Opera Scenes program in May of that same year both at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

To learn more about the Opera Program at the University of Minnesota Duluth, visit the opera website at www.d.umn.edu/~rzona.

To learn more about the Sieur Du Luth Opera Training Program, visit the website at www.umdartsfest.com.

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