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Grethe Barrett Holby (born April 26, 1948) is an American theatre producer, stage director, choreographer, and dramaturge best known for her work in opera. Holby is noted as the founder of American Opera Projects, where she served as Artistic Director from 1988 until 2001.
Grethe Barrett Holby is one luminary who wears many hats as an opera and stage director, choreographer, producer, dancer, architect, and visual designer. She has been hailed for her operatic career spanning over four decades and is credited with popularizing the opera industry in North America.
It was founded in 1995 by Grethe Barrett Holby, originally as part of American Opera Projects (also founded by Holby). Its mission was and remains to create new repertory for family audiences, to bring the experience of opera to a diverse audience, and to engage the community in the process and performance of their works.
She was an originating cast member of Robert Wilson and Philip Glass’s Einstein on the Beach, choreographer and assistant director for the world premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s final opera, A Quiet Place. Holby also launched the groundbreaking organization American Opera Projects in 1987.
His parents are Arthur Elgort, a fashion photographer who has worked extensively for Vogue magazine and Grethe Barrett Holby, an opera director. Elgort's father named him after prominent nature photographer Ansel Adams (1902–1984). He is of Russian Jewish descent on his father's side, and of Norwegian ancestry on his mother's.
GRETHE BARRETT HOLBY — Executive & Artistic Director. A driving force in new American opera for over 30 years, Grethe Barrett Holby has directly worked with such figures as Leonard Bernstein, Plácido Domingo, and Lou Reed, among others.
25 apr 2018 · Grethe Barrett Holby ’71, MArch ’73. Winning new audiences for opera. A new space race grips the world. Three astronauts — American, Russian, and Chinese — land on Mars. They must develop ...
