Franco Gentilesca

stage director who was particularly active in staging operas

Richard Tucker in the title role and Gilda Cruz-Romo as Maddalena. He directed two more PGOC productions the following year, and later staged several other productions in Philadelphia and New York City with Opera Ebony during the late 1970s and 1980s.^[1]

Connecticut Grand Opera. He also worked frequently as a director for Vincent La Selva's New York Grand Opera for over two decades. His final project was directing Georges Bizet's Carmen for Opera of the Hamptons in August 2001.^[1]