Andrew Eggert

Andrew Eggert is a Professor and Director of Opera Studies at the Chicago College of Performing Arts (Roosevelt University). He holds a PhD in Historical Musicology from Columbia University, where he also earned an MA and MPhil.

• Opera stage director and dramaturg based in Chicago and New York City
• Active collaborator with Diane Paulus and other notable directors
• Work spans contemporary operas, Baroque works, and young artist programs

Key Productions (2013-2015):

• La Tragédie de Carmen (Chicago Opera Theater)
• Death and the Powers (Dallas Opera, American Repertory Theater)
• Bluebeard's Castle (Opera Omaha)
• US premiere of Clemency by James MacMillan

His dramaturgical work includes collaborations with Rebecca Taichman and Michael Counts on Telemann’s Orpheus and Mose in Egitto.