Rhoda Levine

Rhoda Jane Levine (June 15, 1932 – January 6, 2026) was an American opera director, choreographer and a faculty member at several schools of music.

Early life and career Levine was born in New York City on June 15, 1932. She wrote the libretto for Opus Number Zoo by Luciano Berio and also wrote children's books. She was the artistic director of Play It By Ear, an improvisational opera group.

In the summer, she taught at the John Duffy Composers Institute, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Levine was a faculty member at the Curtis Institute of Music, Yale School of Drama, The Juilliard School, and Northwestern University, and taught at Manhattan School of Music from 1992 and Mannes College and was a frequent guest teacher and visiting artist at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

Personal life and death Levine died in New York City, aged 93. She left no immediate survivors. Operas directed by Rhoda Levine

Additionally, she directed productions at Belgium's Opéra National; Scottish Opera; San Francisco Opera; Festival of the Two Worlds; Cabrillo Festival; and Holland Festival, and helmed and choreographed productions on and off-Broadway, in London's West End, and for CBS and WNET.

Books

Republished by the New York Review of Books in June 2010.