Rhoda Levine

Rhoda Levine (1932-2026), the  author of seven children’s books, was an accomplished director and choreographer. In addition to working for major opera houses in the United States and Europe, she has choreographed shows on and off Broadway, and in London’s West End. Among the world premieres she directed are Der Kaiser von Atlantis by Viktor Ullmann and X—The Life and Times of Malcolm X and Wakonda’s Dream, both by Anthony Davis. In Cape Town she directed the South African premiere of Porgy and Bess in 1996, and she premiered the New York City Opera productions of Janácek’s From the House of the Dead, Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten, and Adamo’s Little Women. 

Levine taught acting and improvisation at the Yale School of Drama, the Curtis Institute of Music, and Northwestern University, and the Manhattan School of Music and the Mannes College of Music.  

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