Mr. Bryant has
directed documentaries, television
programs, segments, corporate videos,
commercials, DVD's, simulcasts
and specials featuring Lucinda
Williams, Lyle
Lovett,
Nanci Griffith, Jimmy Reed, Ramblin’ Jack
Elliott, Vince Bell, Sonny Terry & Brownie
McGee, Earl Campbell, Darrel
Royal, Dana Cooper, John Hammond,
Guy Clark, Shake Russell, Eric
Taylor, Carolyn Hester, Big Mama
Thornton, Bill Cade, Taj Mahal,
Don McLean, Steven Fromholz, Bob
Hope, Don Sanders, Barbara Jordan,
Arlo Guthrie, Jerry Jeff Walker,
The Houston Symphony, Rene Fleming,
Dr. Rockit, Sir Elton John, John
Vandiver, Townes Van Zandt, John
Henry Faulk, Cactus Pryor, Willie
Nelson, Richard Dobson, John Grimaudo,
Leroy Parnell, Blind George McLain,
B.W. Stevenson, Houston Grand Opera,
The Santa Fe Opera and many others.
In November of 2005 he directed
the televised simulcast of Porgy & Bess
for the Washington National Opera
at the Kennedy Center. He has also
directed twelve ESPN/Eurosport
specials.
In May of 2006 Bruce directed
the television simulcast of the
San Francisco Opera's production
of Madamé Butterfly as part
of their "Return Of The Divas" summer
program.
In April, 2007
Mr. Bryant had the honor of working
with Placido Domingo and directing
the television recording of Wagner's
Die Walkure at the Kennedy Center
for the Washington National Opera.
Summer,
2007
Mr. Bryant directed the video simulcast
of La Bohéme in Santa
Fe and Albuquerque for the Santa
Fe Opera. Bruce
has the distinction of directing
the Santa Fe Opera's first video
simulcast back in 2004 with their
production of Bellini's "La
Somnambula."
Fall, 2007
Bruce had La Bohème
in his schedule again a few weeks
later, but this time for The
Washington National Opera with
a new production from Teatr Wielki-National
Opera Warsaw. The simulcast was
broadcast live from Kennedy Center
to a giant video screen on the
Washington Mall. It was also
beamed live to two local movie
theaters and 31 Cities around
the country.
Thousands of visitors to the Mall
enjoyed perfect weather and a free
simulcast of the Puccini opera,
which benefited from the close-ups
and crosscuts that cameras could
provide.
I found this modernist production
much more effective on the screen
than I did in the Opera House.
Yesterday, watching this "Bohème" was
like watching a film, with close-ups,
pans, crosscuts and other cinematic
touches that humanized the action
and made it all seem much more
intimate.
Tim Page, The Washington Post
November, 2007
Mr. Bryant directed the high definition
recording of a new production
of Don Giovanni for the Washington
National Opera at the Kennedy
Center. Placido Domingo conducted
Mozart's celebrated tragicomedy
which is often considered the
greatest opera ever composed.
May,
2008
Don
Giovanni Simulcast, Chicago Opera
Theater
Bryant's lens opened up the drama
through frequent and telling close-ups
that made the video "Giovanni" a
more vivid experience for the outdoor
audience than the indoor patrons.
The camera loved all the singers,
especially the attractive and sexy
lovers Zerlina and Masetto, as
portrayed by Isabel Leonard and
Ben Wager.
John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune. |