Player Biographies: Louis Fantasia, Bass
Louis Fantasia is one of the anchors of the Palisades Symphony bass
section. In his professional life he has produced and
directed more than a hundred and fifty plays and operas worldwide.
Director of the Shakespeare Globe Centre's Teaching Shakespeare Through
Performance Institute from 1997 to 2002, and President of Deep Springs
College (2007), Louis is currently director of Shakespeare at the
Huntington, the teacher training institute of the Huntington Library in
San Marino, California. Louis is the author of Instant Shakespeare and Tragedy in the Age of Oprah: Essays on Five Great Plays. His new book, Talking Shakespeare: Notes from a Journey,
will be published in 2017 by Peter Lang Publishers. In 2016 he was
awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal
Republic of Germany for his contributions to German culture and
theatre.