​ABOUT
Rebecca Greenstein is the executive director and producer of Opera Moderne, Vien.noir, and The Hot Box Girls International. She is also an artistic director, stage director, and experienced performer, originally from the great state of Texas. In 2009, Ms. Greenstein began her producing and directing career with the repertory opera company, Opera Manhattan, in New York City. She founded two international companies in 2011: Opera Moderne and the Hot Box Girls International. Ms. Greenstein’s Opera Moderne was an immediate success in the international operatic scene and received accolades from the NYTimes, Opera News, Musical America, The Huffington Post, Parterre Box, Time Out New York, Opera Pulse, the Modern Mozartian, Superconductor, Voce di Meche, Classical Source, WQXR Operavore, The One-Way Ticket Show, the European Cultural News (Austria), and der Standard (Austria).
​In 2025 Vien.noir presents the world premiere of the new musical “Mata Hari: A Cabaret of Intrigue” at the historic Cabaret CasaNova, where famed Josephine Baker performed when touring Europe in the 1930s. Ms. Greenstein originated the concept of “Mata Hari” and serves as the director and primary choreographer. In February 2025 Vien.noir Varieté returns to the CasaNova stage and will have the honor of performing the Midnight show for the UN AEIA Ball at the Hofburg Imperial Palace.
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Ms. Greenstein continuously refreshes her companies’ offerings. Vien.noir presented the Vien.noir Varieté, its series of variety shows, for the first time in the 2023-2024 season, which also welcomed the opening of Vien.noir’s Events sector. In 2022 she launched an interdisciplinary project: Vien.noir Classic, a stunning cabaret experience of classical music, jazz, opera, and electronic music fused with circus, burlesque, and the art of aerial acrobatics at the beautiful Calea Club in Vienna, Austria.
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The 2019, 2020, and 2021 seasons featured multiple new productions, all created by and under the stage direction of Ms. Greenstein. Highlights include "The Dark Cabaret," the European Premiere of the violin concerto "Dirty Music" by Richard Pearson Thomas at the Ateliertheater in Vienna, Austria on June 28, 2019, in collaboration with the Hot Box Girls International; and "Vien.noir: Caprice Noir," a new classical and jazz music fusion series, in collaboration with The Freestyle Orchestra.
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Other productions recently created or in development include: "L'Opera Burlesque" at the Ateliertheater in Vienna, Austria; and “Fantasie Macabre” in collaboration with The Freestyle Orchestra and musicologist Dr. Chanda VanderHart.
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​Ms. Greenstein attended Texas State University (TSU) in San Marcos, Texas where she double-majored in Musical Theatre and Operatic Vocal Performance. These extensive programs at TSU trained Ms. Greenstein in Stage Direction, Lighting, Costuming, Hair and Make-Up, Dance, Movement, Acting, Vocal Performance, and Vocal Pedagogy. She began her career as a performer in Equity and Non-Equity theatres around Texas, including Zilker Theatre, The Violet Crow Players, and Austin Musical Theatre. In May 2001, Ms. Greenstein moved to New York City and continued her musical and operatic performance career with such companies as The National Lyric Opera, Dicapo Opera Theatre, One World Symphony, and JABEN USA, and ventured into TV and Film with ORF Television, Mezzo Television, Sir Murray Productions, and Pristine Pictures, where her vocal performance was included at the Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals for the film “Hollywood Heroine” in 2008.