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Orfeo ed Euridice • San Francisco Opera • c. Peter Whelan, with Jakub Józef Orlinski, Meigui Zhang, Nicole Heaston

          UPCOMING     
2025-26                                     
San Francisco Opera - 
Il Barbiere di Siviglia  (May 28, June 3, 5, 6m, 9, 12, 13, 20m, 21m)
                                            Elektra  (June 7m, 11, 14m, 19, 23, 27)


       PAST
2025-26                                     
San Francisco Opera - 
Rigoletto  | Dead Man Walking  | Parsifal  | The Monkey King (world premiere) 
                                            San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert  
​

2024-25
San Francisco Opera - 
Un ballo in maschera  | The Handmaid's Tale  | Tristan und Isolde  |  Beethoven 9  | Carmen  |  
                                         La Bohème  |  Idomeneo 
                                         San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert 
Metropolitan Opera - Laffont Competition Judge, Nebraska District 
Metropolitan Opera - 
Laffont Competition Judge, Colorado/Wyoming District 


2023-24
San Francisco Opera - Il Trovatore  | The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs  | Lohengrin  | Omar  | L'elisir d'amore  | Die Zauberflöte   
                                            Innocence  (US premiere)
                                            101st Season Opening Gala Concert with Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak
                                         
San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert
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2022-23
San Francisco Opera - Antony and Cleopatra (world premiere) | Eugene Onegin  | Dialogues des Carmélites | La Traviata 
                                           
Orfeo ed Euridice | Madama Butterfly | Die Frau ohne Schatten | El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
                                           San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert | 100th Anniversary Concert
Metropolitan Opera - Laffont Competition Judge, Rocky Mountain Region
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
 - Judge, Voice Concerto Competition

2021-22
San Francisco Opera - 
Don Giovanni  | Dream of the Red Chamber | Eun Sun Kim conducts Verdi 
Seattle Opera - La Bohème | Orfeo ed Euridice
Seattle Opera - "Welcome Back!" Concert: Die Walküre 
Metropolitan Opera - Laffont Competition - Judge, Seattle district
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2020-21

Seattle Opera - online streams of Don Giovanni, Flight, and Tosca
Seattle Opera - Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci excerpts recorded for online stream:
                            Gregory Kunde, Alexandra LoBianco, Sarah Larsen, Nerys Jones with John Keene, piano 

Seattle Opera - Angela Meade and Jamie Barton in concert with John Keene, piano 
Seattle Opera - Margaret Gawrysiak, mezzo with John Keene, piano 

Emerald City Music with Seattle Opera -  "This is Beethoven" - recital with Sarah Larsen, mezzo
Metropolitan Opera - National Council Auditions - Judge, Western Canada district

2019-20
Seattle Opera - Rigoletto | La Cenerentola | Eugene Onegin | Charlie Parker's Yardbird 
Seattle Opera - The Costa-Jackson Sisters in concert with John Keene, piano 
Seattle Opera - Angela Brown, soprano with John Keene, piano 
​Seattle Opera - Melody Wilson, mezzo-soprano with John Keene, piano 
Metropolitan Opera - National Council Auditions - Masterclass, Northwest Region
Seattle Opera - Gala performance with Frederick Ballentine


2018-19
Metropolitan Opera -  National Council Auditions Judge (New England Region) 
Metropolitan Opera -  National Council Auditions Judge (Arizona District) 
Seattle Opera -
 Porgy and Bess  | The Turn of the Screw  | Il Trovatore  | The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs | Carmen ​
Seattle Opera - Gala performance with Angela Meade and John Matthew Myers


​2017-18
Seattle Opera - Madama Butterfly  | Il Barbiere di Siviglia  | Così fan tutte  | Béatrice et Bénédict ​ | Aïda
​

2016-17 
Seattle Opera - As One  (Conductor)
Seattle Opera - Le Comte Ory | Hänsel und Gretel  | La Traviata | Kát'a Kabanová  | Die Zauberflöte  
Recitals - Deanne Meek, mezzo-soprano | Frye Museum

2015-16
​Seattle Opera - Nabucco | Les Pêcheurs des Perles | Le Nozze di Figaro | Maria Stuarda | Der Fliegende Holländer
​                              An American Dream (Jack Perla) - world premiere

Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions - Judge, Oregon District

2014-15
Seattle Opera - Don Giovanni | Tosca | Semele | Ariadne auf Naxos
                               International Wagner Competition | Speight Celebration and 50th Anniversary Concert
Sun Valley Opera Competition - Judge
Avie Records - commercial CD release of Seattle Opera Der Ring des Nibelungen
Seattle Opera Guild - concert with Sarah Larsen, mezzo
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning Music Mondays Series - Interview with June LeBell in Sarasota, FL

2013-14
Seattle Opera - La Fille du Régiment | Rigoletto | The Consul | Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Recitals - with Deanne Meek, mezzo-soprano
Western Washington University – Masterclass
Orpheus National Vocal Competition - Judge

2012-13
Seattle Opera - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Assistant Conductor) | Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung (Cover Conductor)
                            Fidelio (Chorus Master)
Florida Grand Opera - La Bohème | Die Zauberflöte | La Sonnambula
Orpheus National Vocal Competition – Judge
East Carolina University - Masterclass

2011-12
Florida Grand Opera – Luisa Fernanda | La Rondine | Rigoletto | Roméo et Juliette
Chautauqua Opera - Lucia di Lammermoor
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions - Judge, Boston District

Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions - Judge, Four City-Buffalo, NY District
Orpheus National Vocal Competition – Judge
VoicExperience Sherrill Milnes and Friends - Guest Vocal Coach

2010-11
Florida Grand Opera - Turandot | Les Contes d’Hoffmann | Don Giovanni | Cyrano (Di Chiera)
Chautauqua Opera - Die Zauberflöte
Recital - with Jonathan Michie, baritone
Orpheus National Vocal Competition – Judge
New World School of the Arts – Masterclass


2009-10
Florida Grand Opera - Pagliacci/Suor Angelica | Lucia di Lammermoor | Il Barbiere di Siviglia | Carmen
                                         Robert Heuer 25th Anniversary Gala
Chautauqua Opera - Pagliacci
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions - Judge, Pittsburgh District 

Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions - Judge, Great Lakes Region
Orpheus National Vocal Competition - Judge

2008-09
Florida Grand Opera - La Traviata | La Cenerentola | Lakmé | Le Nozze di Figaro | Madama Butterfly
                                       Concert Series: Dmitri Hvorostovsky | Marcello Giordani | Bryn Terfel
Chautauqua Opera - Il Trovatore  | Tosca
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