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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 - 
Rigoletto  (September 5, 7, 13m, 16, 19, 21m, 24, 27)
                                            Dead Man Walking  (September 14m, 17, 20, 23, 26, 28m)
                                            Parsifal  (October 25m, 28, November 2m, 7, 13)
                                            The Monkey King (world premiere)  (November 14, 16m, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28, 30m)
                                          
San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert  (November 23)
                                            Il Barbiere di Siviglia  (May 28, June 3, 5, 6m, 9, 12, 13, 20m, 21m)
                                            Elektra  (June 7m, 11, 14m, 19, 23, 27)

                                            

       PAST
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 | 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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