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Orfeo ed Euridice • San Francisco Opera • c. Peter Whelan, with Jakub Józef Orlinski, Meigui Zhang, Nicole Heaston
          UPCOMING
2023-24
San Francisco Opera - Il Trovatore  | The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs  | Lohengrin  | Omar |  L'elisir d'amore  | 
                                         Die Zauberflöte  | Innocence
                                         
Opera Ball Gala Concert with Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna: September 8
                                         San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert: December 8
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2022-23
Metropolitan Opera - Laffont Competition - Judge (Rocky Mountain Region) February 11
San Francisco Opera - Madama Butterfly: June 3, 6, 9, 18m, 21, 24, 27, July 1
                                         Die Frau ohne Schatten: June 4m, 10, 20, 23, 28
                                         El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego: June 13, 17, 22, 25m, 30
                                         100th Anniversary Concert: June 16



       PAST
2022-23
San Francisco Opera - Antony and Cleopatra | Eugene Onegin  | Dialogues des Carmélites | La Traviata | Orfeo ed Euridice
                                           San Francisco Opera Chorus in Concert
San Francisco Conservatory of Music - Voice Concerto Competition - Judge 

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 (Morlot; Meade, LoBianco, Owens, Jovanovich, Aceto)
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 (online stream)
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 Myers


​2017-18
Seattle Opera - Madama Butterfly  | Il Barbiere di Siviglia  | Così fan tutte  | Béatrice et Bénédict ​ | Aïda
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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 (Boston District and Four City-Buffalo, NY District) - Judge
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 (Pittsburgh District and Great Lakes Region) - Judge
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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