Associate Conductor (retired), Metropolitan Opera
Recorded The Unknown Kurt Weill, receiving a Grammy nomination
Guest Conductor, Cincinnati Opera, The San Francisco Opera, TheOpera Company of Boston, The Vancouver International Festival,and the Milwaukee Florentine Opera
Past Lectures:
- The Opera Orchestra in 19th Century Italy:
Part I – The Flowering (Its Uses by Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti)
Part II – The Culmination (Verdi) - Artistic Inter-Weavings in the Bel Canto Period:
Part I – Influence and Interactions of Instrumental Composers and Composers of Bel Canto Opera (Chopin, Schubert, Beethoven,Mozart, Paganini)
Part II – Recasting of Bel Canto Operas via Instrumental Transcriptions(Liszt, Chopin, Henze, Busoni), 20th Century Composers, Filmsand Television - Comedy is No Laughing Matter: The Humorous Side of Tragic Composers
- Wine, Women and Opera: A Survey of Revelry on the Lyric Stage in Italy and Its Neighbors:
Part I – 1750 -1850
Part II – 1850 – 1950 - Bel Canto of Voice and Orchestra
- Reflections with Richard Woitach: Maximizing a Young Artist’s Possibilities