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Richard Woitach

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
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