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Ainadamar - Osvaldo Golijov
Long Beach Opera
Andreas Mitisek - Stage Director
May 20 & 26
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First Glimpse - New works from the Composers and the Voice Workshops
American Opera Projects
May 20 & 21
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Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra - Opera Highlights Concert Featuring Young Artists of the Chautauqua Opera
Steven Osgood - Conductor
July 14
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Blessed Art Thou Among Women - Tarik O'Regan, Greg Spears
Opera New Jersey & American Opera Projects
Crystal Manich - Stage Director
July 21 (mat), 22
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Steven Osgood, with his unique combination of theatrical and musical background, brings to the podium a musical incisiveness and dramatic insight which is rare in today’s emerging conductors.  He has proven his expertise in repertoire ranging from the Baroque through this century’s most challenging scores.

Steve is currently rehearsing Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar with Long Beach Opera, in a new production directed by Andreas Mitisek.  Rehearsals for American Opera Projects' co-production with Opera New Jersey of Blessed Art Thou Among Women will begin shortly, and repertoire for the Chautauqua Symphony's Opera Highlights Concert is being finalized.

In recent seasons Steve conducted the critically acclaimed world premiere of Xenakis's Oresteia at the Miller Theater, Tan Dun's Marco Polo with De Nederlandse Opera, La Traviata and La bohème with Edmonton Opera, Tosca at Chautauqua Opera, Die Fledermaus with Opera Memphis, Stephen Schwartz's Séance on a Wet Afternoon and Massenet's La Navarraise with New York City Opera, Philip Glass' Hydrogen Jukebox at Fort Worth Opera Festival, Conrad Susa's Transformations at Juilliard Opera, Lee Hoiby's Summer and Smoke at Manhattan School of Music, and John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles at Northwestern University.  His concert work included  appearances with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony featuring Tony Award nominee Louise Pitre.  He also conducted workshops of two new operas in development:  Herschel Garfein's Rosenkrantz and Guildentern are Dead, and Conrad Cummings' The Golden Gate, as well as readings of Missy Mazzoli's Song from the Uproar (April 30) and Anthony Davis' Revolution of Forms with New York City Opera's VOX 2010.

From 2001 to 2008 Steve was Artistic Director of American Opera Projects, where he conducted numerous developmental workshops, including most recently Tarik O’Regan’s Heart of Darkness, and Séance on a Wet Afternoon by Stephen Schwartz.  He founded the company's internationally recognized Composers and the Voice workshop series, and conducted the world premiere of Paula Kimper's Patience and Sarah at the Lincoln Center Festival.

Steve has spent three seasons as Assistant Conductor with the Metropolitan Opera, where he worked on productions of La Traviata, Phillip Glass’ Satyagraha, Tan’s The First Emperor, and John Adams' Nixon in China.  His conducting appearances include New York City Opera, Edmonton Opera, San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera and Western Opera Theater, Ashlawn Opera, the Gulbenkian Festival, and the Wintergreen Festival.  He has been a regular guest conductor with the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, and Rice University.  His orchestral work includes guest engagements with the Chautauqua Symphony, New West Symphony, Wintergreen Symphony Orchestra and ICE Ensemble.