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Wichita Grand Opera
Century II Concert Hall
225 W. Douglas Ave.
Wichita , Kansas 67202
316.683.3444 Admin Office
316.262.8054 Box Office
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Maestro Louis Salemno is a regular guest conductor with opera companies throughout North America, including Houston Grand Opera, L'Opera de Montreal, New York City Opera, Vancouver Opera, Seattle Opera, Florentine Opera of Milwaukee, Opera Pacific, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Baltimore Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Columbus, Opera Carolina, Michigan Opera Theater, and many others. He has been a frequent guest conductor of the New Orleans Opera where he has conducted La Traviata, Faust, Romeo and Juliet, The Daughter of the Regiment, L'Elisir d'Amore, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, and Macbeth. For the Houston Grand Opera he conducted new productions of Aida, Hansel and Gretel, and Dialogues of the Carmelites. He began his career by serving on the conducting staff of Barcelona's Gran Teatro del Liceo, the San Francisco Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Teatro alla Scala in Milano. |
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Ekhart Wycik is the Principal Conductor of the Dortmund Opera, and the Deputy Music Director. He made his U.S. opera debut conducting Wichita Grand Opera’s 2006 production of The Magic Flute and he has previously conducted La Traviata and The Pirates of Penzance with the WGO. His upcoming performances in Dortmund include Salome, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, Rigoletto, and The Rake’s Progress. He debuted this year with the Berlin Philharmonic and was also invited to the Salzburg Festspiele. The Pearl Fishers will be Maestro Wycik’s fifth appearance with Wichita Grand Opera. |
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| Barber of Seville |
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As the principal conductor of the Slovakian National Opera in Bratislava, Maestro Martin Mázik conducts more than 100 performances per season, including the operas La Traviata, Carmen, Don Giovanni, and L’Elisir d’Amore, as well as all three of Tchaikovsky’s ballet masterpieces: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. In addition, he has appeared with major opera companies and orchestras in Europe, Japan and The United States. Since January 2006, he has conducted two tours through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland totaling over 60 performances. In the summer of 2006 he toured Japan with the Prague State Opera, presenting nearly 20 performances of The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro. He made his U.S. opera debut with Wichita Grand Opera’s Don Giovanni in 2004 and returned to conduct Die Fledermaus in 2005, Romeo and Juliet in 2007, and A Masked Ball, La Bohème, and Faust last season. | |
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