He is a frequent guest at the Vienna Staatsoper where his repertoire includes The Daughter of the Regiment, The Elixir of Love, Carmen, Madama Butterfly, Simon Boccanegra, A Masked Ball, and L’italiana in Algeri. As Principal Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin from 2005 to 2011, he conducted new productions of Don Pasquale, Simon Boccanegra, d’Albert’s Tiefland, and Carmen, as well as performances of The Marriage of Figaro, La traviata, Dialogues des Carmélites, La bohème and Carmina Burana. He has conducted new productions in Liceo ( The Pearl Fishers), Munich (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Geneva ( Les Vêpres Siciliennes), Barcelona ( Madama Butterfly), Bilbao ( Norma), Toulouse (Lalo’s Le Roi d’Ys and The Tales of Hoffmann), Lisbon ( Il Turco in Italia), Naples (Gounod’s Faust), Dallas ( Ermione), Seattle ( Il trovatore and Heggie’s The End of Affair), Monte Carlo Opera ( Il Turco in Italia) and Santa Fe ( Così fan tutte), and at the festivals of Pesaro, Caramoor, the Menuhin festival in Gstaad, and the Spoleto festival in Charleston and Spoleto, Italy.
A frequent guest with the world’s great opera companies, Yves Abel has conducted performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden La Scala, Milan the Metropolitan Opera, New York Lyric Opera of Chicago San Francisco Opera Seattle Opera Glyndebourne Festival Bayerische Staatsoper Opéra National de Paris Netherlands Opera Grand Théatre de Génève Teatro San Carlo, Naples Teatro Communale Bologna New National Theatre, Tokyo Welsh National Opera and Opera North. He is the Chief Conductor designate of the NordwestDeutsche Philarmonie, Germany.
He returned in 2014 for Pagliacci, in 2016 for Madama Butterfly, and was last heard locally in 2019 for performances of Carmen. He made his Company debut in 2013 for performances of The Daughter of the Regiment. Maestro Yves Abel is San Diego Opera’s Principal Conductor. in Arts Administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX and has served on the Board of Directors of OPERA America. Bennett was a Senior Consultant with Arts Resources International, where he provided a range of advisory services to non-profit arts organizations, including project feasibility studies, financial operating estimates, economic impact and market analyses, and fund-raising feasibility studies.īefore working in Arts Administration, he enjoyed a successful career in opera, appearing as a baritone with a number of companies and orchestras throughout the United States, including The Dallas Opera, the Dallas Symphony, Skylight Opera Theater, and Florentine Opera of Milwaukee. While at DNA, he led a $5.7 million capital campaign for DNA’s new home and oversaw the organization’s emergence as a significant producer of modern dance in New York City. Prior to San Diego Opera, David was Gotham Chamber Opera’s Managing Director and Executive Director, and prior to that was at Dance New Amsterdam (DNA), Lower Manhattan’s center for dance education, creation, and performance, where he served as Managing Director. In 2016, the Company debuted its wildly popular dētour Series, which explores the expressive nature of opera with the potency of intimate theater.
METROPOLITAN OPERA DEVELOPMENT STAFF SERIES
Under his leadership since 2015, the Company has embarked on a series of community-based initiatives including a citywide Listening Tour series, free public performances, and family-friendly operas to better serve the diverse San Diego region. David Bennett is the General Director of San Diego Opera.
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