Dicapo Opera Theatre

Dicapo Opera Theatre
184 East 76th Street
New York, NY 10021
(212) 288-9438

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Dicapo Opera Theatre
184 East 76th Street
New York, NY 10021
(212) 288-9438
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Michael Capasso
General Director

Diane Martindale
Artistic Director

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PERFORM AND STUDY IN VENICE

CONSTANTINE KITSOPOULOS

Conductor
     Constantine Kitsopoulos has made a name for himself as a conductor whose musical experience comfortably strides the world of symphony, opera and musical theatre, and encompasses the development and performance of new works in a wide variety of genres. Maestro Kitsopoulos is currently Music Director and Principal Conductor of Baz Lurhmann’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème. The production had its Broadway opening in December of 2002 to extraordinary reviews. Maestro Kitsopoulos conducted the production in Los Angeles in January 2004 to rave reviews at the Ahmanson Theatre. Maestro Kitsopoulos recently recorded highlights of Baz Luhrmann’s production for DreamWorks Records.

     During the 2003-2004 season, Maestro Kitsopoulos conducted Di Capo Opera Theatre’s production of Gounod’s Faust and will return in April 2004 to conduct all three versions of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its premiere. He conducted the Annapolis Symphony and will make his debut with the Calgary Philharmonic.

     During the 2001-2002 season, Maestro Kitsopoulos was Music Director of Les Miserables on Broadway. Previously, Maestro Kitsopoulos was Music Director for the La Jolla Playhouse production of Frank Wildhorn’s Dracula, which is slated for a Broadway opening in 2003. He recently conducted a complete performance of Stravinsky’s L’Histore du Soldat with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He was Music Director and Conductor of a new production of Frank Loesser’s Hans Christian Andersen, directed and choreographed by Martha Clarke and produced by the American Conservatory Theatre. He continues to lead the New York Virtuosi Chamber Symphony in educational concerts throughout the New York Metropolitan area.

     The 1999 – 2000 season took Maestro Kitsopoulos to Asia where he conducted the Hong Kong Municipal Opera production of Carmen at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and subsequently took the production to the Beijing Music Festival where he was received by the government of the People’s Republic of China. At Alice Tully Hall he conducted a concert version of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Metropolitan Greek Chorale of which he is Music Director. He returned to Broadway as Music Director for developmental workshops of two new Broadway musicals.

     During the 1998 - 1999 season Maestro Kitsopoulos was Music Director and Conductor of Matthew Bourne’s production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake on Broadway. In October of 1998 he led the Brass Band of Battle Creek’s tour of the United Kingdom, which included his debut at Royal Albert Hall. In September of 1998, he returned to Hong Kong to lead the Hong Kong Philharmonic in a fully staged production of Puccini’s La Bohème for which he received critical acclaim. He recently served as Music Director for the pre-Broadway workshop of The Molly Maguires and conducted education programs for the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. During the summer of 1999 Maestro Kitsopoulos created orchestrations and served as Music Director of the world premiere production of Ed Dixon’s Fanny Hill at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut.

     Maestro Kitsopoulos studied conducting with Gustav Meier, Sergiu Commissiona, Semyon Bychkov and his principal teacher, Vincent LaSelva. He studied piano with Marienka Michna, Chandler Gregg, Ed Edson and Sophia Rosoff. Maestro Kitsopoulos lives in New Jersey with his wife Lynne and two children Antonia and Yahn.

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