CENTRAL CITY OPERA | ADMINISTRATION GENERAL/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PELHAM G. PEARCE, JR. was selected in 1996 as Managing Director of Central City Opera and named General/Artistic Director in 1998. During his 25-year tenure, Mr. Pearce set forth the company’s current artistic mission of balancing traditional and progressive works. Nationally, he has served as Chairman of the Grants Review Panel for the National Endowment for the Arts, as a juror for the Rosa Ponselle International Voice Competition and Regional Met Auditions and as a Board Member for OPERA America. In May of 2013, Mr. Pearce received the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Award for the Arts and Humanities.
Pelham G. Pearce, Jr., General/Artistic Director John Baril, Music Director John Moriarty, Artistic Director Emeritus Michael Baitzer, Director/Administrator, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Sara Blackwelder, Controller and Director of Human Resources Ana Carrera, Accounting Clerk Wanda M. Larson, Office Administrator/Gift Shop Buyer BOX OFFICE Deb Mountain, Sales Operations Manager Tanner Buffy, Patron Services Associate DEVELOPMENT Katherine Nicholson, Director of Development Michael Walker, Annual Giving Manager Jeremy Schwartz, Development Operations and Events Manager Elisabeth Boyce, Development Administrative Coordinator Shira Zimmerman, Grants Officer Sam Moody, Grants Coordinator
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HISTORIC PROPERTIES Eric Chinn, Director of Historic Properties Sam Carrington, Historic Property Maintenance MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS Gail Bransteitter, Director of Marketing and Communications Erin Osovets, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications Margaret Siegrist, Marketing Content Manager Teila Theisen, Audience Development Manager Melissa Rick, Art Direction and Graphic Design EDUCATION Emily Murdock, Director of Education Margaret Ozaki Graves, Education Coordinator TOURING ARTISTS Steven Aguiló-Arbues, Piano Roger Ames, Resident Teaching Artist and Composer* Jason Baldwin, Tenor* Miguel Ángel Ortega Bañales, Tenor Sarah Barber, Mezzo-Soprano* James Baumgardner, Tenor Adam Buer, Classical Guitar Ruth L. Carver, Soprano and Yoga Instructor* Judeth Shay Comstock, Soprano* Christie Conover, Soprano Armando Contreras, Baritone Brian Cook, Teaching Artist* Jennifer DeDominici, Mezzo-Soprano* Kira Dills-DeSurra, Mezzo-Soprano Phoenix Gayles, Soprano Daniela Guzmán-Égüez, Soprano Erin Hackel, Soprano* Michael Hoffman, Tenor Jenee Luquette James, Soprano Emily Murdock, Soprano* Margaret Ozaki Graves, Soprano* Sara Parkinson, Piano Amanda Raddatz, Soprano Marcia Ragonetti, Mezzo-Soprano Chad Reagan, Baritone Jeremy Reger, Piano Leslie Remmert Soich, Mezzo-Soprano Rebecca Robinson, Mezzo-Soprano Pablo Romero, Tenor Deborah Schmit-Lobis, Piano, Composer/Arranger* John Seesholtz, Baritone Margaret Siegrist, Mezzo-Soprano Erin Joy Swank, Stage Manager*
