2022 PROFILES CONDUCTORS *UFOMT Debut JAMES M. BANKHEAD Conductor, Joseph…, Sentimental Journey, Center Street Celebration North Logan, Utah 6th UFOMT Season ALSO: Utah State University, Sam Houston State University, The United States Air Force BandWashington DC NICOLAS GIUSTI Conductor, The Magic Flute Boston, Massachusetts 4th UFOMT Season ALSO: Opera Montecarlo, Rossini Opera Festival, Orlando Opera KAREN KELTNER Conductor, Carmen, Man of La Mancha San Diego, California 24th UFOMT Season ALSO: Washington National Opera, San Diego Opera, l’Opera du Rhin (Strasbourg, France) GERALD STEICHEN Conductor, She Loves Me, The Tender Land Tonkawa, Oklahoma 8th UFOMT Season ALSO: New York City Opera, Utah Symphony & Opera, Broadway/ National Tours: Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Secret Garden, The King & I
ARTISTS *UFOMT Debut MICHAEL BALLAM Founder and General Director | Don Quixote, Man of La Mancha Logan, Utah 30th UFOMT Season ALSO: Chicago Lyric Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, San Francisco Opera, Dallas Opera
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JACQUELYN ABBOTT* Assistant Director / Ensemble, Carmen Providence, Utah ALSO: Indiana University, Miami Beach Classical Music Festival, Utah State University MARC ABBOTT* Ensemble, Carmen Phoenix, Arizona ALSO: American Center for Puccini Studies, United States Military Academy NICHOLAS ANDRUZZI* Ensemble, Carmen, The Magic Flute, Tender Land Charlotte, North Carolina ALSO: UNC Charlotte Department of Music AUDREY BABCOCK Carmen, Carmen | Aldonza, Man of La Mancha Hollywood, California 3rd UFOMT Season ALSO: Rising and Falling, Arizona Opera and Opera Carolina, Verdi Requiem, Reading Symphony, Yardbird, Seattle Opera BENJAMIN BALLAM Ensemble, Joseph… Logan, Utah 6th UFOMT Season
VANESSA BALLAM Amalia Balash, She Loves Me | Director, The Magic Flute | Education Director | Artistic Associate Logan, Utah 22nd UFOMT Season ALSO: Anchorage Opera, PCPAPacific Conservatory Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Indiana University
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