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Louis
G. Burkot Artistic
Director
 Louis
G. Burkot studied conducting at the Yale School of Music, the Aspen
Music Festival, and the Houston Grand Opera, and served as Music
Director of Opera New England, the education/outreach arm of the
Boston Lyric Opera, for four seasons, where he conducted The
Barber of Seville, The Magic Flute, and Hansel
and Gretel at
sites throughout New England and New York. He was appointed Artistic
Director of Opera North in 1987, and has conducted more than 35
productions for the company. As Director of the Dartmouth College
Glee Club and Senior Lecturer in the Dartmouth College Department
of Music, he has supervised many senior fellowship projects in
music. Several of his students have continued their music studies
in voice and conducting after Dartmouth at the New England Conservatory
of Music, Boston University, University of Cincinnati, and the
Peabody Conservatory. In addition, he gives master classes in Vocal
Repertoire to music schools and conservatories throughout the United
States. He is the recipient of the Dartmouth’s Distinguished
Lecturer Award in 2000. Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe has
praised his conducting as “first-rate, capable and stylish,” and Opera
News magazine
notes his conducting “sparkles with verve and sensitivity
to the needs of singers.”
Ron
Luchsinger Director
of Productions
 Ron
Luchsinger is an acclaimed operatic stage director and educator
who has worked with opera companies throughout the United States.
He began his association with Opera North in 1988, was named Director
of Productions in 1997, and has directed more than 35 productions
for the company. He has also directed for Connecticut Opera, Shreveport
Opera, Anchorage Opera, Abilene Opera, Eugene Opera, Lyric Opera
of Dallas, Simsbury Light Opera, Dartmouth College, and Gordon
College in Wenham, MA. He has been Visiting Artistic Director at
the University of Connecticut and has served on the faculties of
the Mannes College of Music, New England Conservatory, the New
York Opera/Drama Studio, the California Music Center, and the Hartt
School. He is also Artistic Director of Commonwealth opera in Massachusetts.
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