Conductor

(United States)

HGO Appearances:

The Barber of Seville. Previously: Performances of The Elixir of Love, The Little Prince, and The Magic Flute. Covered Nixon in China, Faust, Carousel, The Marriage of Figaro, Eugene Onegin, and Così fan tutte. Assistant conductor/assistant chorus master 2015–17. HGO Studio alumna (2013–15). 

About the Artist:

HGO Studio alumna Emily Senturia (2013–15) joined the HGO music staff as assistant conductor/assistant chorus master for two seasons, during which time she conducted performances of The Elixir of Love, The Little Prince, and The Magic Flute. She has recently been a regular member of the music staff of Wolf Trap Opera, where she has conducted two Studio Spotlight scenes programs in addition to coaching La bohème, The Ghosts of Versailles, and Julius Caesar. This season, she conducted Iolanthe with Savoynet Performing Group at the International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival before joining the music staff at Opera Philadelphia for productions of Elizabeth Cree and War Stories as part of the company’s inaugural festival, O17. She covered Alcina at Washington National Opera, will lead La liberazione di Ruggiero for the inaugural project of Opera X, a company devoted to promoting operas by female composers, and finishes her season coaching Sweeney Todd for the Atlanta Opera. Her training also includes Wolf Trap Opera, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Royal Academy of Music in London. She studied orchestral conducting at Indiana University and Boston University, and violin at Rice University.