Amarillo Opera presents Gianni Schicchi
We are ecstatic to have Rolando Salazar join us as the conductor of our upcoming production of Gianni B. Good Schicchi.
“Rolando Salazar has a truly expansive operatic and symphonic repertoire, including over forty productions with The Atlanta Opera as conductor, assistant conductor, and chorus master. He recently made his Opera Columbus debut conducting Astor Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires, which he also assisted on at The Atlanta Opera. Atlanta Opera conducting credits include Pagliacci, Barber of Seville (MainStage debut), Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins, and student matinees of La boheme and Don Pasquale. Maestro Salazar has also been featured as pianist in Love Letters to Atlanta, performing alongside singers Morris Robinson, Jamie Barton, Ryan McKinny, and Kevin Burdette.
Recent conducting credits include Die Zauberflöte with Harrower Opera Festival, Ned Rorem’s Our Town with Georgia State University School of Music, Handel’s Messiah with the Atlanta Concert Opera, Le Nozze di Figaro with Red River Lyric Opera, Tosca with Permian Basin Opera, and other guest conducting engagements with the Georgia State University Symphony Orchestra, The Atlanta Ballet, Rome Symphony Orchestra, Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra, as well as collaborations with Opera Louisiane, Madison Opera, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. In addition he served as Assistant Conductor and festival pianist at the Bellingham Festival of Music with Conductor
Laureate, Maestro Michael Palmer
Rolando has served as Associate Conductor and Chorus Master for The Atlanta Opera where he has studied and worked alongside his mentors Arthur Fagen and Walter Huff, in addition to a long and distinguished list of guest conductors and directors. He keeps an active coaching and collaborative piano schedule in Atlanta, preparing numerous world class singers for major engagements with orchestras and opera houses worldwide. Rolando is a graduate of West Texas A&M University, and he is represented by Marvel Arts Management.”
Ticket info can be found at www.amarilloopera.org