Transitions: Winter 2023
Tehvon Fowler-Chapman has joined LA Opera as vice president of Connects, the company’s education and community engagement initiative.
Spoleto Festival USA has welcomed Chief Financial Officer Brent Dickman, Chief Operating Office Dexter Foxworth, Lead Producer Liz Keller-Tripp, and Chief Marketing Officer Katharine Laidlaw.
Lesley Hunter has joined HERE as managing director, a newly created role that is part of a leadership restructuring.
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has extended the contract of General Director Andrew Jorgensen through 2028.
Lakes Area Music Festival has hired Daniel Meyers as director of development.
IN Series has welcomed Adrienne Starr as its new managing director.
Reed W. Smith, general director of Anchorage Opera, announced that he will retire in May 2023.
Karen Stone, a stage director who has led companies including The Dallas Opera and Opera Graz, has been appointed director of Opera Europa, OPERA America’s partner organization in Europe.
The Glimmerglass Festival has named its outgoing leader, Francesca Zambello, as artistic and general director emerita.
Annapolis Opera Company has hired Jane Weaver as director of development.
This article was published in the Winter 2023 issue of Opera America Magazine.
