José Luis Moscovich
José Luis Moscovich has been General Director of West Bay Opera since 2006. For the preceding nine years he was music director and conductor of the San Francisco Camerata, the only professional orchestra in the US devoted exclusively to the music of Latin American composers. Prior to that, he was principal guest conductor of the Bay Area Concerto Ensemble. He has also appeared with the Concerto Orchestra, the ARTEA orchestra, the Marin Chamber Orchestra, the UCSF Orchestra, the Nova Vista Orchestra, and a number of other ensembles. In 2005 he was invited to open West Bay Opera’s 50th season with Die Zauberflöte. Most recently he conducted to critical acclaim West Bay Opera’s productions of Der Freischütz, Orfeo ed Euridice, Der fliegende Holländer, Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci, and Opera Idaho’s production of L’elisir d’amore. He has also conducted at the Teatro El Círculo Opera House in Rosario, Argentina. He has taught master classes in opera performance at the Beijing Conservatory in China and at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and lectured for the Wagner Society of Northern California. Maestro Moscovich has considerable experience as a choral conductor. He was music director of the San Francisco Women’s Chorus, conductor of the San Francisco Jewish Folk Chorus, and assistant conductor of the San Francisco Choral Society. He wrote the libretto and conducted the fully-staged premiere of Corpus Evita, an opera by composer Carlos Franzetti. He also conducted the San Francisco Camerata in the recording of that work for Amapola Records, which was nominated for a GRAMMY in 2005. His other recording with the Camerata is a CD of Latin American orchestral music, for Klavier Records, which has been featured in radio broadcasts on both coasts, including KKHI and KDFC in San Francisco, and WNYC in New York, as well as in Brazil, Argentina, and Australia. Maestro Moscovich was trained as a clarinetist and conductor in his native Argentina, where he studied at the National Conservatory in Rosario. Selected by the American Symphony Orchestra League, he also trained under Lorin Maazel, Lawrence Leighton-Smith, and the late Maurice Abravanel. He has resided in the United States since 1981.
Other WBO Productions
Dido and Aeneas - La vida breve - May 20, 22, 28 and 29, 2011 - Conductor
Turandot - Feb 18, 20, 26 and 27, 2011 - Conductor
La forza del destino - Oct 15, 17, 23 and 24, 2010 - General Director
La traviata - May 21, 23, 29 and 30, 2010 - General Director
Der Freischütz - Feb 19, 21, 27 and 28, 2010 - Conductor
La bohème - Oct 16, 18, 24 and 25, 2009 - General Director
Madama Butterfly - May 22, 24, 30, 31, 2009 - General Director
Orfeo ed Euridice - February 20, 22, 28, March 1, 2009 - Conductor
Orfeo ed Euridice - February 20, 22, 28, March 1, 2009 - General Director
Carmen - October 17, 19, 25, 26, 2008 - General Director
Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) - May 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 and June 1, 2008 - General Director
Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) - May 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 and June 1, 2008 - Conductor
Così fan tutte - February 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 and 24, 2008 - General Director
Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci - October 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21, 2007 - General Director
Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci - October 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21, 2007 - Conductor
The Merry Widow - May 25, 26, 27 and June 1, 2 and 3, 2007 - General Director
Pikovaya Dama (The Queen of Spades) - February 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 and 25, 2007 - General Director
Macbeth - October 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22, 2006 - General Director