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José María Condemi
José María
Condemi, makes his West Bay Opera debut directing Cavalleria
rusticana and Pagliacci.
Mr. Condemi was an Adler Fellow in Stage Direction at San Francisco Opera, where he directed Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, and La bohème for the Merola Opera Program, and Così fan tutte for the mainstage. Other notable directing engagements include Luisa Miller for the Canadian Opera Company, La bohème for Seattle Opera, Don Giovanni for Cincinnati and Portland Operas, Maria Padilla for Minnesota Opera, Il trovatore for Austin Lyric Opera, Così fan tutte for the Seattle Opera Young Artist Program, L’elisir d’amore and Don Pasquale for Opera San José, Il barbiere di Siviglia for Lake George Opera, Susannah and Roméo and Juliette for Festival Opera, Western Opera Theater’s national tours of Die Fledermaus and Don Giovanni, and Les mamelles de Tirésias for the University of Cincinnati, a production which earned him the first prize in the 2000 USA National Opera Association competition. His collaborations with contemporary opera composers include directing the premieres of Hector Armienta’s River of Women and The Weeping Woman.
A Fulbright Scholar from 1998 until 2000, Mr. Condemi is also a recipient of the Argentina National Endowment for the Arts Award. He received his undergraduate degree in Opera Stage Direction at the Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires) and completed an MFA in Directing at the University of Cincinnati College–Conservatory of Music.
Upcoming directorial engagements include Tristan und Isolde at Lyric Opera Chicago, Il trovatore at Seattle Opera, and The Magic Flute at Opera San José.
