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Company Staff

A world-class opera company only achieves artistic excellence with great leadership. The Dallas Opera is no exception. Building an opera company over a half century takes the cooperation and dedication of several groups of people.


General Director & CEO
Keith Cerny

The Dallas Opera's general director and CEO, 47-year-old Keith Cerny (pronounced SUR-nee), officially took charge of the largest opera company in North Texas on Monday, May 24, 2010.

Mr. Cerny is the seventh general director in the 53-year-history of the Dallas Opera, succeeding Interim General Director John T. Cody, Jr.

Keith Cerny is the former CEO of Sheet Music Plus where he managed the day-to-day operations of an award-winning, 25 million dollar revenue company with sales to over 170 countries worldwide. Read more >


Artistic Director
Jonathan Pell

Artistic Director of The Dallas Opera, Jonathan Pell has an extensive background in both music and theatre. Mr. Pell came to The Dallas Opera in 1985 from WNET/Thirteen in New York, where he was Coordinating Producer for Music Programming and worked on such public television projects as THE LIFE OF VERDI series hosted by Burt Lancaster, and the historic telecast of the complete Chereau RING from Bayreuth for GREAT PERFORMANCES. He was also a member of the original team which produced the annual PBS GALA OF STARS for five years, hosted by Beverly Sills. Read more >


Music Director
Graeme Jenkins

Former assistant to Bernard Haitink and Sir Simon Rattle, Graeme Jenkins has conducted over 163 opera productions of 106 different works, his repertoire spanning from the early Italian baroque to world premieres by Stephen Oliver (ENO) and Tobias Picker (recorded by Chandos). From Glyndebourne, Covent Garden, English National Opera, Scottish Opera and Opera North in the UK, his career has taken him to Australian Opera, Canadian Opera, Danish Opera, Glimmerglass, Cologne Opera, Netherlands Opera, Paris Opera, Vienna State Opera and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Read more >


Senior Staff

Chief Financial Officer
Adam Cox

Director of Production
John J. Toia

Chief Marketing Officer /
Director of Community Outreach

Jennifer Schuder

Director of Development
Gae Whitener

Budget Manager
John Harpool

Artistic

Artistic Services Manager
James Hampton, D.Mus.A

Development

Major Gifts Officer
Nancy Abbott Torell

Major Gifts Officer
Susan McIntyre

Individual Giving Officer
Tracey Hull

Corporate Relations Manager
Sherri Spragins

Special Events Manager
Morgan Vaughn

Marketing and Communications

Associate Director of Marketing/Media and Public Relations
Suzanne Calvin

Marketing Manager
Elizabeth Czimskey

Interactive Production Manager
Luke McKenzie

Communications Manager
Megan Meister

Manager, Ticketing and Patron Services
Leah Schier

Patron Services Coordinators
Christopher Linna
Paul Semrad
Jerry Downey

Production Photographer
Karen Almond

The Perot Foundation Education and Community Outreach Programs

Community Outreach Manager
Shelly Garcia

Education Program Manager
Kristian Roberts

Education Program Coordinator
Amber Starling

Administration and Finance

Assistant Controller
Vanessa Kramer

Accounts Payable Coordinator
Kenneth Fogle

Tessitura/CRM Manager
Sadie Prater

Executive Assistant to the General Director
Virginia Mudge

Finance Associate
Chelsea Lambert

Guild

Guild Administrator
Kristen Mata

Production and Technical Staff

Technical Director
Drew Field

Production Coordinator
Jeri Shaffer

Facility Manager, Karayanis Rehearsal Production Center
Mark Wagenhurst

Production Stage Manager
Bethany Ann Wright Morales

Stage Manager
Lisa Marie Lange

Assistant Stage Managers
Eric Nathan Brady
Emily Gast
Paul J. Sievking
Angela Turner

Production Assistant
Tai Renfrow

Transportation Services
Robert Neal Williams

Design Staff

Lighting Director
Krista Billings

Assistant to Ms. Billings
Jason Lynch

Properties Designer & Costume Design Consultant
Tommy Bourgeois

Wig and Make-up Designer
David Zimmerman

Assistant to Mr. Zimmerman
Stephanie Williams

Stage and Shop Operations

Production Carpenter
A. Stuart Hale

Production Electrician
Franklin Horvath

Production Property Master
David King Boyd

Head Flyman
Glenn B. Boyd

Costume Shop Manager
Janet Powell

Assistant Costume Shop Manager/Costume Construction
Suzanne Dunkelberg

Wardrobe Mistress
Ginger Boyd

Assistant Wardrobe Mistress
Kandra Robertson

Carpenters
Anthony Woodward
Pat Spencer
Glenn Geaslin

Properties
David Wright
Cliff Chambers

Electricians
Edward Ruiz
John Shelton
Dean Horan
Shombrae Winston
Carol Maguire
Kenneth Winston

Sound
Brent Brito

Projectionist
Robert Holman

Crafts Artisan
Lyle Huchton

Cutters/Drapers
Roy Turpin
Matt Nunn

Stitchers
Nancy Steward
Rosa Serrano
Traci Hutton
Georgia Wagenhurst

Auditor
Travis Wolff, LLP

Legal Counsel
Haynes and Boone, LLP


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