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Director of Artistic Administration for 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. Before joining WNET, Mr. Pell was active in concert and opera management for several years, representing an international roster of singers, conductors and stage directors. Mr. Pell frequently appears as a speaker on a variety of opera related topics, and for several years hosted The Dallas Opera Radio Hour, heard on Sunday afternoons on WRR.FM, and is now a frequent guest on that station’s Inside The Dallas Opera. He has also hosted The Dallas Opera Guild Insights program since 1985, and in that capacity has interviewed such luminaries as Renée Fleming, Denyce Graves, Jerry Hadley, James Morris, Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Carol Vaness, Veronica Villarroel and Frederica von Stade. Mr. Pell is also often asked to give Master Classes on “The Art of the Audition” which he has given for various organizations, including Opera America, the International School of the Performing Arts, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Performing Arts Assistance Corporation of New York, the Canadian Opera Company, the Amarillo Opera, Southern Methodist University and the University of North Texas. He has been a guest lecturer on opera for Crystal Cruises, and is also in demand as a judge for vocal competitions. He has served in this capacity for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Luciano Pavarotti Competition, the Richard Tucker Music Foundation, the Bidu Sayao Competition in Belem, Brazil, the Ottavio Ziino Competition in Rome, Italy, the Center for Contemporary Opera Competition, the Jensen Foundation Competition, the George London Grants, the Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition in Miami, the Marguerite McCammon Competition in Fort Worth, as well as for the Denver Lyric Opera Guild, the San Antonio Opera Guild and The Dallas Opera Guild. He is on the board of directors of the Richard Tucker Music Foundation, where he serves as Chairman of their national auditions committee. He also served on the board of the prestigious ARIA Awards for ten years, and served as an advisor to Opera America's Singer Services Committee.
Director of Production for The Dallas Opera, John Gage began his career in
opera production with service to the St. Paul Opera as Stage Manager for their
1972 summer season. Since then, he has served in similar roles with the Opera
companies of St. Paul, Milwaukee, Dallas, Miami, and Santa Fe. Mr. Gage first
came to The Dallas Opera at the request of Maestro Nicola Rescigno, serving as
the Production Stage Manager for three years beginning in 1978. In May 1980,
he assumed the position of General Director of the Florentine Opera company in
Milwaukee, and he served in this capacity for the next nine years. He then
spent several years helping to guide the Columbus, Ohio, Opera company through
a financially difficult period, before returning to The Dallas Opera after a
twelve year absence. Mr. Gage created the Director of Production position, and
he celebrates his tenth anniversary with the company during the 2001-2002
season.
Cynthia Young joined The Dallas Opera in October 2000 and is responsible for
the company's eight-person development department. Her prior development
experience includes five years as Development Director of the Van Cliburn
Foundation in Fort Worth, and six years with the Houston Symphony as Director
of Individual Giving and Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving. Ms.
Young's experience also includes eight years with Texas Commerce Bank, now JP
Morgan Chase, as a Vice President. She holds an M.A. from Columbia University
and B.A. from Tulane University.
A performing artist, writer, trainer, and consultant to nonprofit
organizations, Margery Anderson-Clive joined The Dallas Opera in August 2004.
She is uniquely suited to the position with her background, which encompasses
opera, education, theater, nonprofit management, and designing new programs for
grants and pilot studies. While on the faculty of the University of Alabama in
Birmingham, she directed The Expressive Arts Therapy Program, helped create the
Division of Humanities, and co-authored the book Stepping Out: An Introduction
to the Arts. Founder of Dallas based A.R.T.S. for People, a therapeutic arts
organization, she is widely recognized for her work and creativity. Margery
has been a music director, coach, and actor for the Dallas Theater Center as
well as an educational consultant to the Dallas Symphony. She also developed a
character education program for public schools and social service agencies
called Cultivating Character.
A former member of the Houston Grand Opera, Margery performed in the Tony-award
winning production of Porgy and Bess. She is currently one of two soloists for
the Texas Winds Musical Outreach. Margery performed excerpts from Deep River, her biographical portrait of opera legend Marian Anderson, in February 2005, as part of a joint commemoration between The Dallas Opera and the U.S. Postal Service to observe the release of a new stamp in Ms. Anderson's honor. In 2006 she was a Distinguished Finalist for The Dallas Arboretum Celebration of Diversity Award and received the Keys to the City of Columbus, Georgia for her outstanding contribution to the Columbus chapter of The Links, Inc.
Ms. Schuder joined the Senior Staff of The Dallas Opera prior to the 2004/2005
Season. Before beginning her tenure at the Opera, Ms. Schuder was the Director
of Product Marketing for true.com, a Dallas-based online dating site. While at
true.com, she oversaw all development and marketing of the firm's psychological
interactive tests and all derivatives of those tests, including a roommate
matching application piloted with Harvard Graduate School. Prior to true.com,
Ms. Schuder was the Director of Marketing Communications for ZixCorp. Zix is
an international healthcare technology company specializing in protecting
sensitive patient information through email technology. While at Zix, Ms.
Schuder led such initiatives as HealthyEmail, a national awareness program
whose focus was to educate the public on proper email protocols when
communicating with physicians. The program was recognized by members of
Congress and implemented in thousands of physician offices. Additionally, Ms.
Schuder has extensive agency experience in public relations, advertising and
interactive marketing / development. She has served as account leads for such
companies as HBO, ExxonMobil, Galderma Laboratories, The Associates and Lennox,
Inc. Ms Schuder is a graduate of Texas Tech University, receiving both her BA
in M.I.S and her MS in Mass Communications from the institution.
Maureen Allen Mixtacki, Director of Administration and Finance for The Dallas
Opera since 1992, is a Certified Public Accountant with over nineteen years of
accounting experience in Dallas. After graduating from the University of Notre
Dame with a B.B.A. in Accounting in 1983, Ms. Mixtacki worked in the Audit
Department of Arthur Andersen & Co. in Dallas for four years. As a Senior
Auditor, she left Arthur Andersen & Co. to assume the responsibilities of Audit
Manager with Trammell Crow Company, and became a Financial Manager and
Litigation Director as well. As the Director of Administration and Finance,
and as the Chief Financial Officer of The Dallas Opera, she is responsible for
supervising all administrative and financial activities of The Dallas Opera,
including accounting, information systems, human resources and office
management. Ms. Mixtacki has been actively involved in nonprofit accounting
issues, and served as Chairman of the Texas Society of CPAs annual two-day
Nonprofit Organizations Conference for two years. She continues to serve on
TSCPA committees for nonprofit and accounting continuing education.
Chad Davis joined The Dallas Opera in October 2004.
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