Christopher Larkin - Conductor

Christopher Larkin is a regular guest of companies throughout North America.  He has appeared on the podiums of the Santa Fe Opera (La Traviata), Washington Opera (Samson et Dalila, I Puritani), New York City Opera (Don Giovanni, La Boheme) and Houston Grand Opera (Tosca, Romeo et Juliette, Le Nozze di Figaro), Portland Opera (Il Viaggio a Reims and Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Opera Pacific (Little Women), Opera Carolina (La Cenerentola), Fort Worth Opera (Little Women, Dialogues of the Carmelites), Boston Lyric Opera (East Coast premiere of Todd Machover’s Resurrection), Nashville Opera (La Boheme), Utah Opera (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) and Lake George Opera (L’Italiana in Algeri). Last season, Mr. Larkin made a notable debut at the Wexford Festival conducting Floyd’s Susannah and Opera Carolina for La Cenerentola, and Il Viaggio a Reims for the Music Academy of the West.

Last season, he made debuts with the Florentine Opera for Il Barbiere di Siviglia and with the Oberlin Conservatory of Music for Little Women, and returned to the Fort Worth Opera for Falstaff and to the Music Academy of the West for La Boheme.  He then returned to Portland for La Cenerentola, Kentucky Opera for Dialogues of the Carmelites and Fort Worth Opera for Angels in America.

As Music Director of the New York City Opera National Company, he led national tours of Madama Butterfly and Il Barbiere di Siviglia.  Prior to coming to New York, he held the position of Associate Conductor with Houston Grand Opera.  While in Houston, he led the world premieres of Little Women and Michael Daugherty’s Jackie O with the Houston Opera Studio, and also conducted the highly acclaimed multi-media productions of Carmen, Madama Butterfly, and I Pagliacci.

Maestro Larkin has worked as an Assistant Conductor and vocal coach with several major opera companies in North America, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Vancouver Opera, and the Canadian Opera Company.

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