“Seattle Opera has already established itself as one of the great American opera companies, and it can grow even further.” Christina Scheppelmann A short list of her other accomplishments includes being the first director general of the Royal Opera House Muscat (Oman) and director of artistic operations at Washington National Opera. She contributed to two major world premieres: Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking (2000) and André Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire (1995). In 1994, Scheppelmann was recruited by Lotfi Mansouri at San Francisco Opera, and became one of the youngest artistic administrators at the time. After completing a degree in banking, she left her homeĬountry of Germany in 1988 to work in an artist management agency in Milan.įrom there, she’s led artistic and administrative work at opera companies Involvement in opera began early as a performer in the children’s choir of the Performances in opera, classical music, dance and more per season. The artistic leader of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, a 172-year-old company withĪn annual budget of roughly $50 million.
Fluent in five languages, she is currently Is known in the operatic world as having a strong administrative background as She unites both where Seattle Opera has been, and where “She’s committed to new work, to helping the art form evolve, and to tellingĬontemporary stories. Is the leader Seattle Opera needs to move the company into a new era,” saidĪdam Fountain, a Seattle Opera Board vice president and search committee co-chair. Still, the announcement earlier this spring hinted that her programming choices may combine the best of the Glynn Ross and Speight Jenkins years with the changes instituted by Lang. That was done by departing General Director Aidan Lang due to the long-range planning needed to secure top singers, arrange for rental sets and more. Seattle Opera’s newest general director, Christina Scheppelmann, won’t be programming the upcoming season. Christina Scheppelmann, will be Seattle Opera’s fourth general director and the first woman to hold the position.
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