Title: Music Director/Principal
Conductor, Lyric Opera
Responsibility: In addition to
his Lyric duties (which he has
held since 2000), Davis added
the position of Chief Conductor
for the Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra to his résumé in
January '13.
Favorite Lyric Performances:
Davis loves Wagner, particularly
Parsifal (which the Lyric
presented last fall), but also
notes, "I'm very proud of the
Mozart record in this house.
We've done most of the productions." In March, Davis takes the
podium for Sir David McVicar's
celebrated staging of Mozart's
La Clemenza di Tito—the first
Lyric production of the opera
in 25 years.
Vision for the Future: "I am
very positive about the future of
opera. My wife [Gianna Rolandi,
former director of the Lyric's
Ryan Opera Center] says, 'Well,
it will probably last our lifetime.'"
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