Mary Dibbern
Head of Music, Minnesota Opera

Minnesota Opera
The 2011-2012 Season.

Cosi fan tutte under the musical direction of Christopher Franklin;
Silent Night, the world premiere by Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell starring William Burden and conducted by Michael Christie;
Werther, starring James Valenti and Roxana Constantinescu;
Lucia di Lammermoor with Susanna Phillips and Angela Mortellaro alternating as Lucia, conducted by Leonardo Vordoni;
Madame Butterfly, starring Kelly Kaduce and Yunah Lee alternating in the title role.

The American pianist Mary Dibbern joined the Minnesota Opera as Head of Music in the Fall of 2009, after living in Paris, France since 1978. She is internationally known as a specialist in the field of vocal accompaniment. Her career includes opera coaching, vocal recitals, art song recordings, coaching for operatic recordings, master classes at the University level, Young Artists Program teaching, television and radio appearances in Europe, the United States and Asia. She is also the author of five books for Pendragon Press, with a sixth book in progress. She is the Editorial Consultant for a new series of editions of all of the works of French composer Jacques Leguerney, published by Musik Fabrik.

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