{{short description|German arts administrator}} {{Infobox person | name = Christina Scheppelmann<!-- use common name/article title --> | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = Germany | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = General director of the Seattle Opera | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Christina Scheppelmann''' (born 1965) is a German arts administrator.<ref name="Karras1"/> Scheppelmann is the general director-designate and artistic director-designate of La Monnaie.
==Biography== Scheppelmann earned her degree in banking in Germany. In 1988, she began working in artist management in Milan, Italy. In 1994, she worked for the San Francisco Opera, overseeing the season design and staffing. Scheppelmann was director of artistic operations at the Washington National Opera for 11 years.
From December 2012 to January 2015, Scheppelmann was the first general director of the Royal Opera House Muscat. Scheppelmann subsequently served as artistic director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain.<ref name="Karras1">{{cite news |last1=Karras |first1=Christy |title=Why are there so few women at the top in classical music? What's being done about it in Seattle and elsewhere? |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/classical-music/why-are-there-so-few-women-at-the-top-in-classical-music-and-whats-being-done-about-it-in-seattle-and-elsewhere/ |website=The Seattle Times |accessdate=16 September 2019 |date=29 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="ON1">{{cite news |title=Seattle Opera Names Christina Scheppelmann, Artistic Director of Barcelona's Liceu, as its Next General Director |url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2019/3/News/Christina_Scheppelmann_Seattle_Opera.html |website=Opera News |accessdate=16 September 2019}}</ref>
In March 2019, Seattle Opera announced the appointment of Scheppelmann as its next general director, the first woman to be named to the post, effective with the 2019-2020 season.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.seattleoperablog.com/2019/03/meet-next-leader-of-seattle-opera.html | title=Meet the Next Leader of Seattle Opera | publisher=Seattle Opera | date=21 March 2019 | access-date=2024-08-12}}</ref> Her tenure at Seattle Opera overlapped with the COVID-19 pandemic, and her work at Seattle Opera included presentation of a filmed virtual season of productions.<ref>{{cite web | title=Christina Scheppelmann Takes Her Leave from Seattle Opera with a ''Barber'' | url=https://www.postalley.org/2024/05/16/christina-scheppelmann-takes-her-leave-from-seattle-opera-with-a-barber/ | work=Post Alley | author=James C. Whitson | date=2024-05-16 | accessdate=2024-08-12}}</ref> In June 2023, Seattle Opera announced that Scheppelmann is to stand down as its general director at the close of the 2023-2024 season.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.seattleoperablog.com/2023/06/general-director-christina-scheppelmann-to-depart-seattle-for-brussels.html | title=Seattle Opera general director Christina Scheppelmann to depart Seattle for Brussels' La Monnaie/De Munt in 2025 | publisher=Seattle Opera | date=21 June 2023 | accessdate=2024-08-12}}</ref> In parallel, La Monnaie announced the appointment of Scheppelmann as its next general director and artistic director, effective 1 July 2025, with an initial contract of six years.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.lamonnaiedemunt.be/fr/news/2857-christina-scheppelmann-nommee-directrice-generale-et-artistique-du-theatre-royal-de-la-monnaie | title=Christina Scheppelmann nommée Directrice Générale et Artistique du Théâtre royal de la Monnaie | publisher=Théâtre royal de la Monnaie | date=22 June 2023 | accessdate=2024-08-12}}</ref> The starting time of her tenure at La Monnaie has since been revised to January 2025.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.seattleoperablog.com/2024/08/blog-post.html | title=James Robinson named General and Artistic Director of Seattle Opera | publisher=Seattle Opera | date=8 August 2024 | access-date=2024-08-12}}</ref>
In private life, Scheppelmann and her spouse Beth were married by US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.seattleoperablog.com/2019/03/incoming-general-director-q.html | title=Incoming General Director Q&A | publisher=Seattle Opera | date=21 March 2019 | access-date=2024-08-12}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-scheppelmann/ LinkedIn profile of Christina Scheppelmann]
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