Joseph Colaneri

{{short description|American conductor|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Joseph Colaneri''' is an American conductor.

==Career== From 1987 to 1998, he was a conductor with the New York City Opera. He has been a member of the conducting staff at the Metropolitan Opera since 1998, and as of 2014 has conducted more than 35 performances for the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm|title=Metropolitan Opera Archives|date= |access-date=2014-10-30}}</ref> He was the artistic director of the opera program at the Mannes School of Music for 20 years.<ref>[https://www.josephcolaneri.com/artist.php?view=bio "Biography"], josephcolaneri.com</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2021}}

In 1993, Colaneri conducted the world premiere of Hugo Weisgall's opera ''Esther'' at the New York City Opera. In 1995, he led the American premiere of Toshiro Mayuzumi's 1976 opera ''Kinkaku-ji'' at the same venue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/11/arts/city-opera-was-set-for-loss-of-leader.html|title=City Opera Was Set for Loss of Leader|first=Ralph|last=Blumenthal|work=The New York Times|date=October 11, 1995}}</ref>

West Australian Opera announced in January 2012 that Colaneri would take up the position of artistic director of the company, succeeding Richard Mills, who moved to Victorian Opera after holding that position for 15 years.<ref>{{cite web|author=Leon Coward|url=http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/288707,west-australian-opera-appoints-new-artistic-director.aspx|title=West Australian Opera appoints new artistic director|work=Limelight|date=2012-01-31|access-date=2012-03-20}}</ref> In 2014, Colaneri announced that he would not renew his contract.<ref>[https://archive.today/20141030014709/https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/25381949/director-blow-for-wa-opera/ "Director blow for WA Opera"] by Stephen Bevis, ''The West Australian'' via Yahoo! News, 30 October 2014</ref> In 2013, the Glimmerglass Festival, an opera and theater company in Cooperstown, New York, announced that Colaneri has been named its new music director.<ref>[https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/glimmerglass-festival-names-colaneri-music-director/ "Glimmerglass Festival Names Colaneri Music Director"] by Adam W. Kepler, ''The New York Times'', 24 June 2013</ref> In 2017, he made his Juilliard Orchestra debut.<ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwopera/article/Juilliard-Opera-to-Open-2017-18-Season-with-Mozarts-LA-FINTA-GIARDINIERA-20171024 "Juilliard Opera to Open 2017–18 Season with Mozart's ''La finta giardiniera''"], broadwayworld.com, 24 October 2017</ref>

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