# Keith Cerny

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American opera director and businessman

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**Keith Cerny** is an American [opera director](/source/Opera_director) and businessman. From 2004 to 2007 he was executive director and CFO of the [San Francisco Opera](/source/San_Francisco_Opera) and from 2010 to 2018 he was general director of the [Dallas Opera](/source/Dallas_Opera).[1] In 2018 he was appointed general director of the [Calgary Opera](/source/Calgary_Opera).[2] He is also the former CEO of [Sheet Music Plus](/source/Sheet_Music_Plus) (2008–2010), the world's largest interest-based sheet-music company. He is a graduate of the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) (B.A. in music and B.S. in physics), the [Harvard Business School](/source/Harvard_Business_School) (M.B.A.), and the [Open University](/source/Open_University) in the United Kingdom (Ph.D. in Economic Development Studies/Econometrics). He also studied conducting, voice, and accompanying at the [Guildhall School of Music and Drama](/source/Guildhall_School_of_Music_and_Drama) in London and studied opera-accompanying in [English National Opera](/source/English_National_Opera)'s répétiteur training course. He also worked for [McKinsey & Company](/source/McKinsey_%26_Company) for six years where he was a Senior Engagement Manager, and seven years with the consulting firm [Accenture](/source/Accenture).[1] He is also an executive board member for [Opera America](/source/Opera_America).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ON_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ON_1-1) ["Dallas Opera General Director Keith Cerny Resigns, Appointed New Chief of Calgary Opera"](https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/12/News/Dallas_Opera_Keith_Cerny.html). *[Opera News](/source/Opera_News)*. December 15, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Scott Cantrell (December 15, 2017). ["In latest arts departure, Dallas Opera general director Keith Cerny leaving for Calgary"](https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/opera/2017/12/15/dallas-opera-general-director-keith-cerny-leaving-calgary). *[The Dallas Morning News](/source/The_Dallas_Morning_News)*.

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