Zambello, Francesca

Performance History(New York, New York)

2026–27 Season: Director, Das Rheingold

San Francisco Opera Highlights: Carmen; Der Ring des Nibelungen; La Traviata; La Voix Humaine; Faust; La Bohème; Prince Igor; Luisa Miller; Tigran Chukhadjian's Arshak II; Jenůfa; Rachel Portman's The Little Prince; Porgy and Bess; Christopher Theofanidis' Heart of a Soldier; Marco Tutino's Two Women; Show Boat; Aida

Recent and Upcoming: Klangwolke (Bruckner Festival); Rebecca (Vienna's Raimund Theater); West Side Story (Opera Australia at Sydney Harbour); The Sound of Music (Houston Grand Opera); Aida (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Turandot (Washington National Opera)

San Francisco Opera Medal (2015)

Artistic Director of Washington National Opera

Artistic and General Director Emerita of the Glimmerglass Festival

Website: francescazambello.com

Facebook: @FrancescaZambello

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