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Jonathan Brandani

Conductor, Artistic Director

Jonathan Brandani has been Artistic Director of Calgary Opera since 2021. 

He has been Associate Conductor of Minnesota Opera (USA) and Principal Guest Conductor of Daegu Opera House (South Korea). In recent seasons he conducted at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Wexford Festival Opera, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Théatre Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Bregenzer Festspiele, Donizetti Festival in Bergamo, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Göteborg Opera, the Danish Royal Opera House Copenhagen, Staatstheater Meiningen, Atlanta Opera, Florida Grand Opera.
Upcoming engagements include productions at Opera Omaha and Pacific Opera Victoria.

Jonathan is a graduate of the Universität für Musik in Vienna and of Yale University, as well as an alumnus of the Merola Opera Program of San Francisco Opera. 

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