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| '''Andreas Mitisek''' is the Artistic and General Director of ], a position he has held since 2003 and, since 2012, General Director of ]. Since his conducting debut with the company in ]'s ] in 1998, Mitisek has since served as conductor, stage director and designer for many Long Beach Opera productions. | |||
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| '''Andreas Mitisek''' is Artistic and General Director of ] (since 2003) and General Director of ] (since 2012). Since his conducting debut with the company in ]'s ] in 1998, Mitisek has since served as conductor, stage director and designer for many Long Beach Opera productions. Mitisek became LBO's principal conductor in 1998 and Artistic and General Director in 2003. Under Mitisek’s leadership, the company has expanded its performance season, substantially increased its budget and enlarged its subscription base. His site-specific productions in parking garages, swimming pools, night clubs, warehouses and the Port of Los Angeles have become a successful hallmark of Long Beach Opera's avant-garde approach to opera production. By exploring unorthodox venues, he has been able to attract new audiences for opera and uphold LBO’s artistic vision by presenting modern and rarely-perfomed works. | |||
| Mitisek serves on the board of directors for ], the national service organization for US opera companies. He has been named by ] as one of the 25 people that will be a major force in the field of opera in the coming decade.<ref>http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2012/8/Features/Andreas_Mitisek.html</ref> Mitisek was named LA Tastemaker by LA Times Magazine in 2009,<ref>http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2009/07/andreas-mitisek-tastemaker.html</ref> Arts Leader of the Year by the Long Beach Arts Council in 2009 and was highlighted as one of the “2012 People” by ].<ref>http://www.laweekly.com/publicspectacle/2012/05/22/andreas-mitisek-where-opera-dares-to-go</ref> | |||
| A native of Austria, he served as Music Director of the Wiener Operntheater from 1990 – 1997, the foremost contemporary opera company in Austria. Mr. Mitisek has conducted at the ], the ] in Berlin, the festival "Wien Modern", the Wiener Konzerthaus and Musikverein, and others. He is also sought after as a guest conductor in North America, leading productions for the ], ], ], ], ], and ] amongst others. | |||
| Currently, Mitisek is preparing for his 11th season with LBO. Recent LBO credits as stage director and production designer: Macbeth, Van Gogh/Tell Tale Heart, Ainadamar, Maria de Buenos Aires, The Difficulty of Crossing a Field, Medea, Akhnaten, Winterreise, The Diary of Anne Frank, Orpheus & Euridice, The Emperor of Atlantis/The Clever One. He has conducted over forty productions for Long Beach since 1998. | |||
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Andreas Mitisek is the Artistic and General Director of Long Beach Opera, a position he has held since 2003 and, since 2012, General Director of Chicago Opera Theater. Since his conducting debut with the company in Henry Purcell's The Indian Queen in 1998, Mitisek has since served as conductor, stage director and designer for many Long Beach Opera productions.
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External links
www.andreasmitisek.com
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