Faculty & Administration
Resident Artists of Pittsburgh Opera learn from dedicated guest and resident faculty who represent the best and brightest teachers and performers in the business. Craig Rutenberg, Mikael Eliasen, and Marlena Malas are frequently found in Pittsburgh Opera rehearsal halls and coaching rooms, while young artists over the years have experienced the unique talents of Renate Scotto, Beverly Sills, Regina Resnik, Regine Crespin, Franco Corelli, Luciano Pavarotti, and Sherrill Milnes.
Click on a faculty member's name to see their biography below:
Christopher Hahn, General Director
Antony Walker, Music Director
William J. Powers, Director of Administration and Artistic Operations
Mark Trawka, Director of Musical Studies/Chorus Master
Glenn Lewis, Head of Music
James Lesniak, Associate Coach/Pianist
Shawn M. Fertitta, Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist Program Administrator and Facility Manager
 Antony Walker, Music Director
Pittsburgh Opera Music Director Antony Walker is widely recognized as one of the hottest talents in the opera field today. Maestro Walker conducted the opening of the 2006–2007 New York City Opera season with Handel’s Semele, starring Elizabeth Futral and Vivica Genaux.
Walker currently serves as Artistic Director of the Washington Concert Opera in Washington D.C., co-Artistic Director of Pinchgut Opera in Australia and Music Director of Cantillation and the Orchestra of the Antipodes. He was Chorus Master and Staff Conductor for Welsh National Opera from 1998–2002 and Musical Director of Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra from 1992–1997.
Since his conducting debut in 1991, Maestro Walker has led nearly 200 operas, large scale choral and orchestral works and numerous symphonic and chamber works with companies in Europe, the United States, and Australia. His extraordinary career includes engagements with Opera Australia, Welsh National Opera, New York City Opera, Rome Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Opera House Orchestra.
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