Francesca Zambello has been appointed General & Artistic Director of Glimmerglass Opera, commencing September 1.
Michael MacLeod will remain with us as General & Artistic Director through the 2010 Festival, which he planned. Ms. Zambello will plan the 2011 season.
Ms. Zambello directed Iphigénie en Tauride for Glimmerglass Opera in 1997. Another upstate New York tie – she graduated from Colgate University.
For her biography, visit Ms. Zambello’s website: http://www.francescazambello.com/