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Bruce Stasyna Bio | Critical Acclaim
Role: Conductor for Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi | Where: Sugar Creek Symphony & Song | When: Sun., Aug. 5 at 3 pm

Bruce Stasyna has been the Young Artist Program Director at Palm Beach Opera since 2006, and was Head of Music for the Minnesota Opera from 1999 to 2006. At Wolf Trap Opera he served as chorus master and guest artist on recital programs featuring Steven Blier.

His season highlights include: Conductor for Don Pasquale, Cosi Fan Tutte and Orlando; Assistant Conductor for Washington Concert Opera's Attila, Samson et Dalila and Werther; Chamber music with the Charlotte Symphony; and recitals with Deborah Voigt and Marcello Giordani.

He has prepared over fifty productions for conductors including Antony Walker, Harry Bicket, and Alberto Zedda, and has worked with international directors Stephen Lawless, Renata Scotto and Eric Simonson.

Highlights of Mr. Stasyna's performances include:
Avery Fisher Hall | Dallas Art Museum | Walter Reade Theater | Victoria International Festival | St. Lawrence Center for the Arts.

Future engagements include La Traviata, La Cenerentola, Salome and The Turn of the Screw at Palm Beach Opera.

See Mr. Stasyna conduct Sugar Creek Opera Festival's Apprentice Artist production of Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi. Tickets
What the Critics are Saying about Bruce

“Assistant conductor and chorus master, Bruce Stasyna, has done an impressive job honing the abilities of the chorus, to judge from the precision with which it negotiated entrances and exits and offstage passages.”

“Among the many heroes and heroines, the unsung hero of the evening was pianist Bruce Stasyna, who accompanied each singer with remarkable musical empathy and memorable (yet unobtrusive) technical skills.”

“The continuo harpsichord played by Bruce Stasyna in the orchestra pit was witty, cheeky, jangling and loud, absolutely in keeping with what Mozart himself might have done. The scene change music in the transformation from the grand hall of Act III to the topiary garden of Act IV won deserved applause.”

“Bruce Stasyna, the program's director, led an excellent string quintet from the harpsichord, conducting a lively and 'historically informed' performance.”