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Joseph Mechavich Bio | Critical Acclaim
Role: Conductor for The Daughter of the Regiment | Where: Sugar Creek Symphony & Song | When:Fri., Aug. 5 at 8 pm, Sun., Aug. 7 at 3 pm

Regarded as a conductor of "authority and warmth", Joseph Mechavich is one of North America?s foremost conductors. A native of Long Lake, Minnesota, Maestro Mechavich was recently named Principal Conductor and Music Director for Kentucky Opera where he has led past productions of Madama Butterfly, L'elisir d'amore, Of Mice and Men, Werther, Il trovatore and The Pearl Fishers.

He has worked with companies including:

New York City Opera | Deutsche Oper Berlin | Washington National Opera | Aspen Music Festival | Calgary Opera | Utah Opera | Dayton Opera | Des Moines Metro Opera | Opera Birmingham | Tulsa Opera | Oberlin Conservatory of Music | Lake George Opera Festival | Pine Mountain Music Festival | Fargo-Moorhead Opera | Virginia Opera.

Future engagements include Carmen, Le nozze di Figaro, and The Merry Widow for Kentucky Opera, La boheme for Dayton Opera, Susannah for The Florentine Opera and Romeo et Juliette for Florida Grand Opera.

Don't miss Maestro Mechavich as he conducts Sugar Creek Opera Festival's The Daughter of the Regiment. Tickets.
What the Critics are Saying about Joe

“Members of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra sounded superb under the precise baton of Joseph Mechavich, who led them with insight and intensity.”

Opera News

“Conductor Joseph Mechavich wrapped the whole performance in a kind of musically magic aura that resulted in one of the very best all-round productions ever…”

“Musically, a strength of the production is the rock-solid contribution of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, which, under conductor Joseph Mechavich, provided an impressive orchestral underpinning. Mechavich drew some very fine playing, not only in the grand public scenes, but notably in the atmospheric Nile Scene and in the richly complicated dialogue duets that comprise some of the opera's most memorable moments.”