In November 2007, SFO named Charles MacKay the company's third general director, effective 1 October 2008. Richard Gaddes served as the company's general director from 2000 through 2008. Its first season began on 3 July 1957 with a performance of Puccini's Madama Butterfly.Ĭrosby remained as general director until 2000, the longest general directorship in US opera history. One goal was to give American singers the opportunity to learn and perform new roles while having ample time for rehearsal and preparation in the context of a summer festival situation with the presentation of five operas in repertory.
John Crosby, who was a New York-based conductor, founded the company in 1956, initially with the financial support of his parents, who helped in the acquisition of the land and the building of the first opera house. Plaque outside the Crosby Theatre commemorating the contributions of the founding general director, John Crosby, and his parents Laurence and Aileen
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