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David Rohrbaugh,
Music Director/Principal Conductor

 

 

 


David Rohrbaugh is a founding member of Opera San José's artistic staff. He has conducted more than 53 productions for Opera San José, including Un ballo in maschera, ll barbiere di Siviglia, La bohème, Carmen, Così fan tutte, L'elisir d'amore, Eugene Oñegin, Falstaff, Faust, Die Fledermaus, Der fliegende Holländer, Gianni Schicchi, Lucia di Lammermoor, Die lustige Witwe, Madama Butterfly, The Medium, Le nozze di Figaro, Les Pêcheurs de perles, Rigoletto, Roméo et Juliette, Suor Angelica, Tosca, La traviata, and Die Zauberflöte. During the 2005 - 2006 season, Dr. Rohrbaugh will conduct Verdi's A Masked Ball and Puccini's La bohème.

Dr. Rohrbaugh has been on the faculties of Oberlin College and the University of Akron, where, as chair of the voice department, he developed a comprehensive opera workshop-theater program. Dr. Rohrbaugh has also recorded for Orion Records and the Musical Heritage Foundation. Most recently, he recorded a revival of Lou Harrison's Scenes from Cavafy, a work originally written for him by the composer.

While a professor of music at San José State University, he taught voice and co-directed the opera workshop program for 24 years. In addition to teaching master classes, conducting research, and adjudicating, he teaches privately at his voice studio in Palo Alto.

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