Anthony Quartuccio, 
Conductor

Anthony Quartuccio returns during the 2009 - 2010 season to conduct La Cenerentola and share conducting duties for The Marriage of Figaro. Last season, Mr. Quartuccio conducted The Elixir of Love and served as Assistant Conductor in Così fan tutte. Mr. Quartuccio's long history with OSJ includes conducting productions of Lucia di Lammermoor, Rigoletto, Roméo et Juliette, Madama Butterfly, The Crucible, La bohème, Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Tosca, Carmen, The Flying Dutchman, Don Pasquale, La Cenerentola, Il trovatore, Falstaff and the world premiere of The Tale of the Nutcracker.

Mr. Quartuccio is music director of the South Valley Symphony and assistant conductor of the San Jose Chamber Orchestra. He holds degrees in conducting from the Curtis Institute and Santa Clara University, where he received an honorary Heritage Foundation Achievement Award for the Arts. Mr. Quartuccio's conducting and instrumental appearances include the Spokane Symphony, Cabrillo and Brevard Festival orchestras, the Santa Cruz Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony.