Anthony Quartuccio, 
Conductor

Anthony Quartuccio returns during the 2008 - 2009 season to conduct The Elixir of Love and to serve as Assistant Conductor in Così fan tutte. Last season, Mr. Quartuccio conducted Lucia di Lammermoor and was Assistant Conductor for Rigoletto. Mr. Quartuccio's extensive history with the company includes conducting performances of  Roméo et Juliette and Madama Butterfly (2006 - 2007), The Crucible (2005 - 2006) and OSJ's productions of 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.