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Arthur Fagen
Music Director of the Atlanta Opera since 2010, Arthur Fagen is in great demand as a conductor of symphony and opera in Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States. He is a regular guest at the most prestigious opera houses, concert halls, and music festivals at home and abroad.
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The Atlanta Opera
Music Director, 2010-2022
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Chair, Department of Orchestral Conducting, 2008-2022
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Il barbiere di Siviglia
Officer
The Atlanta Opera
2021
2021
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Il barbiere di Siviglia
January 01, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Event Type Opera
Contributors
Arthur Fagen

Arthur Fagen

Officer

Jan 01, 2021
Dates
1
Jan, 21
La Traviata
Marchese
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
2020
2020
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La Traviata
January 01, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Event Type Opera
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Arthur Fagen

Arthur Fagen

Marchese

Jan 01, 2020
Dates
1
Jan, 20
Hayley Lipke

Hayley Lipke

Violetta

Jan 01, 2020
Dates
1
Jan, 20
Kayla Eldridge

Kayla Eldridge

Marchese

Feb 01, 2020
Dates
1
Feb, 20
Solomon Reynolds

Solomon Reynolds

Gastone

Jan 01, 2020
Dates
1
Jan, 20
Salome
Performer
The Atlanta Opera
2020
2020
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Salome
January 01, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Event Type Opera
Contributors
Arthur Fagen

Arthur Fagen

Performer

Jan 01, 2020
Dates
1
Jan, 20
Jonathan Bryan

Jonathan Bryan

First Nazarene

Jan 01, 2020
Dates
1
Jan, 20
Ellen Jackson

Ellen Jackson

Director

Jan 01, 2020
Dates
1
Jan, 20
Julius Ahn

Julius Ahn

First Jew

Jan 01, 2020
Dates
1
Jan, 20
La Traviata
Marchese
The Atlanta Opera
2019
2019
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La Traviata
January 01, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Event Type Opera
Contributors
Arthur Fagen

Arthur Fagen

Marchese

Jan 01, 2019
Dates
1
Jan, 19
Jonathan Bryan

Jonathan Bryan

Baron Dauphol

Jan 01, 2019
Dates
1
Jan, 19
Parsifal
Performer
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
2019
2019
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Parsifal
January 01, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Event Type Opera
Contributors
Arthur Fagen

Arthur Fagen

Performer

Jan 01, 2019
Dates
1
Jan, 19
Steele Fitzwater

Steele Fitzwater

Grail Knight 2

Jan 01, 2019
Dates
1
Jan, 19
Hayley Abramowitz

Hayley Abramowitz

Fowermaiden 1

Nov 10, 2019
Dates
10
Nov, 19
13
Nov, 19
16
Nov, 19
Spencer Lawrence Boyd

Spencer Lawrence Boyd

Grail Knight 2

Jan 01, 2019
Dates
1
Jan, 19

Biography

Arthur Fagen

Arthur Fagen is in great demand as a conductor of symphony and opera both in Europe and the United States. He is a regular guest at the most prestigious opera houses, concert halls, and music festivals at home and abroad, and his career has been marked by a string of notable appearances including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Staatsoper Berlin, Munich State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the New York City Opera. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Fagen was invited regularly to be Guest Conductor at the Vienna State Opera. On the concert podium, Mr. Fagen has appeared with internationally renowned orchestras, including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, Munich Radio Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, and the RAI Orchestras of Turin, Naples, Milan, and Rome. A former assistant of Christoph von Dohnanyi (Frankfurt Opera) and James Levine (Metropolitan Opera), he served as Principal Conductor in Kassel and Brunswick, as Chief Conductor of the Flanders Opera of Antwerp and Ghent, as Music Director of the Queens Symphony Orchestra, and as a member of the conducting staff of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. In 2002-2007, he was the Music Director of the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera. In 2008, he was appointed as Professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, and in 2010, The Atlanta Opera appointed Mr. Fagen as Music Director. Born in New York, Arthur Fagen studied with Laszlo Halasz, Max Rudolf (Curtis Institute) and Hans Swarowsky and has an opera repertory of more than 75 works.

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