Jesse
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Jesse Martins is a conductor, pianist, and voice coach who has extensive experience working with all types of singers from children to seasoned professionals. Since joining the music staff of Sarasota Opera in 2011, he has been integrally involved in all aspects of the company’s musicmaking. He conducted Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte for the 2019 Winter Festival, served as Chorus Master & Head of the Apprentice Program for the 2020 Winter Festival; conductor of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas for the 2021 Spring Festival; and he will be conducting Donizetti’s La fille du régiment for the 2022 Winter Festival. As Youth Opera Music Director for Sarasota Opera since 2011, Maestro Martins has conducted the world premiere of Rachel J. Peters’ Rootabga Country, the U.S. premiere of Dean Burry’s The Secret World of OG, Britten’s The Little Sweep, Dean Burry’s The Hobbit, Krása’s Brundibár and was the associate conductor for the world premiere of Daron Hagen’s Little Nemo in Slumberland. In collaboration with Martha Collins he co-wrote and conducted 2 works for the Sarasota Youth Opera Raise Up Your Voice – Intolerance Through The Voices of Children, and Let’s Put on an Opera. As part of the music staff Martins was the cover conductor for Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, and L’italiana in Algeri, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Eugene D’Albert’s Tiefland, Catalani’s La Wally, and Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona. He has worked extensively as a coach in his native Brazil, New Zealand, and now the Sarasota Opera and area.
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