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A world-class opera company only achieves artistic excellence with great leadership. The Dallas Opera is no exception. Building an opera company over a half century takes the cooperation and dedication of several groups of people.
General Director & CEO
Keith Cerny
The Dallas Opera's general director and CEO, 47-year-old Keith Cerny (pronounced SUR-nee), officially took charge of the largest opera company in North Texas on Monday, May 24, 2010.
Mr. Cerny is the seventh general director in the 53-year-history of the Dallas Opera, succeeding Interim General Director John T. Cody, Jr.
Keith Cerny is the former CEO of Sheet Music Plus where he managed the day-to-day operations of an award-winning, 25 million dollar revenue company with sales to over 170 countries worldwide. Read more >
Artistic Director
Jonathan Pell
Artistic Director of The Dallas Opera, Jonathan Pell has an extensive background in both music and theatre. Mr. Pell came to The Dallas Opera in 1985 from WNET/Thirteen in New York, where he was Coordinating Producer for Music Programming and worked on such public television projects as THE LIFE OF VERDI series hosted by Burt Lancaster, and the historic telecast of the complete Chereau RING from Bayreuth for GREAT PERFORMANCES. He was also a member of the original team which produced the annual PBS GALA OF STARS for five years, hosted by Beverly Sills. Read more >
Music Director
Graeme Jenkins
Former assistant to Bernard Haitink and Sir Simon Rattle, Graeme Jenkins has conducted over 163 opera productions of 106 different works, his repertoire spanning from the early Italian baroque to world premieres by Stephen Oliver (ENO) and Tobias Picker (recorded by Chandos). From Glyndebourne, Covent Garden, English National Opera, Scottish Opera and Opera North in the UK, his career has taken him to Australian Opera, Canadian Opera, Danish Opera, Glimmerglass, Cologne Opera, Netherlands Opera, Paris Opera, Vienna State Opera and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Read more >
Senior Staff
Chief Financial Officer Adam Cox
Director of Production John J. Toia
Chief Marketing Officer / Director of Community Outreach Jennifer Schuder
