David Lomeli joined The Dallas Opera in 2014 as artistic coordinator and was named director of artistic administration in 2018. He was also recently named casting director for Bavarian State Opera, effective in 2021. As the first manager of Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute for Women Conductors, Mr. Lomeli recruited over 400 conductors from more than 30 countries to apply, as well as 50 US women administrators. Before joining TDO, Mr. Lomeli performed as a tenor with many of the world’s leading companies including the Berlin Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Glyndebourne Festival, Santa Fe Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and San Francisco Opera. He earned an undergraduate degree in computer science engineering at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico, and a graduate degree in international marketing from la Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. He is a recipient of the National Youth Prize in the Arts, presented by the Mexican government, and won first prize in the categories of opera and zarzuela in Plácido Domingo’s 2006 Operalia. Mr. Lomeli is an alumnus of some of the most prestigious training programs for opera artists: the Domingo- Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program at LA Opera, the Merola Opera Program and Adler Fellowship at the San Francisco Opera, and the International Society of Mexican Art and Values in Mexico City.

Chief Advancement & Strategy Officer

Lisa Bury has been captivated by the arts since her first piano lesson at age four and deeply committed to sharing the arts with others ever since. She joined The Dallas Opera as Chief Advancement and Strategy Officer in October 2019 from the Boston Symphony Orchestra where she served as the Interim Chief Development Officer from January through August 2019. Previously Ms. Bury held the position of Director of Development at Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and Arizona Opera, following a 14-year tenure at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

A violinist and violist—and former Suzuki program administrator—Ms. Bury uses her relationship-building skills to strategically achieve revenue goals while boosting the number of board members engaged in face-to-face solicitation, recruiting younger philanthropists to serve on boards, and hiring a more diverse staff.

Lisa Bury earned both an M.B.A. and an M.A. in Arts Administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She holds additional degrees from Ithaca College in New York and Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She became a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) in 2018.

A long-time member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) for which she served as a presenter, board member, and committee chair with the Seattle chapter, Ms. Bury has presented at the conferences of OPERA America, League of American Orchestras, Tessitura Network, and the Association of California Symphony Orchestras.

Alexander Rom has served as The Dallas Opera’s Chorus Master since 1990. As Russian Opera Coach at the Metropolitan Opera since 1985, Mr. Rom has prepared that company’s productions of Eugene Onegin, Boris Godunov, and Khovanshchina. Mr. Rom has also served as a visiting Russian Opera Coach for the Houston Grand Opera, where he has prepared several productions of Boris Godunov. Mr. Rom served as principal coach for the international Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland, where he functioned as an opera coach and both staged and coached a production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. He teaches opera/voice and is an honorary visiting professor at both the Sibelius Academy and the Conservatory of Music in Helsinki, Finland. Students of Mr. Rom have won Metropolitan Opera competitions and are performing in opera and concerts here and abroad. A native of Kharkov, Ukraine, Mr. Rom graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory of Music with a degree in choral conducting. He is a founder of Grace Choral Society in New York. His compositions have been performed in New York’s Carnegie Hall, San Diego, Houston, Dallas, Helsinki, Finland and many other venues. Mr. Rom maintains a private voice studio in Dallas, Texas.