Mary Dibbern, TDO’s Music Director for Education since fall of 2012, is a classically trained pianist with extended experience in vocal collaboration for both opera and concerts. She is also the author of Pendragon Press Performance Guides for Carmen, The Tales of Hoffmann, Romeo et Juliette, Faust, Manon and Werther as well as Massenet: General Catalogue of Works and the definitive guide to the vocal music of French composer Jacques Leguerney. Dibbern recently translated from the French Massenet and His Letters: A New Biography by Anne Massenet. She is the translator of TDO’s new production of Offenbach’s Pépito. Her editions of song repertoire are published by Musik Fabrik, Max Eschig, and Classical Vocal Reprints. A recording artist for Claves, Harmonia Mundi France, Maguelone and Toccata Classics, her recent CD of songs by Franz Liszt with bass Jared Schwartz was awarded Best Album of 2017 by Theatre Jones and Best Lieder Album of 2017 by Voix des Arts. Schwartz and Dibbern will record mélodies by Camille Saint-Saëns in January 2019. After receiving her MM in piano from SMU, where she was a student of Paul Vellucci, Dibbern moved to Paris, France to study with Nadia Boulanger, Pierre Bernac and Gérard Souzay. She resided there for three decades, where she was in demand for concerts and opera coaching, including at the Opera National de Paris and major companies in France, Europe, Asia and the US. She served as Head of Music for the Minnesota Opera from 2009 to 2012