Opera in the time of Corona

American conductor Adam Turner is quickly gaining momentum as a conductor to watch on international opera stages. Currently in his third season as Artistic Director of Virginia Opera (following four seasons as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor), Maestro Turner garners critical acclaim for the breadth of his repertoire, artistic vision, and polished technique. Of his recent performance of Street Scene with Virginia Opera, Opera News hailed the “sensitive conducting” of Adam Turner “who demonstrated an affinity for a score as stylistically diverse as the characters in the plot.” In his third season as Artistic Director of Virginia Opera, Maestro Turner will conduct performances of a double-bill featuring Poulenc’s La voix humaine and Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, The Marriage of Figaro, and The Pirates of Penzance.  Also attending is Whitney Robinson, a Mezzo-Soprano from Houston, Texas returning as an Emerging Artist for the 2020-2021 season.