Brett Mitchell to remain with Saginaw while taking on Cleveland

Brett Mitchell will continue as Music Director of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra when his term as Assistant Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra commences in September 2013. His current contract in Saginaw runs through June 2016. (For further details, please visit this article in today's "Saginaw News".) Mr. Mitchell, who will also become Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra this fall, will resign his other current post as Music Director of the Moores Opera Center at the close of the 2012-13 season.

Brett Mitchell named Music Director of the Moores Opera Center

HOUSTON — After serving as guest conductor for five productions over the past three seasons, the Moores Opera Center in Houston has just appointed Brett Mitchell as Music Director, effective September 2012.

Mitchell will lead the company in up to four fully staged works each season throughout his initial three-year contract.

Mitchell will also serve as Assistant Professor on the Moores School of Music faculty at the University of Houston throughout this appointment.

Honors delivered to "Il Postino"

Last season's production of Daniel Catán's "Il Postino" at the Moores Opera Center, for which Brett Mitchell served as Music Director, has garnered top honors from the National Opera Association: the April 2011 production was ranked first 1 in Division IV of the Opera Production Competition. For more, please click here.

Brett Mitchell to return to Moores Opera Center for two productions in 2011-12

Following successful runs of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" and Daniel Catán's "Il Postino" on the Moores Opera Center's 2010-11 season, Brett Mitchell has been engaged to lead two new productions with that company during their 2011-12 season. Mitchell will first lead four performances of Verdi's "Falstaff" in October 2011, then three performances of Daron Hagen's new work, "Amelia," in January 2012. For more information or to purchase tickets for these events, please click the "SCHEDULE" link above.

Preview: "3D glasses for the opera: Moores puts the Stars Wars into Magic Flute"

CultureMap has published a preview of the Moores Opera Center's upcoming production of Mozart's The Magic Flute, which opens tonight and runs for four performances through Monday, January 31. To read this article, please click here.