Biography
Mexican-born conductor Roberto Kalb is the newly appointed music director of Detroit Opera. He makes multiple debuts in the 2022-2023 season, including with the San Francisco Opera, Compañía Nacional de Ópera at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, San Diego Opera, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. The 2021-2022 season marked a debut with the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, as well as return collaborations with Wolf Trap Opera and the National Symphony Orchestra for La traviata, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, for the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s Awakenings. In 2019, Kalb concluded his five season tenure as resident conductor and head of music at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis with a critically acclaimed run of Rigoletto in collaboration with the Saint Louis Symphony Orch
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 2016 — Yesterday
Cavalleria rusticana (Rustic Chivalry), Mascagni
Pagliacci, Leoncavallo
Lyric Opera of Kansas CityConductor
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Upcoming performances
26Příhody lišky Bystroušky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Janáček
The Cleveland OperaConductor
View cast and crewCivic & Ryan Opera Center, Various
Chicago Symphony OrchestraConductor
View cast and crewL'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love), Donizetti
Santa Fe OperaConductor
View cast and crewLa Traviata (La traviata), Verdi
Detroit OperaConductor
View cast and crewWest Side Story, Bernstein
Houston Grand OperaConductor
View cast and crewSiegfried, Wagner, Richard
The Atlanta OperaConductor
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Biography
Mexican-born conductor Roberto Kalb is the newly appointed music director of Detroit Opera. He makes multiple debuts in the 2022-2023 season, including with the San Francisco Opera, Compañía Nacional de Ópera at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, San Diego Opera, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. The 2021-2022 season marked a debut with the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, as well as return collaborations with Wolf Trap Opera and the National Symphony Orchestra for La traviata, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, for the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s Awakenings. In 2019, Kalb concluded his five season tenure as resident conductor and head of music at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis with a critically acclaimed run of Rigoletto in collaboration with the Saint Louis Symphony Orch
