Christopher Larkin - Conductor

Christopher Larkin is one of the foremost conductors of opera in North America today. He has appeared as a guest conductor with Santa Fe Opera (La Traviata), Washington Opera (Samson et Dalila, I Puritani), New York City Opera (Don Giovanni, La Boheme) and Houston Grand Opera (Tosca, Romeo et Juliette, Le Nozze di Figaro), Portland Opera (Il Viaggio a Reims and Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Opera Pacific and Fort Worth Opera (Little Women), Boston Lyric Opera (East Coast premiere of Todd Machover's Resurrection), Nashville Opera (La Boheme) and Lake George Opera (L'Italiana in Algeri).

This season, Mr. Larkin made his debut at the Wexford Festival conducting Floyd's Susannah, and returned to the Fort Worth Opera for Dialogues of the Carmelites, the Utah Opera for Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Opera Carolina for La Cenerentola. This summer, he will conduct Il Viaggio a Reims for the Music Academy of the West.

As Music Director of the New York City Opera National Company, he led national tours of Madama Butterfly and Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Prior to coming to New York, he held the position of Associate Conductor with Houston Grand Opera. While in Houston, he led the world premieres of Little Women and Michael Daugherty's Jackie O with the Houston Opera Studio, and also conducted the highly acclaimed multi-media productions of Carmen, Madama Butterfly, and I Pagliacci.

Maestro Larkin has worked as an Assistant Conductor and vocal coach with several major opera companies in North America, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Vancouver Opera, and the Canadian Opera Company.