Peter Kazaras

Peter Kazaras is an American stage director, artistic director and opera singer (tenor) from New York City.

Career

Kazaras holds an undergraduate degree in government. Before his career in opera, he worked in a law firm.^[1] He served as Artistic Director for the Seattle Opera Young Artist Program from 2006 to 2013.^[2]^[3]

He is Professor of Music and Director of Opera at University of California, Los Angeles.

Education

Riverdale Country School, Bronx, New York, 1969^[4]
New York University School of Law, 1977^[5]

Opera

Operas staged

Opera	Place
Cendrillon	Juilliard School
An American Dream	Seattle Opera
La bohème	Los Angeles Opera
The Thieving Magpie	Glimmerglass Festival
Le nozze di Figaro	Washington National Opera
Der Ring des Polykrates	Dallas Opera
The Turn of the Screw	Seattle Opera
Mansfield Park	Opera UCLA
The Ghosts of Versailles	Chautauqua Opera

Operatic roles

Loge, Der Ring des Nibelungen^[3]
Erik, Der fliegende Holländer
Monsieur Grivet, Thérèse Raquin (2001 premiere cast)
Pelegrin, New Year (1989 premiere cast)
François, A Quiet Place (1983 premiere cast)

Competition jury member

Filmography

The Ghosts of Versailles (Brian Large, 1992)^[8]

References

^ "Q&A: Director of opera studies wants students to see opera as accessible". dailybruin.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
^ "Peter Kazaras". schoolofmusic.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
^ ^a ^b Bargreen, Melinda (2011-03-29). "Peter Kazaras, veteran of all opera trades, steers Seattle Opera's young artists". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
^ "Quad Winter 2015". Riverdale Country School via Issuu. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
^ "Reunion – Photo and Quote" (PDF). www.law.nyu.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-18. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
^ "José Iturbi Music International Competition". www.joseiturbifoundation.org. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
^ "Guide to the Marilyn Horne Foundation Records, 1991-2011 CTC.2010.01 | Historic Pittsburgh". historicpittsburgh.org. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
^ The Ghosts of Versailles at IMDb

External links

Peter Kazaras, Operabase
Peter Kazaras, Uzan International Artists

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[1] "Q&A: Director of opera studies wants students to see opera as accessible". dailybruin.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[2] "Peter Kazaras". schoolofmusic.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[:0-3] Bargreen, Melinda (2011-03-29). "Peter Kazaras, veteran of all opera trades, steers Seattle Opera's young artists". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[4] "Quad Winter 2015". Riverdale Country School via Issuu. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[5] "Reunion – Photo and Quote" (PDF). www.law.nyu.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-18. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[6] "José Iturbi Music International Competition". www.joseiturbifoundation.org. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[7] "Guide to the Marilyn Horne Foundation Records, 1991-2011 CTC.2010.01 | Historic Pittsburgh". historicpittsburgh.org. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[8] The Ghosts of Versailles at IMDb

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