Gail Dubinbaum

Gail Dubinbaum (b. 1957) is an American operatic coloratura mezzo-soprano who has sung at many of the world's great opera houses and with many of the world's finest orchestras. Dubinbaum is co-founder and Creative Director of the Phoenix Metropolitan Opera.

Career

Dubinbaum first came to the world's attention in 1981, when she won the Western Region Metropolitan Opera National Auditions. [https://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/_download/Natl_Council_Winners_List.pdf]

Since then, Dubinbaum has sung leading roles with such companies as the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, L'Opéra de Montréal, Israel Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Pacific, Boston Lyric Opera, Washington Opera, Detroit Opera, Portland Opera, and Arizona Opera among others. [ [http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/6514.html PlaybillArts: News: Former Met Star Founds Opera Company in Phoenix ] ] She has sung with such prestigious ensembles as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. She has sung under the batons of such notable conductors as Andre Previn, Christopher Hogwood, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Michael Tilson Thomas, Gerard Schwarz, Carlo Maria Giulini and Leonard Bernstein. [http://www.phoenixopera.org/content/pdf/pmo_bio_Gail_Dubinbaum.pdf]

Her television credits include "In Performance at the White House", "Live from the Met" and the "Met Centennial Gala", all under the baton of conductor James Levine. The Los Angeles Times quotes, “The evening belonged, without a doubt or hesitation, to Gail Dubinbaum, who sailed through the mezzo-coloratura hurdles of the title role as if she didn’t happen to know it was difficult." [ [http://lajewishsymphony.com/history/bios/Gail.htm LAJS - Gail Dubinbaum ] ]

In 2007, Dubinbaum co-founded the Phoenix Metropolitan Opera with her husband, conductor John Massaro. Dubinbaum serves as Creative Director of the company which produced it's first production, Puccini's "La Boheme", last December and will be directing performances of Verdi's "Aida" and Puccini's "Tosca" during the 2008-2009 season. [http://www.azcentral.com/12news/upfront/articles/opera05172007-CR.html]

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* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE2DD1639F93AA15753C1A965948260&scp=8&sq=Gail+Dubinbaum&st=nyt/ New York Times Article, October 1983]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E6DE1638F936A2575BC0A965948260&scp=19&sq=Gail+Dubinbaum&st=nyt/ New York Times Article, August 1983]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE7D71138F932A1575AC0A965948260&scp=20&sq=Gail+Dubinbaum&st=nyt/ New York Times Article, September 1983]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07E2DF173BF933A05752C0A962948260&scp=23&sq=Gail+Dubinbaum&st=nyt/ New York Times Article, January 1984]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03E0D91539F934A1575AC0A963948260&scp=9&sq=Gail+Dubinbaum&st=nyt/ New York Times Article, September 1985]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE7DB1E39F93AA15757C0A960948260&scp=3&sq=Gail+Dubinbaum&st=nyt/ New York Times Article, April 1986]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE5DA133FF935A35752C1A96E948260&scp=18&sq=Gail+Dubinbaum&st=nyt/ New York Times Article, November 1988]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE6DB1631F93BA35753C1A96E948260&scp=6&sq=Gail+Dubinbaum&st=nyt/ New York Times Article, October 1998]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E6DE123FF930A35751C0A9669C8B63&scp=4&sq=Gail+Dubinbaum&st=nyt/ New York Times Article, February 2000]