Music Staff

The Santa Fe Opera Music Staff works diligently to ensure the artistic quality of each production on the stage. The members of the Music Staff come from some of the country’s leading opera houses and symphonies.

Head of Music Staff

Robert Tweten

Chorus Director

Susanne Sheston

Children’s Chorus Director

Willem van Schalkwyk

Piano Technician

Jack Gardner

Staff Members

Carol Anderson
Aurelia Andrews
John Arida
Leslie Dala
Erica Guo
James Lesniak
Glenn Lewis
Peter Pasztor
Michelle Rofrano
Anna Smigelskaya
Marika Yasuda

Language & Diction Coaches

Jennifer Ringo
La bohème, The Marriage of Figaro, Rigoletto, The Turn of the Screw

Marianne Barrett
Die Walküre