American conductor and pianist Michael Borowitz is currently Artistic Director of Nevada Opera, where this season (as they celebrate their 40th Anniversary!) he will conduct performances of Verdi's Aďda, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel and Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. He will again take the podium for Ohio Light Opera's 2008 summer festival, and tucked into January will be performances of Mozart's The Magic Flute with Pensacola Opera.

Mr. Borowitz is currently editing a new critical edition of the stage works of Emmerich Kálmán for the publishing house of Josef Weinberger, London. The first of these, a new English translation of the 1926 Die Zirkusprinzessin (The Circus Princess), is slated for its premiere in a new production with Nevada Opera in 2010.

For nine seasons Mr. Borowitz was Head of Music Staff with Des Moines Metro Opera, where he led performances of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, Argento’s Christopher Sly, and the world premieres of Blumenfeld’s Breakfast Waltzes and Wright’s The Fifth String.

For five seasons he was Director of Musical Studies with Pittsburgh Opera, where he led performances of Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, Argento’s Postcards from Morocco, Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, and Donizetti’s Don Pasquale.

From 1997 to 2000 he was Artistic Director (and founder) of Cleveland Concert Opera, leading American premieres of Jaques-Dalcroze’s Les Jumeaux de Bergame and a critical edition of Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi. In 2000, Cleveland Concert Opera performed Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine, first in Cleveland, Ohio, then toured its production to Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. Other recent performances include the American premiere of Massenet’s La Grand’ Tante, Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Menotti’s The Telephone, Ward’s Roman Fever, the world premiere of Stringer’s Coyote’s Music, Wolf-Ferrari’s Il Segreto di Susanna (Pittsburgh), and an opera gala for Pensacola Opera’s 2002-2003 season.