San Diego Opera debut. American Conductor Joseph Mechavich is the Principal Conductor and Music Director for Kentucky Opera, where he has conducted The Marriage of Figaro and Carmen. Recent performances include this co-production of Moby-Dick at Calgary Opera, The Barber of Seville at The Washington National Opera, Porgy and Bess at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Madama Butterfly at New York City Opera, La bohème at Dayton Opera and Cendrillon at the Aspen Music Festival. Mechavich was the Principal Conductor for Opera Birmingham from 2004-10, conducting Turandot, Madama Butterfly, La bohème, La traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Elixir of Love, Aida, La Cenerentola and The Barber of Seville. He has also presided over highly-recognized productions for Calgary Opera, Utah Opera, Tulsa Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Sugar Creek Festival, Pine Mountain Music Festival, Oberlin Opera Theatre, Lake George Opera Festival, Virginia Opera, Fargo-Moorhead Opera and Spokane Opera. Others companies with which he has collaborated include Austin Lyric Opera, New Orleans Opera, Mobile Opera, Nevada Opera and Berkshire Opera. Upcoming performances include Romeo and Juliet for Florida Grand Opera and Susannah for The Florentine Opera.