Biography
Conductor
Stephen Stubbs
Stephen Stubbs won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and maintains a busy calendar as a guest conductor, specializing in Baroque opera and oratorio. He began his career as an opera conductor at the 1987 Bruges Festival, which led to the founding of the ensemble Tragicomedia. Since 1997 he has codirected opera productions at the biannual Boston Early Music Festival, where he serves as artistic codirector. BEMF has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and won a Grammy for their recording of Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux enfers. Stubbs is also the founding director of Pacific MusicWorks, a touring company with a core group of musicians who have worked together for more than 15 years.
Stubbs has conducted Handel’s Messiah with the Seattle Symphony, Houston Symphony, Alabama Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, and Symphony Nova Scotia. Other guest conducting appearances include the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, Musica Angelica, and Early Music Vancouver. On the opera stage, he has made multiple appearances with Opera Omaha, as well as with Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Dutch National Opera. He makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with these performances.
Stubbs has conducted Handel’s Messiah with the Seattle Symphony, Houston Symphony, Alabama Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, and Symphony Nova Scotia. Other guest conducting appearances include the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, Musica Angelica, and Early Music Vancouver. On the opera stage, he has made multiple appearances with Opera Omaha, as well as with Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Dutch National Opera. He makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with these performances.
