DAVID RADAMÉS TORO
Apprentice Artist - Directing Fellow

Opera Saratoga Debut 2016 Festival
Assistant Director (Le nozze di Figaro and Il Postino)

Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
Schools and Training: University of Colorado; Ohio State University; University of Texas; Emerald City Opera; Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh; Minnesota Opera
Teachers: Jeanine Thompson, Maureen Ryan (Ohio State Univeristy), Robert DeSimone, Kelly Kuo (University of Texas), Jonathan Eaton (Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh), Peter Cutts, Peter Kozma.
Experience: Director - Rose Made Man (world premiere, Cohen New Works Festival); Into the Woods, Les enfants terribles (Butler Opera Center); The Rapture (New Fangled Opera)
Assistant Director - Rusalka, The Magic Flute, Ariadne auf Naxos (Minnesota Opera); A New Kind of Fallout (world premiere, Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh)
Awards: Best Opera (nominated) - Les enfants terribles (Austin Critic's Table), Best Musical - Trojan Woman 2.0 (Columbus Theatre Roundtable)
Upcoming: Assistant Director - The Shining (world premiere), and Tosca with Minnesota Opera

David Toro's participation in the Young Artist Program at Opera Saratoga has been sponsored through the generous support of Wally Graham.