Conductor Joseph Mechavich has presided over productions of Porgy and Bess for Deutsche Oper Berlin/Cape Town Opera, Nixon in China for Auckland Philharmonia/New Zealand Opera, Il barbiere di Siviglia for The Washington National Opera, Turandot for Calgary Opera, Everest for Austin Opera, Lucia di Lammermoor for New Orleans Opera, La Bohème for Florida Grand Opera, Silent Night for Arizona Opera, and Florencia en el Amazonas for San Diego Opera.
Mo. Mechavich is a champion of the music of Carlisle Floyd and Jake Heggie having paced productions of Floyd’s Susannah, Of Mice and Men, and Cold Sassy Tree and recorded Wuthering Heights; as well as Heggie’s Moby-Dick, Great Scott, If I Were You, Out of Darkness: Two Remain, Three Decembers, Another Sunrise, Before It All Goes Dark, and Dead Man Walking. Maestro Mechavich studied at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and Yale University School of Music.