Brian Salesky

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Brian Salesky is an American conductor who leads operas and orchestral music. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Indiana University and studied at The Juilliard School. He first appeared with the New York City Opera in 1978, conducting Naughty Marietta, and went on to lead many productions there, including La traviata, Rigoletto, Falstaff, the world premiere of Madame Adare, Carmen, and The Tales of Hoffmann. In 1980, his La cenerentola at City Opera was televised on PBS to acclaim. In Europe, he conducted at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu (L’elisir d’amore with Alfredo Kraus) and led concerts with Kraus and Renata Scotto in Madrid and Granada. He has appeared with Opera Australia, the Spoleto Festival, Chicago Lyric Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Atlanta Opera, Dayton Opera, Knoxville Opera, and the opera companies in Washington and Montana, as well as leading many symphony orchestras. On Broadway, he conducted the revival of Man of La Mancha in 1992 with Raúl Juliá. As of 2005, he was Executive Director and Conductor of the Knoxville Opera Company. He attended the High School of Music & Art in Spanish Harlem, New York.