Michelle Rofrano
Michelle Rofrano is an Italian-American conductor with a keen interest in the intersection of art, storytelling, and social activism.
An avid opera conductor, upcoming engagements include guest conducting La Cenerentola with Toledo Opera, L’Amant Anonyme (Bologne) with Madison Opera, Turandot with Fargo Moorhead Opera, and a double bill of Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Poulenc) and The Seven Deadly Sins (Weill) with the Curtis Institute of Music. Rofrano will also join Washington National Opera and The Juilliard School this season as a guest cover conductor.
The past several seasons have seen Rofrano lead productions of La Traviata and Cendrillon (Viardot) with City Lyric Opera; Amelia al Ballo (Menotti) with The Juilliard School, The Turn of the Screw with the Curtis Institute of Music, The Fall of the House of Usher (Glass) with Orpheus PDX, Don Quichotte at Camacho's Wedding (Telemann) with Opera Saratoga, Trouble in Tahiti with The Glimmerglass Festival and Westminster Choir College, and a new production of Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades created by Francesca Zambello with The Glimmerglass Festival.