This is an old revision of this page, as edited by DGG (talk | contribs) at 19:14, 10 February 2012 (As reviewing admin, I think this indicates at least some importance, so not appropriate for speedy deletion. May or may not be notable.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 19:14, 10 February 2012 by DGG (talk | contribs) (As reviewing admin, I think this indicates at least some importance, so not appropriate for speedy deletion. May or may not be notable.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) | The topic of this article may not meet Misplaced Pages's general notability guideline. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "Kostis Protopapas" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Kostis Protopapas" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Biography
Kostis Protopapas is the Artistic Director of Tulsa Opera in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He previously served as the company’s Associate Conductor and Chorusmaster. His conducting credits with the company include productions of Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci, La traviata, The Barber of Seville, and many others.
Protopapas has also been an Assistant Conductor for the Los Angeles Opera and has served as Assistant Conductor at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Santa Fe Opera. During the 2002 and 2003 seasons he was the Assistant Chorusmaster at Lyric Opera of Chicago, under Donald Palumbo.
Protopapas has served on the music staffs of Opera Memphis and Virginia Opera; he conducted at Opera in the Ozarks every summer from 2000 to 2004 and has conducted for Da Corneto Opera in Chicago and Union Avenue Opera in St. Louis.
Born in Athens, Protopapas studied Archaeology and History of Art at the University of Athens. He came to the United States in 1993 on an Onassis Foundation scholarship to study piano at The Boston Conservatory and conducting at Boston University.