The American Friends of the Donizetti Opera Festival supports young american artists, singers and conductors to deepen their studies on the Donizetti legacy and the bel canto. This activity is consistenly offered with the support of the artists, members of our board of artists, and through the contribution of the Donizetti Opera Festival, a unique festival that takes place every year in the city of Bergamo, Italy.
Aranzazu Escudero de Zuloaga Chairman / President
Daniel B. Gallagher
Treasurer
John Allison
Virginia Drabbe-Seeman
Fabio Finotti
Riccardo Frizza
Leslie Armstrong David Black Franca Cavallaro Michael DeMarco Verena Dobnik Virginia H. Drabbe-Seemann David Ebershoff Cristina Guglielmi George Hall George Loomis Richard Martet Jonathan Pell Roger Pines Fred Plotkin Gene Scheer Christina Scheppelmann David Shengold Michael Solomon Brad Trexell Barry Tucker
Sondra Radvanovsky Chairman
Carlos Álvarez Daniela Barcellona Jamie Barton Romina Basso Harolyn Blackwell Rockwell Blake Lawrence Brownlee Javier Camarena James Conlon Diana Damrau Mariella Devia Lisette Oropesa Luca Pisaroni Matthew Polenzani Jessica Pratt Samuel Ramey Davinia Rodríguez Nadine Sierra Frederica von Stade Pretty Yende
Massimo Boffelli Director, Fondazione Teatro Donizetti
Riccardo Frizza Music Director
Francesco Micheli Artistic Director
Andrea Compagnucci Marketing Manager
Floriana Tessitore Head of Press Office
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