Praised by Opera News as a conductor who “squeezes every drop of excitement and pathos from the score,” Steven White is one of America’s premiere operatic and symphonic conductors. He made his acclaimed Metropolitan Operadebut in 2010, conducting performances of La traviata starring Angela Gheorghiu. Since then, he has conducted a number of Metropolitan Opera performances with such stars as Placido Domingo, Natalie Dessay, Thomas Hampson, and Dmitri Hvorostovksy.
With a vibrant operatic repertoire of over eighty titles, Maestro White’s extensive engagements have included performances with New York City Opera, L’Opera de Montréal, Wexford Opera Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, San Diego Opera, Utah Opera, Opera Colorado, Pittsburgh Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Baltimore Opera, New Orleans Opera, and many others. He is Principal Guest Conductor of Opera Omaha.
Highlights of recent and upcoming engagements include Thaïs at Utah Opera, The Rake’s Progress, Eugene Onegin and Faust at Opera Omaha, Ariadne auf Naxos and Rusalka at Arizona Opera, Anna Bolena and Faust at the Academy of Vocal Arts, the Grand Finale Concert at the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco, La bohème at Brevard Music Center, and the Verdi Requiem, Britten’s War Requiem and The Turn of the Screw at Opera Roanoke.