Artistic Director, Richard Conrad
From the Artistic Director:
Dear Friends,
A few years ago I was approached by a large group of singers, instrumentalists, friends, and supporters who asked that I consider forming a new company. I thought: "A NEW company? But these are folks with whom I have worked for over 20 years!!!" Having run a successful concert/opera/operetta/music theater company has been a dream come true. And when these marvelous people expressed the fervent desire that the ensemble should stay together under a different name, of course, I agreed! And so here we are...Boston's newest "old" company, dedicated great works of the concert and lyric stage, featuring a resident repertory ensemble of the best New England artists. We decided to name the organization THE BOSTONIAN OPERA AND CONCERT ENSEMBLE (aka THE BOSTONIANS...after a 19th century company of the same name, celebrated for the exceptionally high standard of their singing, which brought fame and glory to Boston with their annual opera tours). We do look forward to earning your support, and please visit our website (thebostonians.org) for up-to-date information.
Greetings and very best wishes,
Richard (signed)
Biography:
Richard Conrad, The Bostonian's Founder and Artistic Director, studied singing with Harry Euler Treiber in Boston, and in Germany with Gisela Rohmert. While still a student, his ability to meet the technical and stylistic demands of music of the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries resulted in an invitation from Decca (London) to record arias and ensembles of this period with Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, and Richard Bonynge (The Age of Bel Canto and Arias from Handel's Julius Caesar) which brought him into international prominence. His performances of the bel canto literature include A Primer on Prima Donnas (again with Miss Sutherland and Mr. Bonynge; now available on Video VA1 69401) for CBC-TV, a series, Coloratura, for the National Educational Network in Boston, and a cycle of programs on florid song, which he wrote and performed for the Radio-Televisione Italiana in Rome. His European debut took place in Geneva when he was soloist with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Since then he has performed in concert and opera tours, and in plays, operettas, and musicals all over Europe, Britain, the United States, Canada, and Africa. Mr. Conrad is founder and former Artistic Director of Boston Academy of Music.
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