William Gustafson is Director of Opera Studies at University of Colorado at Boulder College of Music. Prior to his appointment in 2002, he held the same position at the New England Conservatory of Music. Recent engagements have included Die Zauberflote for Sarasota Opera, Treemonisha at the Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco, L'Orfeo for the Boston Baroque, Ariodante for the Handel and Haydn Society, Hansel und Gretel for Sarasota Opera, The Face on the Barroom Floor for Central City Opera, The Yeomen of the Guard for Colorado Symphony, and both Albert Herring and The Marriage of Figaro for the New England Conservatory of Music Opera Theatre. In the summer of 2004 Gustafson directed Don Pasquale for the Pine Mountain Music Festival and will serve as guest faculty for "La Musica Lirica" Music Festival in Urbania, Italy. His CU Opera directing credits include La Boheme, The Magic Flute, The Music Man and The Barber of Seville. Professor Gustafson received his BM from the University of Connecticut and his MM and DMA degrees from the University of Michigan.
William Gustafson is Director of Opera Studies at University of Colorado at Boulder College of Music. Prior to his appointment in 2002, he held the same position at the New England Conservatory of Music. Recent engagements have included Die Zauberflote for Sarasota Opera, Treemonisha at the Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco, L'Orfeo for the Boston Baroque, Ariodante for the Handel and Haydn Society, Hansel und Gretel for Sarasota Opera, The Face on the Barroom Floor for Central City Opera, The Yeomen of the Guard for Colorado Symphony, and both Albert Herring and The Marriage of Figaro for the New England Conservatory of Music Opera Theatre. In the summer of 2004 Gustafson directed Don Pasquale for the Pine Mountain Music Festival and will serve as guest faculty for "La Musica Lirica" Music Festival in Urbania, Italy. His CU Opera directing credits include La Boheme, The Magic Flute, The Music Man and The Barber of Seville. Professor Gustafson received his BM from the University of Connecticut and his MM and DMA degrees from the University of Michigan.