Ramon Tebar
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Spanish conductor Ramon Tebar has been named artistic director of Opera Naples (West coast of Florida). Now 35, Tebar became the first Spanish conductor to head a major American opera company in 2011, when at the age of 32, when he was appointed Music Director of Florida Grand Opera (FGO). Since 2010 he is also Music Director of the Palm Beach Symphony and Music Director of the the Dominican Republic’s biannual Santo Domingo Festival.
« I am very honored to be appointed Artistic Director of Opera Naples, a company that has grown non-stop since its founding, which is a real achievement in today’s opera world, » stated Maestro Tebar. « I am looking forward to a very productive and creative relationship, and to making music for such an exciting community. » Opera Naples will celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2014-15.
