Quickly earning a reputation as an “Indie Opera” conductor, Peter Szep is known for his “tremendously affecting” accounts of difficult works. His production of “Il Tabarro” performed on an oil tanker at the Red Hook container port received critical acclaim in The New York Times and was called “exhilarating” by Brian Kellow in Opera News. Peter Szep is Music Director of Vertical Player Repertory in New York, where he recently conducted "Tales of Hoffman" and where he conducted a production of William Bolcom’s "A View from the Bridge" in collaboration with the composer.

This Summer at the Stonington Opera House he will be conducting the Premier of Maia Abrahamian's opera "Burt Dow: Deep Water Man," based on the children's book by Robert McCloskey. Recently, Mr. Szep was guest conductor with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and he collaborated with composer Harold Farberman on the premier his new opera “Diamond Street,” at the Hudson Opera House which they co-conducted. A recording of their collaboration is being released on Albany records this year.

Mr. Szep has championed new opera works, conducting the premiers of Anna Dembska’s “The Singing Bridge,” Hayes’ “The Bee Opera” and Rodwin’s “The Sound of Waves: A Prayer Cycle,” which was part of the Mabou Mines’ Suite program. Peter Szep has been the Music Director of the Raylynmor Opera Company in Keene, New Hampshire since 2003, where he recently conducted the New England premier of Ned Rorem's "Our Town" in the actual town that inspired the original play by Thornton Wilder.

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