Overview: major companies
Female Opera Conductors in the US
2013 was a landmark year, possibly because of this NYTimes article: Missing from Podiums: Women
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The Metropolitan Opera
1976 Sarah Caldwell, La traviata
1996 Simone Young, La bohème
2013 Jane Glover, Magic Flute: abridged version
2016 Susanna Mälkki, L'Amour de Loin
2019 Karen Kamensek, Akhnaten
2021 Speranza Scappucci, La traviata
2021 Eun Sun Kim, La bohème
2022 Keri-Lynn Wilson, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
2025 Karen Kamensek, Moby Dick
2025 Keri-Lynn Wilson, Queen of Spades
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San Francisco Opera
2004 Sara Jobin, Tosca
2004 Sara Jobin, Flying Dutchman
2005 Anne Manson, Così
2005 Sara Jobin, Norma
2007 Sara Jobin, Appomattox (premiere)
2014 Karen Kamensek, Susannah
2019 Eun Sun Kim, Rusalka
2019 Michelle Merrill, Carmen
2021 Eun Sun Kim, Music Director -2031
2024 Karen Kamensek, The Handmaid's Tale
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Chicago Lyric Opera
2007 Emmanuelle Haïm, Giulio Cesare
2022 Eun Sun Kim, Tosca
2023 Speranza Scappucci, La fille du régiment
2024 Yi-Chen Lin, Cenerentola
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Houston Grand Opera
2016 Jane Glover, L'elisir d'amore
2017 Eun Sun Kim, La traviata
2018 Eun Sun Kim, Principal Guest Conductor
2021 Lidiya Yankovskaya, Carmen
2022 Dame Jane Glover, Die Zauberflöte
2023 Keri-Lynn Wilson, Salome
2024 Dame Jane Glover, Don Giovanni
2025 Karen Kamensek, La bohème
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