The Dallas Opera welcomes back David Lomel铆, this time as its new director and CEO.
Though Lomel铆 is coming off of a five year stint at the Santa Fe Opera, he has more than a decade of experience working with the Dallas company. He was the founding director of the Hart Institute for Women Conductors, and has been an artistic consultant with the company since 2021.
鈥淚 am honored, and especially grateful to partner with a thoughtful and sensitive board that understands both the immense challenges and extraordinary possibilities facing our art form today,鈥� Lomel铆 said in a statement.
He will inherit an organization with an enviable balance sheet. Earlier this year, the company announced it raised a whopping 鈥� the largest sum in its nearly 70-year history. The feat was thanks in part to a $25 million matching grant from the O鈥橠onnell Foundation.
That money will go toward the nonprofit鈥檚 general operating fund and endowment, which was at about $30 million, prior to the most recent campaign.
鈥淢y goal is to serve this institution, this city, and this art form with humility, ambition, and a profound sense of responsibility as we shape the next chapter of The Dallas Opera together,鈥� Lomel铆鈥檚 statement continues.
He will replace Ian Derrer, who spent the past 10 years at the company, including eight as general director and CEO.
Derrer will begin his new role leading the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto on July 1. Lomel铆 starts on June 1.
This story is developing and may be updated.
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