Gail Dubinbaum

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title: "Gail Dubinbaum" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1957-births", "living-people", "american-operatic-mezzo-sopranos", "singers-from-phoenix,-arizona", "20th-century-american-women-opera-singers", "21st-century-american-women-opera-singers", "classical-musicians-from-arizona", "jewish-opera-singers"] description: "American opera singer (born 1957)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Dubinbaum" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American opera singer (born 1957) ::

Gail Dubinbaum (born 1957) is an American operatic coloratura mezzo-soprano and co-founder and Creative Director of the Phoenix Metropolitan Opera.

Career

A native of Long Island, New York, Dubinbaum first studied with her mother, Ruth Dubinbaum, and then with operatic mezzo-soprano Herta Glaz. She also had a close association with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

As befits a background so balanced between operatic and concert singing, Dubinbaum has been equally at home on the opera stage and concert platform since winning the Western Region Metropolitan Opera National Auditions in 1981. Her operatic career, with a focus on works by Rossini and Mozart, has included appearances in productions at various major houses across the United States, ranging from the Metropolitan and Boston Lyric opera companies on the East Coast to the Portland Opera on the West, with appearances in Texas, Michigan, and Arizona in between. Internationally, she has sung with major companies in Israel, Austria, and Canada. Her concert appearances have ranged equally widely: in addition to performances at several US music festivals, she has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Israel Philharmonic. Conductors with whom she has worked include the likes of Kurt Masur, Michael Tilson Thomas, Carlo Maria Giulini, and Leonard Bernstein; In 2007, Dubinbaum and her husband, conductor John Massaro, founded the Phoenix Metropolitan Opera, of which she is Creative Director. The company began with a single production of Puccini's La Boheme but planned to expand to two productions for the 2008–2009 season. The company also planned educational programs for children and young singers. Besides her involvement with the Phoenix company, Dubinbaum maintains a private studio at which she teaches voice in Phoenix.

Videography

• The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala, Deutsche Grammophon DVD, 00440-073-4538, 2009

References

References

1. "Willoby, Shannon, "Gail Dubinbaum: Bringing Opera to Life," ''North Valley'' magazine, May 29, 2008, accessed October 21, 2009".
2. [http://www.phoenixopera.org/content/pdf/pmo_bio_Gail_Dubinbaum.pdf Biographical sketch on Phoenix Opera Internet site, accessed October 21, 2009]{{Dead link. (December 2019)
3. [http://www.metoperafamily.org/uploadedFiles/MetOpera/auditions/national/2009_natcouncilwinners.pdf List of Metropolitan Opera National Council Winners]
4. [http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/6514.html Playbill Arts Internet site, accessed October 21, 2009]
5. "Biographical sketch on Los Angeles Jewish Symphony Internet site, accessed October 21, 2009".
6. [http://www.azcentral.com/12news/upfront/articles/opera05172007-CR.html Rodriguez, Syleste, "New opera company cultivating new love for the arts," Channel 12 News Internet Site, accessed October 21, 2009]

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