Timothy Long, a native Oklahoman, is enjoying a flourishing conducting career in the US and abroad. He has been praised for his "sharp conducting" (Washington Post), and his orchestras have triumphed with displays of "breadth, depth and color" (Riverfront Times) and "brilliant playing" (Rocky Mountain News).
In the 2009-2010 season, Mr. Long returns to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. His future engagements include an additional appearance at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, as well as performances with Opera Colorado.
Engagements for 2008-2009 included Shreveport Opera, a return engagement at Wolf Trap Opera, and an appearance with the Companion Star Ensemble in Sweden. In addition, he conducted the all-Native American Coast Orchestra for its inaugural performances in Washington DC, and New York City.
During the 2007-08 season his operatic conducting engagements included Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Don Pasquale at Opera Colorado, Madame Butterfly at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Ariadne auf Naxos at Wolf Trap Opera.
Past seasons reflect the diversity of Mr. Long's vast repertoire. These performances have included Mark-Anthony Turnage's powerful adaptation of the Oedipus story, Greek, at Stony Brook Opera, Don Giovanni at the Théâtre Municipal de Castres in France, Le nozze di Figaro at Boston Lyric Opera, Conrad Susa's Transformations for the Maryland Opera Studio, and an off-Broadway play/opera by Wallace Shawn and Allen Shawn for The New Group, which ran at the Minetta Lane Theater for seven weeks and was released commercially by Bridge Records. During his long association with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Mr. Long has conducted performances of Rigoletto, Romeo and Juliet, The Barber of Seville, Hansel and Gretel, The Mikado, and Madame Butterfly.
For three years, Mr. Long served as assistant conductor to Robert Spano at the Brooklyn Philharmonic where he collaborated as a cover conductor and conducted the orchestra. He was also an associate conductor at New York City Opera for two years.
Trained as a pianist, Mr. Long's performances have been described as "dramatic, fiery" and "dazzlingly forceful" (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle). He has performed throughout the world at venues such as the Aspen Music Festival, the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C., the Kennedy Center, Weill Recital Hall and Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Kyoto International Music Festival, the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, and the Castell de Sant Marçal in Barcelona, Spain. His collaborations with singers include recitals with Jennifer Aylmer, Susanne Mentzer, William Sharp, Vinson Cole, and Thomas Meglioranza. He also appeared on NBC's Today Show with Salvatore Licitra.
