Livermore Valley Opera Bios

Meet our Music Director and Conductor

Alexander Katsman is the Music Director and Conductor for Livermore Valley Opera.

Alumni of the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program, Mr. Katsman received his M.M. from St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory and his B.M. cum laude from Mussorgsky College of Music in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Since his arrival in the United States, Alexander has been sought after as a conductor and collaborative pianist. He conducted for Opera San Jose, West Bay Opera, Martinez Opera, Bayshore Lyric Opera, Berkeley Opera, Oakland Lyric Opera, Solo Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera, Diablo Light Opera, Opera Academy of California, and also at CalState University East Bay and Diablo Valley College.

His conducting credits include, among others, productions of La Traviata, Un Ballo in maschera, Madama Butterfly, La Boheme, Der Rosenkavalier, Faust, Rigoletto, La Juive, Andrea Chenier,  L’italiana in Algeri,  La Cenerentola, Carmen, The Magic Flute, Manon, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Die Fledermaus,  Orfeo et Euridice, The Merry Widow,  Kismet, Sweeney Todd, The Student Prince, Carousel, and The Most Happy Fella.

Mr. Katsman serves on conducting and coaching faculties of Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute and Peninsula Teen Opera. He is also on the coaching staff at the San Francisco Conservatory, Opera San Jose and at the Holy Names University.

He can be reached at: LVO.Music.Director@gmail.com.