Opera Picks Pittsburgher As Its Executive Director
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Mark J. Weinstein, who helped build Pittsburgh Opera into one of the most admired mid-level companies in the United States, will join Washington National Opera as executive director on Feb. 1, WNO announced yesterday. He will report to Pl¿cido Domingo, WNO's general director.
Weinstein spent much of the early part of his career at the New York City Opera, where he rose to the position of executive director. He has been with Pittsburgh Opera since 1997 and is credited with erasing a long-standing deficit and increasing the company assets from $4 million to an anticipated $25 million at the end of the present season.
His duties at the Washington National Opera will include day-to-day operations and fundraising. Artistic control will still rest with Domingo.
"Mark's outstanding experience and accomplishments over 25 years both at the New York City Opera and at the Pittsburgh Opera convinced me that he is the right person to help take our company to the next level," Domingo said in a statement.
When Domingo came to what was then called the Washington Opera, the company had an executive director, Patricia Mossel, who was later replaced by Walter Arnheim. The position has been vacant since 2002. Weinstein will join Domingo, music director Heinz Fricke, WNO President Kenneth R. Feinberg and Chief Financial Officer Richard Johnson in an intricate shared power structure.
-- Tim Page
