The appointment announced Wednesday comes as the company merges with the Kennedy Center to ensure stability after years of financial difficulties. Zambello has already worked with Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser at the London Royal Opera House.
"I think opera has the chance to attract people to us not always think to, honestly," she said in an interview. "I am all about the creation of productions that are accessible to the public, who are entertaining, which are tales."
Zambello is a Director in Opera and musical theatre. She currently leads a new production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle for San Francisco Opera. Production began with Washington National Opera, but he was unable to complete all four episodes due to financial difficulties.
Kaiser and Zambello agreed that they would like to stage a full cycle of "Ring" in Washington after the Opera spent lot of time and money in development as the "American Ring" in 2006, based on the themes and the history of the United States settings to explore the epic of greed Wagnerambition and betrayal.
After productions "Ring" in June, Zambello withdraw as artistic advisor of the San Francisco Opera to concentrate its efforts on Washington and as Director of Glimmerglass Opera, a festival of summer in Cooperstown, N.Y.
The New York-based Director will be part of a team who will lead the programming of the Opera as it transitions Domingo, who joined the company as Artistic Director in 1996. Early in his career, Zambello worked under the direction of end Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
Kaiser said Zambello woman leader among the administrators of the Opera. He refused to specify the duration of his contract in Washington, but said that it will have a permanent role. Appoint a fact artistic advisor sense, while the company is in transition, said Kaiser.
"It was a lot of vision in the Opera, and we believe that it will bring some really good ideas for programs, casting ideas, ideas for the productions to be used," said.
Zambello has also recently performed "The Little Mermaid for Broadway" as an adaptation of the Disney film scene. Closed in 2009 before a national tour.
She said that it wants to expand the programming of the Opera to achieve the widest possible public, including tourists visiting cultural attractions of Washington. She is also eager to operas beyond the great Kennedy Center Opera House with productions in smaller rooms as well.
55 Washington Opera has always been "revered" as Martin Feinstein and Domingo, Zambello said, adding that she looks forward to ongoing collaboration with Domingo.
A large part of the resources of the Opera are used to repay its debts before it merges with the Kennedy Center on July 1. 2009 Tax records show the company has a debt of $ 11.6 million, with an endowment of $ 30.6 million. The balanced budget was reached in recent years after cuts in programming and staff.
Also Wednesday, Council named Opera Michael Mael as Executive Director of the group to conduct its affairs. Previously, he was Chief of operations of the Opera.
Other operas have struggled through the recession. The New York City Opera has just announced that he leaves his house for a long time at the Lincoln Center to reduce costs. Baltimore Opera has closed its doors in 2009.
Change can help boost a theatre, said Zambello.
"I think this new arrangement will really, really help society," she said, "by making everything more explode in the cultural scene of the city." "".
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