Staff Directory
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Office of the General Director
Anthony Roth Costanzo
General Director & President
215.893.5959
arc@operaphila.org
Ken Smith
Chief of Staff
215.893.5926
smith@operaphila.org
Artistic, Music, and Production
Corrado Rovaris
The Jack Mulroney Music Director
Lawrence Brownlee
Artistic Advisor
David Levy
Vice President of Artistic Operations
215.893.5913
levy@operaphila.org
Michael Eberhard
Director of Casting & Artistic Administration
215.893.5923
eberhard@operaphila.org
Sarah Williams
Director of New Works & Creative Producer
215.893.5910
williams@operaphila.org
Elizabeth Braden
Chorus Master & Music Administrator
215.893.5931
braden@operaphila.org
J. Robert Loy
Orchestra Librarian & Personnel Coordinator
Grant Loehnig
Head of Music Staff
Nathan Lofton
Orchestra Contractor & Personnel Manager
Bridget A. Cook
Director of Production
215.893.5950
cook@operaphila.org
Drew Billiau
Director of Design & Technology
215.893.5921
billiau@operaphila.org
Stephen Dickerson
Technical Director
215.535.2655
dickerson@operaphila.org
Millie Hiibel
Costume Director
215.893.5901
hiibel@operaphila.org
Emily Wanamaker
Artistic Operations Coordinator
215.893.5932
wanamaker@operaphila.org
Community Initiatives
Veronica Chapman-Smith
Vice President of Community Initiatives
215.893.5946
chapman-smith@operaphila.org
Christa Sechler
Education Manager
215.893.5922
Abby Weissman
Assistant Manager of Youth and Community Programs
215 893 5914
weissman@operaphila.org
Liz Filios
Teaching Artist
Elizabeth Gautsche
Teaching Artist
Valentina Sierra
Lead Teaching Artist
Chabrelle Williams
Teaching Artist
Chloe Lucente
Teaching Artist
Dr. Whitney Covalle
T-VOCE Conductor
Dan Amadie
Backstage Pass Consultant
Dr. Lily Kass
Scholar in Residence
Development
Derren Mangum
Director of Institutional Giving
215.893.5924
mangum@operaphila.org
Adele Mustardo
Director of Events
215.893.5912
mustardo@operaphila.org
Aisha Wiley
Director of Research
215.893.5943
wiley@operaphila.org
Aubre Naughton
Major Gifts Officer
215.893.5906
naughton@operaphila.org
Steven Humes
Associate Director of Advancement
215.893.5903
humes@operaphila.org
Colby Calhoun
Development Relations Coordinator
215.893.5929
calhoun@operaphila.org
Adrian Heningburg
Institutional Giving Coordinator
Finance
Jeremiah Marks
CFO Client Consultant
RADAR Nonprofit Solutions
484.228.1084
jeremiahmarks@radarnp.com
Marketing & Guest Services
Claire Frisbie
Director of Marketing
215.893.5937
frisbie@operaphila.org
Michael Knight
Director of Guest Services
215.893.5916
knight@operaphila.org
Coniyah McKinney
Guest Services Associate
215.732.8400
tix@operaphila.org
Frank Luzi
Media Relations
215.779.7614
frank@luzi.media
People Operations & Inclusion
Catherine Reay
Director of Human Resources
215.893.5919
reay@operaphila.org
Counsel
Ballard Spahr, LLP
General Counsel