Lina González-Granados
Lina González-Granados renews contract as LA Opera’s Resident Conductor
The Colombian-American conductor will remain with the company through 2028
LA Opera continues to refine its rich artistic profile and shape its future with the announcement that Lina González-Granados has renewed her contract as Resident Conductor, a position she has held since 2022. The three-year extension, following her original three-year contract that concludes this summer, extend her affiliation with the company through the end of the 2027/28 season.
“I’m deeply honored to continue as LA Opera’s Resident Conductor, making music with the extraordinary artists of the orchestra and chorus,” said Lina González-Granados. “Our work has never been more important than at this moment. I look with immense pride at all that we have achieved, from interpretations of classic works like Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, to new works like Gabriela Lena Frank’s El último sueño de Frida y Diego, the world premiere of Joel Thompson’s Fire and Blue Sky and the upcoming company premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar. It is a privilege to continue our mission to expand the art form and to reach ever wider audiences.”
In addition to the works noted above, she has conducted LA Opera performances that include Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, the world premiere of Academy Award-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla’s soundtrack score for the 1931 Spanish-language film Dracula and the world premiere of Joel Thompson’s orchestral suite from his opera The Snowy Day.
Her upcoming LA Opera appearances including Coming Home: Angel Blue in Concert on March 15 and next season’s production of La Bohème.
“From the first moment she stepped on the podium for Lucia di Lammermoor in 2022, Lina forged a palpable connection with our audiences,” said Christopher Koelsch, the company’s president and CEO. “That phenomenon has only grown throughout her leadership in a diverse range of projects, from the music of Benjamin Britten to Gabriela Lena Frank, and I have every confidence she will continue to demonstrate insight, intelligence and energy in her upcoming leadership of Coming Home with Angel Blue and Ainadamar. Further, her commitment to the development of the future of the art form through community outreach, her work with our young artists, and her commitment to new compositional voices have helped the company—and the field—advance its vision for a continuously vibrant environment for creative expression.”