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Francesca Zambello was born on 24 August, 1956 in New York, NY, is an American opera and theatre director (born 1956). Discover Francesca Zambello's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?
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New York, NY |
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United States
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Who Is Francesca Zambello's Husband?
Her husband is Faith E. Gay
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Francesca Zambello Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Francesca Zambello worth at the age of 67 years old? Francesca Zambello’s income source is mostly from being a successful director. She is from United States. We have estimated Francesca Zambello's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Francesca Zambello (born August 24, 1956) is an American opera and theatre director.
She serves as the artistic director of Washington National Opera.
Born in New York City, Zambello lived in Europe when she was a child, learning to speak French, Italian, German and Russian.
Zambello is of Italian descent, the daughter of actress Jean (née Sincere) and Charles C. Zambello, a former actor who became head of flight entertainment at TWA.
She attended Moscow University in 1976 and graduated from Colgate University in 1978.
An internationally recognized director of opera and theater, Francesca Zambello's American debut took place at the Houston Grand Opera with a production of Fidelio in 1984.
From 1984 until 1991 she was the artistic director of the Skylight Music Theater with Stephen Wadsworth.
She debuted in Europe at Teatro La Fenice in Venice with Beatrice di Tenda in 1987 and has since staged new productions at major theaters, festivals and opera houses around the world.
Also, she served as artistic advisor to the San Francisco Opera from 2006 until 2011.
Zambello developed and directed the world premiere of Christopher Theofanidis' Heart of a Soldier for the San Francisco Opera, where she served as artistic advisor from 2006 to 2011.
Other opera projects have included the first international production of Carmen to ever be presented at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Tobias Picker's Emmeline for Sante Fe Opera, Therese Raquin for Dallas Opera, and Picker's An American Tragedy for the Metropolitan Opera.
Additionally, she mounted productions of Cyrano and Les Troyens for the Metropolitan Opera, Carmen and Don Giovanni at the Royal Opera House, Boris Godunov, War and Peace, Billy Budd and William Tell at the Paris Opera, and Der Ring des Nibelungen for the San Francisco Opera and the Washington National Opera.
Theater projects have included Show Boat in London at the Royal Albert Hall as well as for the Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera; a new musical, Rebecca, for Vienna's Raimund Theater, Stuttgart's (presented by Stage Entertainment), and in St. Gallen, Switzerland; Tibet Through the Red Box, a new play by David Henry Hwang for the Seattle Children's Theatre; The Little Prince with Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman; Napoleon in the West End; The Little Mermaid for Disney on Broadway; the musical of The Little House on the Prairie and The Master Butchers at the Guthrie Theater, and Aladdin in Disneyland.
Between 2011 and 2022, she served as artistic and general director of the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, and she is currently the artistic director of Washington National Opera, a post that she has held since 2012.
Zambello has been awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government for her contribution to French culture and the Russian Federation's Medal for Service to Culture.
She received the San Francisco Opera's Medallion of Honor for her work there over three decades.
Other honors for her work include three Olivier Awards from the London Society of Theaters and two Evening Standard Awards for Best Musical and Best Opera.
She has also received the award for Best Company Achievement.
The French was awarded to her twice for her work at the Paris Opera.
Other awards include Best Production in Japan, the Palme d'Or in Germany, the Golden Mask in Russia and the Helpmann Award in Australia.
For the 2011 Glimmerglass Festival, Zambello, Terrence McNally, and Deborah Voigt collaborated to produce the stage show Voigt Lessons which was revived in 2015 at the Art House in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Other works have included a film of Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors for BBC Television, as well as a new film for the BBC, Sony and PBS of The Little Prince, and West Side Story for the floating stage at the Bregenzer Festspiele.
Works on DVD include War and Peace, Carmen, The Little Prince, Street Scene, Show Boat and Porgy and Bess.
Zambello has served as a guest professor at Yale University.
Zambello lives in New York City with her wife, attorney Faith E. Gay, and her step-son, Jackson.
