Jacque Trussel has enjoyed a varied career from professional singer, to conductor, to voice teacher, to stage director. As a professional singer he has appeared in opera houses around the world, including Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, and New York City Opera. He received a Grammy award nomination for his solo recording, Sounds and Sweet Airs, and has appeared on live radio and television broadcasts, including Live from the Lincoln Center and the CBC television broadcast of Carmen. He made his directing debut in 1996 at Sarasota Opera with Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffman, and he returned the following year to direct Humperdinck’s Königskinder. He is currently both chair of the Department of Opera Performance/Vocal Studies and choral director at the Purchase College Conservatory of Music, State University of New York. He can be reached at Jacque.Trussel@purchase.edu.
