Christopher Franklin (DMA ’99, Conducting) will join San Francisco Opera to conduct their production of Hansel und Gretel this fall. He will also conduct a recording of bel canto repertoire with tenor Petr Nekoranec and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and concerts with tenor Juan Diego Florez in Spain. Recently, he completed a run of performances of La Traviata at Minnesota Opera, Turandot at San Francisco Opera, and Peter Grimes at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia.