Sandra Horst

Chorus master Sandra Horst’s recent credits include The Magic Flute, Nixon in China, Aida, and Death in Venice for the COC; and The Marriage of Figaro, Eugene Onegin and The Golden Ticket for Opera Theatre of St. Louis. As director of musical studies for the University of Toronto’s Opera Division, she has most recently conducted Hansel and Gretel, as well as productions of L’enfant et les sortilèges, L’heure espagnole, L’elisir d’amore, Die Fledermaus, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Gianni Schicchi, and John Beckwith’s Taptoo! Ms Horst conducted Il viaggio a Reims for the COC, has been chorus master of Edmonton Opera, served as a judge for the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions and has been on the music staff of the Juilliard Opera Center, Chautauqua Institute, Boston Lyric Opera, Edmonton Opera, Banff Centre for the Arts, Opera Ontario and Opera Saskatchewan. This spring she is also the chorus master for Orfeo ed Euridice.