With Robert Lyall stepping down as General Director, a post he occupied for the past 23 years, the New Orleans Opera has named Clare Burovac the next General Director effective September 15, 2020. 

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Burovac is from Portland, Oregon, where for the past 11 years she served as Director of Artistic Operations for the Portland Opera. She is a violinist who began her career in opera as a stage manager ...