David Gockley (born July 13, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American opera company administrator. He served as general director of Houston Grand Opera from 1972 to 2005[1] and San Francisco Opera from 2006[2] to 2016.[3] He is a student of Margaret Harshaw.
^"Houston Grand Opera – About Us : Houston Grand Opera". www.houstongrandopera.org. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
^"Biography of David Gockley on San Francisco Opera's official website". Retrieved 16 December 2018.
^Kosman, Joshua (22 September 2015). "S.F. Opera names Matthew Shilvock, Gockley protege, to succeed him". SFGate. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
DavidGockley (born July 13, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American opera company administrator. He served as general director of Houston Grand...
Francisco Opera. After 33 years of directing the Houston Grand Opera, DavidGockley became the SFO's General Director on 1 January 2006. As part of an announcement...
and full-time professional careers. Soon after, she was invited by DavidGockley to participate in the Houston Opera Studio, from 1988 to 1990, where...
musical theater executives. One of them was DavidGockley, general director of the Houston Grand Opera. Gockley had decided to create a whole new touring...
American politician DavidGockley (born 1943), American opera administrator David C. Godbey (born 1957), American judge David Godman (born 1953), British...
(1978), Chris Merritt (1974–75), and Neil Shicoff (1973); baritones DavidGockley (1965–67; later general manager of the Houston Grand Opera and the San...
Houston. There, he co-founded the Houston Opera Studio, together with DavidGockley, as an institution of the University of Houston and Houston Grand Opera...
title role) and Madama Butterfly. DavidGockley succeeded Walter Herbert as general director in 1972. During Gockley's tenure, the company began regularly...
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the role of Arnold Gaesling in "The Snow Geese" on Broadway (2013). DavidGockley, general director, San Francisco Opera James Naughton, American director...
Subsequently, he became one of the first members of the Houston Opera Studio (DavidGockley and Carlisle Floyd, co-directors) where he made his debut as the Male...
since 1976, listened to a tape of the 1962 performances, together with DavidGockley, general director of the Houston Grand Opera (HGO), and its music director...
Francisco Opera Medal, the company's highest artistic honor. According to DavidGockley, General Director of the San Francisco Opera, "Swenson has had a long...
Shilvock Named as San Francisco Opera's Next General Director, Succeeding DavidGockley at Company's Helm". Opera News. September 22, 2015. Retrieved October...
between comedy and heartbreak" by Alex Ross of The New Yorker, was DavidGockley's last commission for the Houston Grand Opera, which gave the world premiere...
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