conductor Richard Carsey conductor This concert marks Mo. Carsey’s first appearance with the Charlotte Symphony.
As a conductor, pianist and actor, Richard Carsey brings a wealth of musical expertise and experience to the stage. He has conducted Broadway musicals, national tours, film with live orchestra, rock tribute shows with symphony, world premiere operas, PBS broadcasts and more. He is currently the conductor for Disney on Classic, a concert tour by The Orchestra Japan.
As an actor he has appeared in 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS at many regional theaters including Dallas Theater Center, Actor’s Theater of Louisville, The Globe (Saskatchewan), Laguna Beach Playhouse, and Hartford Stage (Connecticut Critic’s Circle Award). Other acting highlights include The Boys in the Band (Harold); Twelfth Night (Malvolio); Souvenir (Cosme) and Old Wicked Songs (Mashkin).
In 2014-15, he toured the US as Music Director of Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of The Phantom of the Opera. Other national tours include the Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles with George Hamilton, and the new musical Little House on the Prairie, featuring Melissa Gilbert.
For six seasons he was the Principal Pops Conductor of the Racine Symphony, and has conducted Syracuse Opera, Sheboygan Symphony, and Lyric Opera Cleveland. Recently he was Keyboard and Cover Conductor for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in NYC.
Internationally, he has performed as pianist and conductor in such exotic locales as Lima, Athens, Islamabad, and Kuwait. On Broadway he was the Music Supervisor of The House of Blue Leaves with Ben Stiller, and Musical Director for A Minister’s Wife at Lincoln Center Theater. He has a long association with the Skylight Opera Theatre in Milwaukee, WI as Principal Conductor, and for nine seasons was Artistic Director. Highlights of his tenure include the world premiere and television broadcast of Richard Wargo’s opera Ballymore; PBS broadcast of The Mikado; and the world premiere of the opera The Rivals by Kirke Mechem.
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