Maggey Oplinger, general director and CEo

Maggey Oplinger joined the Florentine as General Director and CEO in 2019. Under her tenure, the company presents timeless works within the context of the Milwaukee community, approaching opera as a powerhouse for different voices and stories. The Florentine brings opera to 15,000 students and the city as a whole through great performance experiences, connection, community, and unsung voices at center stage.

In her former role at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Maggey served as Director of Community Partnerships and Director of Shared Experiences. She was charged with exploring how the symphony could become more present in Milwaukee, and participated in fundraising, corporate and community relationship-building, and curating 'fresh' takes on traditional performance, including Secret Symphonies and the neighborhood residency, which saw over 3,000 patrons in a week of free, neighborhood-embedded performances. She holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Voice Performance from McGill University, and a Graduate Diploma in Nonprofit Business Administration from Concordia University’s Molson School of Business. She also spent five years with Johnson Controls as an innovation catalyst and sales proposal team lead.