DOMENICO BOYAGIAN 

Maestro Domenico Boyagian, Music Director of Cleveland Opera Theater and Suburban Symphony Orchestra, has been praised as a “born conductor” by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and has dedicated himself to symphonic music and opera.

As Music Director, Maestro Boyagian has made Cleveland Opera Theater the primary destination for opera audiences in Northeast Ohio. Recent seasons under his leadership featured canonical works such as Puccini’s La Bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly,Verdi’s La traviata, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire, and more. Domenico Boyagain’s passion for conducting opera extends beyond his work with Cleveland Opera Theater, and has resulted in performances of Mozart, Puccini, Verdi and Donizetti with companies such as Florida Grand Opera, Opera North, Opera Southwest, Opera Delaware and the Manhattan School of Music.

Recently appointed the Music Director of Suburban Symphony, 2018-2019 marked his inaugural season with the organization. His repertoire this year embraces symphonic works by Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Resphighi and Mahler, and initiates a“Beethoven Cycle” where all of Beethoven’s symphonies will be performed in the next few seasons.

Abroad, he has guest conducted the National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Costa Rica, Opera Belcanto (Toronto), Teatro della Regina, La Camerata Musicalle Giovannile Orchestra (Bologna), Assisi Opera, and the Sofia Festival Orchestra.

Born and raised in Bologna, Italy, Maestro Boyagian is the proud son of the internationally renowned Metropolitan Opera Verdi Baritone, the late Garbis Boyagian,who inspired his son’s innate passion for opera and appreciation for vocal artists.