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10 Questions with Gary Thor Wedow

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(Photo by Jonathan Timmes) With such an impressive track record, it's hard to believe that it's taken this long to bring Gary Thor Wedow to San Diego. Wedow is currently a faculty member of the Julliard School and has been a frequent guest of Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Glimmerglass Opera, Portland Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Berkshire Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Saratoga, Arizona Opera, Amherst Early Music Festival and Pittsburgh Opera among others. He was for many years associated with New York City Opera, leading the New York premiere of Telemann’s Orpheus, the groundbreaking Christopher Alden productions of Don Giovanni and Stephen Wadsworth’s Serse. Since we can't wait for Maestro to take the podium for La Cenerentola in two weeks for rehearsals, we asked him a few questions to calm our senses and get further acquainted..     San Diego Opera (SDO): Thanks for helping us bring back the Aria Seriou