RobertoKalb

Mexican-born conductor Roberto Kalb is currently the Music Director of Detroit Opera. In 2024-2025, he will lead performances of West Side Story for his house debut with the Houston Grand Opera, Siegfried with the Atlanta Opera, and La Traviata and Rinaldo with the Detroit Opera. He will conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería in concerts alongside Sir Bryn Terfel in Mexico City. He will also debut with the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México conducting Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5.

Recent highlights include debuts with the Santa Fe Opera where he conducted L’elisir d’amore, Atlanta Opera conducting Rigoletto, as well as with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Kalb made his inaugural debut as Music Director of Detroit Opera conducting Yuval Sharon's production of The Cunning Little Vixen. In Detroit, he also conducted an Arias and Overtures Gala, as well as launching the "Beyond the Pit" series featuring the Detroit Opera Orchestra. Kalb returned to Lyric Opera of Kansas City to conduct a double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci.

Kalb's 2022-2023 season included performances at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, San Diego Opera, and San Francisco Opera. In 2019, Kalb concluded his five-season tenure as resident conductor and head of music at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis with a critically acclaimed run of Rigoletto in collaboration with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.

He has an impressive repertoire of performances with various renowned opera companies and symphonies. These include the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, Florida Grand Opera, Kentucky Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Michigan Opera Theatre, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Maine, and Tulsa Opera. Additionally, he has conducted performances with the Orquesta Carlos Chavez in Mexico City and the Orquestra Sinfonica da USP in São Paulo. He has collaborated with some of the lead orchestras in the United States, including the National Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Louisville Orchestra.

In 2021, Roberto was awarded the prestigious Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is married to soprano, Mane Galoyan.