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Christopher Hunt

Christopher Hunt

Clinical Professor


Education
M.A., Cambridge University (UK), 1961

Professional Experience

  • Orchestre National de Lyon, Artistic Consultant, 1998-2000
  • Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Programming Consultant, 1998
  • Alte Oper Frankfurt Konzert- und Kongresszentrum GmbH., Geschäftsführer (General Director) and Planning-consultant to Frankfurt's Millennium celebrations, 1995-1999
  • Wynton M. Blount Cultural Park (Alabama), Project Advisor, 1994-1995
  • Adelaide Festival 1994, Artistic Director, 1992-1994
  • New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Program Consultant "Year 2000 Project," 1993-1995
  • Saint Louis Grand Center, Project Advisor, 1992-1994
  • KTCA-TV "Alive from off Center," Programming Consultant, 1992-1993
  • Ojai Festival 1991, Artistic Director, 1989-1991
  • Baltimore International Festival, Artistic Director, 1991-1993
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music, Opera Consultant, 1991-1993
  • Paris Opéra Bastille, Advisor to the Music Director, 1990-1993
  • Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc., Artistic Consultant Contemporary Programming, 1990-1992
  • US International Cultural & Trade Center Commission, Project Advisor, 1990-1992
  • Canadian Opera Company, Consultant, Librettist, Lecturer, 1990-1992
  • PepsiCo Summerfare, Director, 1984-1989
  • Santa Fe Opera, Consultant/Administrator - (US premiere Henze's We Come to the River), 1983-1984
  • San Diego Opera, Lecturer and Program Annotator, 1983-1984
  • Opera Company of Boston, Management & Artistic Consultant, 1983-1984
  • San Francisco Opera, Artistic Administrator, 1980-1984
  • Adelaide Festival 1980, Director, 1978-1980
  • Come Out 1979 (Festival for Young People, Adelaide, Australia), Supervising Director, 1978-1979
  • Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, Artistic Director, 1976-1977
  • Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Opera Administrator, 1975-1976
  • Christopher Hunt Limited International Artists' Management, Director/Proprietor, 1964-1975
  • Kirckman Concerts Society, Concerts Manager, 1964-1968
  • French Embassy London Concerts, Concerts Manager, 1965-1974
  • Wigmore Hall Lunchtime Concerts, Co-Founder-manager (with Richard Gaddes), 1963-1966
  • English Bach Festival, Festival Manager, 1963-1964
  • Youth & Music [Jeunesses Musicales], Administrator, 1963-1964
  • City of London Festival, Administrative Assistant 1962-1963
  • Coventry Cathedral Festival, Administrative Assistant, 1962
  • Ibbs & Tillett Limited, Concerts Manager, 1961-1963

Awards, Honors & Certifications
Panels & Committees included:

  • Arts International
  • Dancing in the Streets
  • Houston Grand Opera: Opera New World
  • International Society of Performing Arts
  • KTCA-TV "Alive from off Center"
  • Meet The Composer, Inc.
  • Metropolitan Opera Regional Auditions
  • NEA Inter-Arts/Presenting Program, 1986-1988
  • NEA Opera/Musical Theater Program site-visitor & panellist, 1986-1988
  • New York Library for the Performing Arts
  • Opera Quarterly Magazine Editorial Board
  • Smithsonian Institution US-USSR 20th Century Project
  • Southern Arts Federation 1995 Annual Conference, Keynote Speaker
  • OPERA America Annual Conference 1995, Keynote Speaker
  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center: Inaugural Planning Committee
  • Paris Opéra Bastille, consultant for the development of the salle modulable, 1990-1993
  • President British Association of Concert Agents, 1973-1975
  • Vice-President Association Européenne de Bureaux de Concerts et Spectacles, 1974-1975

Professional Interest
Programming and presentation of the performing and visual arts and entertainment

Selected Publications
Essays, book & record reviews, program-notes, and other articles for:

  • San Francisco Opera
  • Adelaide Festival
  • Wolf Trap
  • San Diego Opera
  • Salt Lake City Opera
  • PepsiCo Summerfare
  • Spoleto USA Festival
  • Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
  • Opera Theater of St. Louis
  • Kirckman Concert Society
  • Opera Quarterly
  • Opera magazine, The Advertiser (Adelaide)
  • Playbill, etc.
Translations:
  • from French for French Embassy Concerts London (Messiaen and other program-notes)
  • from German (autobiography of soprano Ileana Cotrubas)
  • from Russian (via French!) for San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera (Khovanshchina libretto)
  • from Italian for San Francisco Spring Opera (A. Scarlatti Trionfo libretto amendments)
Radio & television scripts for:
  • KQED-TV San Francisco
  • KQED-FM
  • Australian Broadcasting Commission
  • ZDF TV