A versatile musician on the podium and at the keyboard, Conductor, Gregory Ritchey has held positions with prestigious companies both in the US and Internationally including the Wexford Opera Festival, Palm Beach Opera, the Amalfi Coast Music Festival and the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Most notably in recent seasons, he has conducted productions of Le Nozze di Figaro, Turn of the Screw, Gianni Schicchi, and a workshop of Terance Blanchard’s world premiere opera, Champion.  During his time with Palm Beach Opera, he has been Chorus Master for more than twenty productions including Macbeth, Turandot, Don Giovanni, Pagliacci, Madama Butterfly, La Traviata, La Boheme, L’Italiana in Algeri, L’elisir d’Amore, Nabucco, Orfeo ed Euridice as well as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Verdi’s Requiem.  A graduate of the incomparable Juilliard School of Music, Mr. Ritchey maintains an active chamber music, collaborative and solo piano career, performing throughout the United States and Europe. In a recent recital at the Wexford Festival, Opera News noted that Mr. Ritchey “partnered superbly at the piano.”  Mr. Ritchey has toured with renowned tenor, David Portillo, for a series of recitals in Florida and Texas, and has previously held music staff positions with outstanding companies across the US including the Dallas Opera, Central City Opera, Des Moines Opera, Bard Music Festival, Virginia Opera and Sarasota Opera.