Conductor Stephen Lord was chosen by Opera News as one of the “25 Most Powerful Names in U.S. Opera.” He was recently named the artistic director of opera studies at New England Conservatory, overseeing all aspects of the opera training program and conducting one mainstage production a year. Lord also serves as music director for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. In 2015–2016, he returns to English National Opera to conduct Bellini’s epic Norma.