Ara Berberian In 1963 he was promoted from the chorus to singing roles with the NYCO, beginning with Leandro in "The Love for Three Oranges" in April of that year. He sang several more roles with NYCO through 1967, including Collatinus in "The Rape of Lucretia", the Commandant in "Don Giovanni", the Major-Domo in "Capriccio", Osmin in Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio", and Tiresias in "Oedipus rex" among others. He later returned to the NYCO in 1977 to create the role of Gene Henderson in the world premiere in Leon Kirchner's "Lily". From 1965-1968 Berberian was committed to the San Francisco Opera,
Rory Macdonald (conductor) Love". In 2003 Macdonald made his Glyndebourne debut at very short notice with "Idomeneo". Also at Glyndebourne he has conducted "Così fan tutte" and "Albert Herring" for the autumn tour. Other opera work has included "L'elisir d'amore" (Welsh National Opera), "The Abduction from the Seraglio" (Opera North) "La bohème" (Danish National Opera, RTÉ NSO), "La fanciulla del West" (Grange Park Opera), and "Don Giovanni" (Magdeburg Opera). Rory Macdonald (conductor) Rory Macdonald (born 25 August 1980) is a Scottish conductor. Born in Stirling, Scotland, he attended Douglas Academy in Milngavie, Glasgow, and went on to read Music at Gonville and Caius