Dan Saunders is becoming increasingly well known to audiences around the world as an accomplished conductor and pianist. An assistant conductor to James Levine and Seiji Ozawa and a recitalist with many of the world’s finest soloists, Saunders served as the Associate Conductor of the Virginia Opera from 2000 until 2006 and is currently an Assistant Conductor with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Met credits include a new production of Hansel and Gretel, the Met premiere of Armida with Renée Fleming, Salome with Karita Mattila, and serving as a Musical Assistant to Fabio Luisi for Rigoletto and Tosca. Other Met credits include a new production of Don Giovanni, in which he played harpsichord recitatives under the baton of Louis Langrée, and the world premiere of Jeremy Sam’s The Enchanted Island, starring Plácido Domingo, Danielle de Niese, Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, and Luca Pisaroni. This season he is the Assistant Conductor for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Der Rosenkavalier, and a new production of Die Fledermaus.