STEVEN A. DAIGLE is an emeritus professor of opera and former artistic director of the Eastman Opera Theatre program at The Eastman School of Music. He has been part of the artistic team for over 300 lyric theater productions and has called over 400 professional operatic performances as a production stage manager. Daigle’s experience as a stage director encompasses over 180 productions and a wide range of lyric theatre repertoire. Productions include collaborations with legendary Broadway composer Charles Strouse, Pulitzer Prize-winning composers Robert Ward and Carlisle Floyd, and conductors Louis Lane, Robert Spano, and Evan Whallon. While at the Eastman School of Music, Daigle has created a lyric theater stage directing curriculum and MM in Opera Directing degree track. Daigle has served on the technical or artistic staff with OLO for over 150 productions and directed 100 titles. As artistic director with the OLO, he has created nine English performance translations for Kálmán and Lehár operettas, expanded the offerings to include traditional musicals (including shows by Kern, Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Rodgers & Hart, Lerner & Loewe, and Rodgers & Hammerstein), and introduced over 75 new titles to the company’s unique repertoire. In his last ten years as Artistic Director, Eastman Opera Theatre has engaged ten living composers in residencies, projects, and productions within the program. Composers include Anthony Davis, Ricky Ian Gordon, Adam Guetell, Jake Heggie, Lori Laitman, Missy Mazzoli, Ben Moore, Kevin Puts, Kate Soper, and Errollyn Wallen. Daigle has served on the faculty of Kent State University and the Oberlin Conservatory. In the summer of 1998, he served on the Oberlin in Italy program faculty in Urbania, Italy. In the spring of 2006, he received the Outstanding Alumnus award from Southeastern Louisiana University. From 2008 to 2013 & 2017 - 18, he served as Chair of the Voice and Opera Department at the Eastman School of Music. He presently serves as Co-Chair of the Eastman Voice and Opera department. In the spring of 2015, Daigle was awarded the Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Eastman School of Music.In May 2015, Steven received the Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester. In May 2023, he received the Inclusive Excellence Award from the Eastman School of Music. Steven is an avid luthier and a Guild of American Luthiers member.