Conductor Michelle Rofrano has led The Queen of Spades and Trouble in Tahiti with The Glimmerglass Festival; Le Nozze di Figaro with The Crane School of Music; An Evening of American Opera/Trouble in Tahiti with Westminster Choir College; and Così fan tutte and The Turn of the Screw with DC Public Opera. She has served as assistant conductor for productions with The Glimmerglass Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, Juilliard Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and Opera Birmingham. Upcoming engagements include debuts with Opera Saratoga and City Lyric Opera. Rofrano is the founder and Artistic Director of PROTESTRA, an activist orchestral ensemble that advocates for social justice through classical music.