THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA | 2017-2018 Broadway music
director, pianist
and conductor,
William Waldrop,
currently serves as
music director and
conductor of the
Broadway revival
of Cats at the Neil
Simon Theatre
in New York City.
Equally comfortable
on the podium with
the orchestra on stage or conducting from the
pit, Waldrop has been hailed for his “dynamic
conducting” and has been praised in cities all over
the United States and abroad. He most recently
completed a 30-city tour as the music director
and conductor of the revival of Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s Evita. Waldrop conducted the Kennedy
Center Opera House Orchestra in Washington, D.C.
for the tour’s final engagement. Prior to leading the
very successful national tour, he was the associate
conductor for the Broadway production starring
Ricky Martin, Elena Roger and Michael Cerveris.
Waldrop has conducted productions of Lloyd
Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera in Las Vegas,
Los Angeles and Pittsburgh (National Tour) as well
as in Germany where he was the associate music
supervisor for a new production in Oberhausen
in 2015. He has played or conducted in the pits
of other Broadway shows including Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s Cinderella, On The Town and Fiddler
on The Roof. As a music director, conductor and
pianist, he has led chamber ensemble productions
of Grey Gardens (Bay Street Theatre starring Betty
Buckley), South Pacific (Asolo Repertory Theatre)
and A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (Off-Broadway).
Waldrop received his master’s of music degree
from The Peabody Conservatory of Music and his
bachelor’s of music degree from the University
of Mississippi.
In collaboration
with artists ranging
from Plácido
Domingo to Sting,
Camille Zamora has
garnered acclaimed
for her “dramatic
and nuanced” (The
New York Times)
interpretations of
repertoire ranging
from Mozart to tango.
Equally at home in
concert, recital, and
on the operatic stage, Zamora is known for her
“dignity and glowing sound” (The New York Times)
in “luminous, transcendently lyrical” performances
(Opera News) that “combine gentility and emotional
fire” (Houston Chronicle). The past season featured
her Kennedy Center debut, performances at the
United States Capitol with Yo-Yo Ma, and five new
operatic roles, including the tour de force doublebill
of La Voix Humaine and I Pagliacci with Opera
Columbus. She also re-created the principal soprano
role of Lucia in Hindemith’s The Long Christmas
Dinner with American Symphony Orchestra at
Lincoln Center, the live recording of which topped
The New York Times’ Classical Playlist and was
chosen as one of Opera News’ Best Recordings of
the Year for 2016. Other highlights include music
of Granados with Yo-Yo Ma and Cristina Pato in The
Music of Strangers; American Songbook classics with
Late Show bandleader Jon Batiste for the spring
2016 opening concert of NYC’s new Steinway Hall;
and Twin Spirits: Robert and Clara Schumann with
Sting and Joshua Bell at Lincoln Center and LA’s
Music Center. A champion of zarzuela, Zamora has
been cited by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
and NBC Latino as a leading interpreter of classical
Spanish vocal repertoire. A Kennedy Center Citizen
Artist, she is a graduate of The Juilliard School, the
co-founder of the arts non-profit Sing for Hope, and
one of CNN’s Most Intriguing People.
WILLIAM WALDROP
Guest Conductor
CAMILLE ZAMORA
Vocalist
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