Argentinean-American Steven Aguiló-Arbues enjoys an active career as a conductor, chorus master, vocal coach and recitalist. He currently serves as Artistic Director and Conductor for Opera Fort Collins where conducting engagements include Donizetti's Don Pasquale, Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Manuel de Falla's La vida breve, Floyd's Susannah and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. In addition, he will be joining the music staff of Opera Theatre Saint Louis as assistant/cover conductor for productions of Die Fledermaus and Don Pasquale in the summer of 2025. He recently served as conductor of the Crested Butte Summer Classics Festival (formerly known as the Crested Butte Music Festival) where he conducted symphonic works as well as Mozart's Così fan tutte for the 2024 season. 

 

Other recent engagements include Associate Conductor and Chorus Master for Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors with Central City Opera (3 consecutive seasons), conductor for Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with Boulder Opera Company, and Artistic Director/Conductor with The Renaissance Project Choir. Past Boulder Opera seasons include Massenet's Manon, Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges and Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia. Mo. Aguiló-Arbues has also served as the Program and Music Director of Studio Artists at Sarasota Opera for three seasons as well as a cover/assistant conductor, pianist and coach for five seasons. He also serves as conductor for Denver’s Inside the Orchestra, as well as serving as guest conductor with other regional orchestras. 

 

He has worked on over 80 opera productions, including:

-Carmen

-Madama Butterfly

-Don Giovanni

-La bohème

-Dialogues des Carmélites

-Rigoletto

-Manon

-Idomeneo

-Gianni Schicchi

-Cendrillon

-Tosca

-Le pêcheurs de perles

-L'elisir d'amore

-Don Pasquale

-Florencia en el Amazonas

-To Hell and Back

-Roméo et Juliette ...and MORE

 

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His passion for opera has led him to work with Opera Colorado, The Atlanta Opera, Central City Opera, Sarasota Opera, Opera Fort Collins, Boulder Opera Company, Colorado Light Opera, the Crested Butte Music Festival, Festival Amadeus (Montana), the Miami Music Festival, and Centro Studi Lirica (Italy). His interest in American musical theatre has led him to prepare productions of Oklahoma!, A Chorus Line, Pippin, and Anything Goes.

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Maestro Aguiló-Arbues has frequently collaborated in masterclasses and studio coachings with renowned artists including Renata Scotto, Marylin Horne, Thomas Hampson, Nico Castel, Marni Nixon, Martin Katz, Samuel Ramey, Ubaldo Fabbri, Stephen Lord, Martha Eggerth, Robert Cowart, David Syrus, Brian Zeger, Richard Danielpour, and members of the Takács String Quartet, among others. 

 

He has coached singers who have gone on to win the Grand National Finals of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition as well as sing at opera companies around the world, including the:

-Metropolitan Opera in New York City

-Wiener Staatsoper

-Teatro alla Scala

-Deutsche Oper Berlin

-Royal Opera House Covent Garden

-Opéra national de Paris

-Lyric Opera of Chicago

-Washington National Opera

-San Francisco Opera 

-Santa Fe Opera

-Houston Grand Opera 

-Oper Frankfurt

-English National Opera

-Zürich Opernhaus

-Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe

-Salzburg Festival

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Students that he has coached have gone on to study at institutions such as:

-The Juilliard School

-Cincinnati Conservatory of Music

-The Manhattan School of Music

-Mannes School of Music

-University of Southern California

-Yale

-Indiana University, Bloomington

-Peabody Institute

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In the fall of 2025, he is excited to begin a recital tour with baritone Armando Contreras (dates and venues to be announced soon!). 

 

His love for art song and contemporary works have also led him to work with Art Song Colorado as a conductor, collaborative pianist, vocal coach and recording producer. He has also taught and worked at institutions like the Manhattan School of Music, Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and University of Colorado Boulder. 

 

Mo. Aguiló-Arbues has had the privilege of studying under notable conducting pedagogues including Edoardo Müller, Larry Rachleff, and David Gilbert. In 2016, he was chosen as an orchestral conducting fellow at the Miami Music Festival. He earned his Professional Studies Certificate and Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.  He currently resides in Colorado with his wife and daughter.

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