Peter Kozma
Stage Director

Peter Kozma returns during the 2009 - 2010 season to direct The Marriage of Figaro. Last season, Mr. Kozma made his Opera San José debut as stage director for Eugene Onegin. 

Currently the Director of Opera and Musical Theater at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Mr. Kozma's directorial credits include Rossini's Il Signor Bruschino and the American premier of Orazi e Curiazi by S. Mercadante for Minnesota Opera, L’Orfeo for Budapest Chamber Opera, as well as L’elisir d’amore, La Calisto and The Magic Flute for OSU Opera. 

As Resident Artist Stage Director at Minnesota Opera, he assisted in productions including Tosca, Don Giovanni and Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man.  Mr. Kozma also worked with Wolf Trap Opera and Chicago Opera Theater as assistant director, and served as a staff member at Des Moines Metro Opera as assistant director and stage director for the Apprentice Artist Program. 

While completing his degree in vocal performance at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, he founded the Ars Classica Chamber Opera, where he produced and directed numerous productions including The Magic Flute, The Elixir of Love, The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni.  Mr. Kozma also worked at the Hungarian State Opera and the Miskolc Summer Festival (Hungary) as assistant director for productions including La Cenerentola, Bank ban, Das Rheingold, Madama Butterfly, Carmen, La traviata and Don Giovanni.

Mr. Kozma received his Master of Music degree in opera stage directing from the University of Texas at Austin, where he directed The Telephone, L'incoronazione di Poppea and La tragédie de Carmen for the UT Butler Opera Center.