Christina Scheppelmann is a German arts administrator. Scheppelmann is the general director of the

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. She is one of the major female opera administrations in the United States, along with

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of the

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, Khori Dastoor of Houston Grand Opera, Deborah Sandler of Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Annie Burridge of Austin Opera, and Sue Dixon of Portland Opera. Scheppelmann earned her degree in banking in Germany. In 1988, she began working in artist management in

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. In 1994, she worked for the

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, over seeing the season design and staffing. Scheppelmann was director of artistic operations at the

for 11 years, a position in which she collaborated with then general director

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. She was the first general director at the

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. In August 2019, Scheppelmann left the

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to serve as general director of the

. In 2019, Scheppelmann released a statement about the sexual harassment allegations against Plácido Domingo. She stated that if an employee would have told her about Domingo's alleged behavior, Scheppelmann would have confronted Domingo, which she had done regarding sexual harassment situations at the San Francisco Opera. Scheppelmann also stated that she is a victim of harassment.

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