Bruce Stasyna has been on the conducting rosters of the San Diego Opera, New York City Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, and the Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival. He has served as Chorus Master for the New York City, Minnesota, San Diego, Wolf Trap and Des Moines Operas, and as Artistic Director for the Green Mountain Opera Festival.

Previously, Mr. Stasyna served simultaneously as Music Director of the Vero Beach Opera, and as Chorus Master and Associate Conductor of the Washington Concert Opera. 

Mr. Stasyna has recently conducted the world premiere of Ghosts (Nic Reveles) and new productions of Così fan tutte, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, As One, Maria de Buenos Aires, One Amazing Night, Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi, The Grapes of Wrath, Die Fledermaus, Il Tabarro, Die Zauberflöte, Albert Herring, The Rape of Lucretia, Così Fan Tutte, Don Pasquale, Le Nozze di Figaro, Little Women, and Orlando. 

As pianist, he has performed concerts with Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, Joshua Guerrero, Ellie Dehn, Marina Costa-Jackson, Sarah Joy Miller, Jeanine De Bique, J’nai Bridges, and members of Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts.

Mr. Stasyna created orchestral reductions for several operas and musical events during the pandemic seasons of 2020 and 2021, most notably an abbreviated version of La Bohème and Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

For Grammy Greats with Latonia Moore and J’nai Bridges, Broadway World wrote “ Stasyna conducts with vigorous authority. The orchestra opened the concert with a fleet reading of the bubbly overture from The Marriage of Figaro and later returned for a regal-sounding "Polonaise" from Eugene Onegin.”

In One Amazing Night with Stephen Costello and Stephen Powell, San Diego Story wrote that “Bruce Stasyna, conducting the San Diego Symphony gave luxurious orchestral support.”  

Opera Today wrote of his conducting debut for San Diego Opera’s As One “Conductor Bruce Stasyna wrought a demonstrative performance from his small band of mighty performers.  The Hausmann String Quartet played superbly under Maestro Stasyna’s assured baton, and their ensemble with the singers was musically and dramatically flawless” and for Maria de Buenos Aires “Conductor Bruce Stasyna led an assured reading, full of color and undulating fire. He not only coaxed beautifully authentic ensemble playing from his accomplished ensemble, but also allowed the skilled bandoneon, piano, and guitar soloists all the room they needed to perfume the instrumentation with a heady individuality.”

For Attila, the Washington Post wrote that Mr. Stasyna had “done an excellent job honing the skills of the chorus”. For La Favorite, Voix-des-Arts noted “the chorus sang with potency and impressive balance”. Regarding Mr. Stasyna’s work for NYCO’s La Périchole, the Classical Review acknowledged the “superb work from the chorus” and for Anna Nicole: “The NYCO chorus under Bruce Stasyna perform superbly as the media voyeurs who feed on and help craft the sorry spectacle that is Anna Nicole’s life”. 

Previously, he served six seasons as Head Coach and Director of the Young Artist Program at Palm Beach Opera. The Palm Beach Daily News wrote “among the many heroes and heroines, the unsung hero of the evening was pianist Bruce Stasyna, who accompanied each singer with remarkable musical empathy and memorable (yet unobtrusive) technical skills.” Mr. Stasyna was Head of Music for the Minnesota Opera from 1999 to 2006 and appeared at Wolf Trap Opera as guest artist on recital programs featuring Steven Blier. He has enjoyed associations with the Minnesota Orchestra, the National Chorale and has given chamber music performances at the Dallas Art Museum, Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, the Victoria International Festival, the St. Lawrence Center for the Arts, in Guatemala City. He has held artist residencies at University of Texas and Emory University. Performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio, Florida, Minnesota, Vermont Public Radio and CJRT Radio Canada.

Mr. Stasyna serves as a judge for the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions at the district and regional levels.