PATRICIA RACETTE, Santa Fe, N.M., was named artistic director of the young artist program by the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Beginning in September, Racette will find and audition young artists from across the country, as well as supervise Opera Theatre’s Gerdine Young Artist and Richard Gaddes Festival Artist Programs. Patricia made her directorial debut with a production of La Traviata at the Opera Theatre in 2018 and will direct Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah in 2020. The operatic soprano also appeared in performances with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Monte Carlo and The Dallas Opera during the 2019-2020 season.