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Mark Anton Richter (born April 25, 1968) is an American arts producer, entrepreneur and musician. Born and raised on the southside of San Antonio, Texas, he is the son of a German immigrant. Richter's most notable accomplishment to date is the founding and management of the San Antonio Opera. Started with a tiny budget of $6,000, the non-profit grew in 16 seasons to be a well respected regional opera company with average budgets of $2.5M in the later years. During this time, Richter artistically produced 61 major operas, presented some of music's superstars in concert such as Placido Domingo twice, Andrea Bocelli in a concert version of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, Jose Carreras, Frederica von Stade, Vikki Carr, Robert Peters, Jerry Hadley, Mandy Patinkin, Patti Lupone, Sherrill Milnes, Maynard Ferguson and many others.

Operatic highlights through these years include a space age version of Puccini's Madama Butterfly directed by Star Trek's John Delancie, a production of Donizetti's Elixir of Love directed by Hollywood legend Garry Marshall and the creation of an educational program that served 12K middle school students each year. Other memorable operas include La Boheme, Tosca, Romeo and Juliet, La Traviata, I Pagliacci, Suor Angelica, Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni, Die Fledermaus and Rigoletto. After leaving the San Antonio Opera in November of 2011, the non-profit closed its doors in April 2012.

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