Stephen Lord has been chosen by Opera News as one of the "25 Most Powerful Names in U.S. Opera" (one of four conductors), and is continually praised for conducting both traditional and contemporary operatic

Stephen Lord's 2010-11 season includes a return to English National Opera to conduct La bohème as well as a return to Michigan Opera Theatre to conduct Die Zauberflöte. In summer 2011 he returns

Stephen Lord press reviews "And in no Broadway theater would you hear an orchestra playing as beautifully as members of the St. Louis Symphony did under the devoted guidance of OTSL music director Stephen