Elaine Douvas

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Elaine Douvas is an American oboist who served as Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City from 1977 until her retirement in 2024. [1] She is also Instructor of Oboe and Chairman of the Woodwind Department at The Juilliard School. She also serves on the faculty of Mannes College The New School for Music in New York City, the Bard College Conservatory of Music in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, the Aspen Music Festival and School, Le Domaine Forget Academie (Quebec), and the Hidden Valley Music Seminars (Carmel, CA).

Her primary studies were with John Mack at the Cleveland Institute of Music and at the Interlochen Arts Academy with Don Th. Jaeger, Jay Light, and Robert Morgan. Prior to joining the Met, she was Principal Oboe of the Atlanta Symphony under conductor Robert Shaw.

Her solo recordings are issued by Boston Records, Oboe Classics, and Music Minus One.

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  1. ↑ Perdian, Rick (June 12, 2024). "Oropesa's charm balances Brahms' dark drama with Met Orchestra at Carnegie". New York Classical Review. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
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