Dan Montez has been an opera singer and noted stage director for twenty-five years. He has performed principal roles in or directed more than one hundred productions and has appeared in numerous houses, including San Francisco Opera, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. For over a fifteen years, he has been General Director of Taconic Opera (taconicopera.org) in New York. In addition, Mr. Montez concert pianist, conductor, composer, linguist, pedagogue and lecturer.

Before becoming an opera singer and achieving recognition in other areas of the classical music industry, Dan Montez began by working for the Zig Ziglar Corporation, selling motivational books and recordings. He later he moved on to writing and lecturing in the self-help industry. His writing was featured as the cover story in Norman Vincent Peale’s periodical, Positive Living and he became the editor of a his own subscription periodical, Positive Life. In this capacity, he reviewed products from Nightingale-Conant audio and wrote numerous articles on achieving your goals and dreams. While on a trip to sing in Barcelona, Spain, Montez authored his first book, Don’t Believe It! How to follow your dreams in spite of those who say you can’t. His other books include Singing For Your Supper: What They Don’t Teach You in School About an Opera Career and his most recent Singing in Your Sleep: The Personality You will Need to Have a Career in Opera. He and his wife Melissa homeschool their three children in Westchester County, New York.