Conte's first opera, The Dreamers, was well recieved at Sonoma City Opera. The work tells the story of Sonoma's founder, General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.
Operas
The Dreamers Libretto by Philip Littell. August 11, 1996, Sonoma City Opera, Sonoma, California
The Gift of the Magi Libretto by Nicholas Giardini Arsis. 1998, San Francisco Conservtory New Music Ensemble
Firebird Motel Libretto by David Yezzi. November 17, 2003, Thick House, San Francisco, California
America Tropical, opera in one act Libretto by Oliver Mayer. April 29, 2007, Thick House, San Francisco, California
Famous Libretto by John Stirling Walker after the book Famous for Fifteen Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol by Ultra Violet. [in progress]