Announced late yesterday, Toronto-based maestro Nathan Brock will be heading to Hamburg Germany, as the newest incumbent of the conducting staff at the Hamburg State Opera – one of the oldest public opera houses in the world.
According to the press release, the two-year position begins in June and will include his conducting performances of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore, Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel, Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Britten’s The Little Sweep. He is also scheduled to conduct ballets Eleonora Duse, Turangalila and Giselle with acclaimed choreographer John Neumeier.
“Getting to work in this theatre, with its storied tradition, will be a completely immersive experience – a huge bonus and an enormous challenge,” Brock stated. “And the thought of living in the city where Brahms grew up and where Mahler was the last kapellmeister of the opera house is truly inspiring.”
Further duties include assisting conductor Kent Nagano, (who will also be beginning his tenure of the Hamburg State Opera as General Music Director and Chief Conductor this season) for productions of Les Troyens, Elektra, Pelléas et Mélisande, Tristan und Isolde and Stilles Meer.
Brock had been in Toronto for the past year with the Glenn Gould School orchestra at the Royal Conservatory and also with the Jeunesses Musicales du Canada for their production of Puccini’s La Bohème. Before that, he was assistant conductor and subsequent resident conductor at the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal for five years.
Congratulations Maestro Brock.
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