GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Chief Conductor Basel Sinfonieorchester
Music Director Teatro Real Madrid
Chief Conductor Dresden Festival Orchestra
Conductor Laureate Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Ivor Bolton is one of the most distinguished conductors in the field of Baroque and Classical repertoire; his versatility, however, is borderless. He recorded a critically acclaimed series of Bruckner-Symphonies with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, whose chief conductor he was for 12 years. Further, he conducted Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd, which received the „best production“-prize by Opernwelt, at Teatro Real, as well as at Royal Opera House Covent Garden. With the Sinfonieorchester Basel, whose Chief Conductor Bolton has been since 2016, he recorded a series of works by Gabriel Fauré. In Madrid he holds the position of Music Director since 2015.
In addition to his leading positions Ivor Bolton is Conductor Laureate of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, with whom he appears annually at the Salzburg Festival and on tour, and Chief Conductor of the Dresden Festival Orchestra. He enjoys a close relationship with the Bayerische Staatsoper where he has conducted a wide range of new productions, most notably Monteverdi, Haendel and Mozart since 1994. He was awarded the prestigious „Bayerische Theaterpreis“ for his outstanding work in Munich.
Since his time as Music Director of English Touring Opera and Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Ivor Bolton has appeared at numerous prestigious opera houses, including the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Opéra national de Paris, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National…
Chief Conductor Basel Sinfonieorchester
Music Director Teatro Real Madrid
Chief Conductor Dresden Festival Orchestra
Conductor Laureate Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Ivor Bolton is one of the most distinguished conductors in the field of Baroque and Classical repertoire; his versatility, however, is borderless. He recorded a critically acclaimed series of Bruckner-Symphonies with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, whose chief conductor he was for 12 years. Further, he conducted Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd, which received the „best production“-prize by Opernwelt, at Teatro Real, as well as at Royal Opera House Covent Garden. With the Sinfonieorchester Basel, whose Chief Conductor Bolton has been since 2016, he recorded a series of works by Gabriel Fauré. In Madrid he holds the position of Music Director since 2015.
In addition to his leading positions Ivor Bolton is Conductor Laureate of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, with whom he appears annually at the Salzburg Festival and on tour, and Chief Conductor of the Dresden Festival Orchestra. He enjoys a close relationship with the Bayerische Staatsoper where he has conducted a wide range of new productions, most notably Monteverdi, Haendel and Mozart since 1994. He was awarded the prestigious „Bayerische Theaterpreis“ for his outstanding work in Munich.
Since his time as Music Director of English Touring Opera and Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Ivor Bolton has appeared at numerous prestigious opera houses, including the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Opéra national de Paris, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera, as well as the opera houses of Bologna, Brussels, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Sydney, Berlin, Hamburg and Genoa. In concert he has been principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and a welcome guest at the BBC Proms and Lincoln Center New York, among others, as well as with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam, Orchestre de Paris, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Wiener Symphoniker and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
Highlights of the past seasons have included Le nozze di Figaro and Achille in Sciroat the Teatro Real in Madrid, Der wunderbare Mandarin / Herzog Blaubart’s Burg in Basel as well as concerts with the Slovac Philharmonic Orchestra, touring to Paris with Dresden Festspielorchester, the opening of the International Baroque Days in Melk and returning to Mozartwoche and Salzburg Festival as well as the Vienna Musikverein.
Projects for the 2023/24 season include Medée and Orlando at Teatro Real in Madrid, Entführung aus dem Serail and Cenerentola at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in addition to his activities in Basel and Dresden. Further performances include concerts with Gürzenich Orchester Köln (also touring to Concertgebouw Amsterdam), Bruckner Orchester Linz, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, concerts at Teatro La Fenice and his return to the Mozartwoche and Salzburg Festival.
Ivor Bolton, musical director of Teatro Real, conducted a critical edition of the score in a performance that also featured the Monteverdi Continuo Ensemble and the Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla. Being an expert of the baroque and classical repertory, the English conductor gave a powerful and energetic reading of the score, playing the bass continuo himself as he did in the performances of Mozart’s 'Idomeneo'.
This was a consummate experience with vibrant direction and an incredible cast bringing this baroque classical to life.
30.11.2022
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