Ivor Bolton
Conductor
The musical performance, with Ivor Bolton conducting the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg, was inspired.ANTHONY TOMMASINI New York Times
Ivor Bolton is Chief Conductor of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, with whom he appears annually at the Salzburger Festspiele, and on tour (including the 2006 BBC Proms in London), and with whom he has already built up an extensive discography including a critically successful series of Bruckner Symphony recordings. In the UK he has been Music Director of English Touring Opera, Glyndebourne Touring Opera, and Chief Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He enjoys a close relationship with the Bayerische Staatsoper where, since 1994, he has conducted a wide range of new productions, most notably of Monteverdi, Handel and Mozart. He has been awarded the prestigious Bayerische Theaterpreis for his outstanding work in Munich. He has been a regular guest at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Opéra National de Paris and other operatic engagements have included Covent Garden, ENO, Bologna, Brussels, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Sydney, Berlin, Hamburg and Geneva. Orchestral engagements have included the Proms, Lincoln Center New York, Zürich Tonhalle-Orchester, Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Orchestre de Paris, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Kammerorchester, and the Freiburger Barockorchester. His many recordings, apart from those with the Mozarteumorchester, include Monteverdi’s Poppea and Handel’s Xerxes and Ariodante with the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Upcoming performances in the 2010/2011 season include Mozart's Overtüre aus "Le Nozze di Figaro" at the Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne, with the Concert Concerto Köln for their 25th Anniversary and a UK wide tour with the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Ivor Bolton will also be conducting Britten’s Billy Budd at De Nederlandse Opera, and Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Wiener Staatsoper.
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