David Parry Conductor

David Parry is acknowledged as an Much in demand from ensembles both in the inspirational champion of operatic, concert and UK and further afield, David Parry is regularly symphonic repertoire across a vast range. He is at the helm of orchestras including the London known both for the re-appraisal of important Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Royal lesser-known compositions and for a Philharmonic, City of Birmingham, Halle, consistently fresh approach to established Academy of St Martin in the Fields and English repertoire. Chamber Orchestra.

Significant credits include the world premiere He has an extensive discography for Chandos of Jonathan Dove’s The Adventures of and . His recording of Rossini Pinocchio (in separate productions for Opera won a Gramophone Award for best North and Staatstheater Stuttgart), Der opera recording 2011. Fliegende Holländer (for Portland Opera), Madama Butterfly (in ’s In recent seasons David conducted The Pirates production for ENO which earned him an of Penzance for ENO, Carmen and di “the musical performance Olivier Award), Cosí fan tutte and the premiere seta for Scottish Opera, Maometto Secondo (of of Dove’s Flight (both for Glyndebourne Festival which his live recording with Garsington was under David Parry sweeps more Opera) and Maria Stuarda (for Stockholm released on Avie) and the German stage Royal Opera). premiere of Ermione in Rostock, L’italiana in or less everything before it” Algeri and Il turco in Italia for Garsington, David Parry made his operatic debut with La L’oca del Caïro with the London Mozart Players, Tim Ashley, The Guardian Cenerentola for English Music Theatre and a new production of Tales of Hoffman in subsequently joined the conducting staff first at Wuppertal, and concerts with the English Dortmund then at . He was Music Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Director of Opera 80, and founding Music and the Moscow State Philharmonic. Director of Almeida Opera, with whom he gave the world premieres of works by Nigel Osborne, Since then, David has conducted La traviata at Kevin Volans, Elena Firsova, and Param Vir. Scottish Opera, Mose in Egitto at Oper Köln, Other significant world-premieres have Mansfield Park and Il barbiere di Siviglia at the included Stephen Oliver's Mario and the Grange Festival, with Nederlandse Magician at the Batignano Festival, and Reisopera the world premiere of Jonathan Jonathan Dove’s Tobias and the Angel in 2006 Dove’s Marx in London at Theater Bonn, Il and his oratorio There was a Child at the barbiere di Siviglia at Theater Basel and Norfolk and Norwich Festival in 2009. concerts with the LPO and BBC Symphony.

In the UK he has conducted frequently at both 2021 highlights include a special streamed ENO and Opera North in repertoire ranging production of Hänsel und Gretel for Scottish through Mozart, Rossini, Verdi and Britten, and Opera, at the Grange Festival at where he is particularly and La bohème at the Nederlandse noted for his Rossini. Reisopera..

International successes include the Spanish Valid for use until 1 September 2021 premieres of and The Rake’s For updated versions please contact Progress, and Jenůfa, all in Madrid, the Greek [email protected] premiere of Nixon in China at the National Theatre of Greece, the Dutch premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Flight at the Nationale Reisopera, a new production of Petrushka for Geneva Opera, for Opera Murcia, Madama Butterfly at the Perth Festival in Australia, Die Zauberflöte at Oper Köln and at Staatstheater Hannover. He has appeared at the Oviedo Festival and Quincena Musical San Sebastian in Spain, at the Hong Kong International Festival, New Zea-

land International Festival, New Israeli Opera and Theater Basel. He enjoys a close association with Staatstheater Stuttgart, where, in addition to The Adventures of Pinocchio, he has conducted Don Giovanni, , Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Turandot.

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