Stuart Stratford Conductor

Praised for his “intense engagement Stratford has been a regular and energy” (The Telegraph) and his conductor at Opera Holland Park and “razor sharp” musical direction has conducted performances (Times Literary Supplement), of Eugene Onegin, The Queen of conductor Stuart Stratford was Spades, Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, appointed Music Director of Scottish Iolanta, La forza del Destino, L’amico Opera in 2015. Engagements in Fritz, Rigoletto, Lucia di Lammermoor, the 2019-20 season include Tosca, A Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, La Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Fanciulla del West and Il Trittico. European premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves at the Stratford has conducted concerts Edinburgh Festival Theatre and a with many UK orchestras including concert performance of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mascagni’s Iris (all for Scottish BBC Philharmonic, Royal “Stratford’s leadership has Opera). Philharmonic Orchestra, restored the artistic values that Philharmonia, London Symphony have historically underscored Engagements in the 2018-19 season Orchestra, City of Birmingham Scottish Opera’s best work” included Lucia di Lammermoor Symphony Orchestra, City of London Opera Magazine (English National Opera); Sinfonia, Manchester Camerata and Anthropocene and Katya Kabanova Viva Sinfonia. (all for Scottish Opera). He also conducted concert performances of Outside the UK, Stratford has worked

Mascagni’s Silvano for Scottish at the Finnish National Opera (Doctor Opera. Atomic), Hong Kong (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), at Theater St. Gallen,

In the UK Stratford has conducted for Switzerland (Un ballo in English National Opera, Opera North, Maschera), and at the Birgitta Welsh National Opera, Birmingham Festival with the Estonian National Opera Company and Buxton Festival, Opera (Faust). He has also worked

as well as Scottish Opera, with with the Porto Symphony Orchestra, repertoire including Giovanna d’Arco, Remix Ensemble, Orchestra of the Il barbiere di Siviglia, Khovanshchina, Algarve, Perm Opera and Ballet

Orfeo ed Euridice, Don Giovanni, Theater, Ural Symphony Orchestra in Satyagraha, Pagliacci, A Midsummer Yekaterinburg where he gave the Night’s Dream, Faust, The Turn of the Russian premiere of Momentum

Screw, Falstaff, La bohème, Candide, (Turnage) and Airport Scenes (Dove). Jonathan Dove’s Swanhunter, L’altra Euridice and Tobias and the Angel. He gave the world staged premiere Valid for use until 1 June 2020 For updated versions please contact of Sibelius’ The Maiden in the [email protected] Tower and the UK staged premiere of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Kashchei the

Immortal.

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