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Hilary Griffiths | |
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 Griffiths performing at the Eutiner Festspiele in 2024 | |
| Born | 18 March 1949 Leamington Spa, England |
| Occupation | Conductor |
| Years active | 1976–present |
Hilary Griffiths (born March 18, 1949) is a British conductor and pianist.
Biography
[edit]Hilary Griffiths was born in Leamington Spa, England. He was a chorister at King’s College, Cambridge and later received an honours degree in mathematics at Trinity College, Oxford. His musical studies continued at the Royal Academy of Music, the London Opera Centre, the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan.[1]
His first engagement as a conductor in Germany was at the Cologne Opera, where he later became director of the opera studio. He has since conducted more than 300 performances at the Cologne Opera[1], most recently My Fair Lady in 2019.[2]
From 1993 to 1997, he was General Music Director of the city of Regensburg[3], conducting productions of Der Rosenkavalier, Otello, Jenufa, Don Giovanni, Intermezzo, Simón Bolívar, Roméo et Juliette, La fanciulla del west, Peter Grimes, Falstaff, Eugen Onegin, and Wozzeck.[4]
From 1991 to 2006, Griffiths served as musical director of the Eutiner Festspiele[5], conducting productions of Die Fledermaus, die Zauberflöte, Fidelio, Il trovatore, Der Freischütz, Zar und Zimmermann, Turandot, Carmen, Der fliegende Holländer, Der Vogelhändler, Die verkaufte Braut, Eine Nacht in Venedig, Madame Butterfly, Der Bettelstudent, Der Zigeunerbaron, Ein Maskenball, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Nabucco, Cavalleria Rusticana, and Pagliacci[6], and regularly appearing as a guest conductor until 2024.[5]
At the State Opera Prague, since 1992, Hilary Griffiths has conducted over 200 performances and has prepared 12 new productions including Salome, Eine florentinische Tragödie, Der Zwerg, Die Zauberflöte, Erwartung, La bohème, Tiefland, I vespri siciliani, Death in Venice, and Tannhäuser[7], and most recently performing Tosca in 2024.[8]
He was chief conductor at the Wuppertal Opera from 2009 to 2012, conducting productions of Fidelio, L’Elisir, Hänsel und Gretel, The Greek Passion, Idomeneo, La Bohème, Arabella, Eine florentinische Tragödie, Das schlaue Füchslein, Gianni Schicchi , Der fliegende Holländer, Die Bluthochzeit,[9] and also the world premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino’s La porta delle legge, which was later invited to the Lincoln Center Festival in New York City[10] and the ‚Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro‘ in Bogotá, Columbia.[11]
At the Ópera de Colombia in Bogotá, he has been a regular guest conductor since 2008, conducting Otello, Le nozze di Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Madama Butterfly, Cosí fan tutte and Fidelio.[12]
European, American, and World Premieres
[edit]- Michael Ende / Gerhard Konzelmann: Das Gauklermärchen - World Premiere: Köln, 1988[13][3]
- Nino Rota / Jochen Ulrich: Lulu (Ballet) - World Premiere: Köln, 1990[14]
- Thea Musgrave: Simón Bolívar - European Premiere: Regensburg 1995[15]
- Salvatore Sciarrino: La Porta della legge - World Premiere: Wuppertal, 2009[16] - American Premiere: New York City, 2010[17]
Discography
[edit]As a conductor
[edit]- Cimarosa: Il Matrimonio Segreto (1986) - EuroArts Music International, BR, SWR[18]
- Jommelli: Te Deum & Mass in D Major (2000) - Orfeo Music[19]
- Fortner: Bluthochzeit (2013) - Wergo[20]
As a pianist
[edit]- Weber: Klavierwerke zu vier Händen (2001) - Eutiner Festspiele EF2001[21]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hilary Griffiths". emuseum.duesseldorf.de. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Wiederaufnahme My Fair Lady am 19. Mai 2019 in der Oper Köln im StaatenHaus Deutz - Köln Deutz kommt!". www.koeln-deutz.de. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ a b "Musenblätter - Das unabhängige Kulturmagazin". musenblaetter.de. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Euro-Opera Archiv". www.euro-opera.de. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ a b "Klangvoller Abschied von Eutin - Eutiner Festspiele". www.eutiner-festspiele.de. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "1951 - 2017 - Eutiner Festspiele". www.eutiner-festspiele.de. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ^ "Personal profile". National Theatre. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Production detail". National Theatre. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Hilary Griffiths, Dirigat - 73 Frühere Produktionen An Operabase". Operabase (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Pity the Supplicant, Beware the Gatekeeper (Published 2010)". 2010-07-21. Archived from the original on 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ Zeitung, Westdeutsche (2012-03-21). "Wuppertaler als Pioniere in Bogotá". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Hilary Griffiths, Dirigat - 73 Frühere Produktionen An Operabase". Operabase (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Das Gauklermärchen". Michael Ende | Offizielle Webseite (in German). 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Tanzfonds | Lulu von Jochen Ulrich" (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Simón Bolívar (Oper)", Wikipedia (in German), 2020-08-31, retrieved 2024-12-27
- ^ "Oper & Tanz 2009/03: Berichte, Uraufführung von „La porta della legge" in Wuppertal · Von Andreas Hauff". www.operundtanz.de. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Pity the Supplicant, Beware the Gatekeeper (Published 2010)". 2010-07-21. Archived from the original on 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Cimarosa: Il Matrimonio Segreto - EUROARTS". www.euroarts.com. 2005-11-01. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Jommelli: Te Deum/Mass in D major | Listen, download, and purchase at Orfeo Music". www.orfeomusic.de. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Bluthochzeit". www.schott-music.com (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ "Diskographie – Internationale Carl Maria von Weber-Gesellschaft e.V." (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-27.