Oliver von Dohnányi was born in Trenčín, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) into a musical family. He studied conducting (as well as violin and composition) at the Prague Academy for Music under Václav Neumann and Alois Klíma, and at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna under Otmar Suitner, taking masterclasses with famous conductors Franco Ferrara, Arvid Janssons and Igor Markevich. 

He made his début with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava in 1979 and continued to conduct this orchestra regularly until 1986, which included many concerts and recordings not only for Slovak National Radio, but also for Naxos Records, Marco Polo, Supraphon, Panton, Verga and Opus labels. From 1978 he worked extensively with the chamber ensemble Canticorum Iubilo, with which he toured Spain, Belgium, Sweden and the USSR. 

During 1986–1991, he was principal conductor of the Slovak National Opera, where he enlarged the Opera’s repertoire with the scenic works of Borodin, Puccini, Bellini, Rossini, Smetana and Verdi, as well as conducting the company in an award-winning production of Faust at the Edinburgh Festival (1990). He performed with the Slovak National Theatre Opera ensemble in Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, Russia and China. Other appearances abroad have included visits to the Salzburg Festival, the English National Opera [ENO] (where he has conducted Falstaff and Mefistofele), Opera North in Leeds (Carmen, The Bartered Bride, La Gioconda, Hamlet, Norma), the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and opera houses in Basle, Düsseldorf, Vienna, Zürich and Wexford. He has also appeared with the English Chamber Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon SO in Japan. His reputation is based above all on music of the late 19th and 20th centuries, and his recordings include music by Liszt and Rubinstein, Odysseus by Michael Kocáb and an acclaimed performance of Smetana’s Libuše at the National Theatre Prague. 

He has won distinctions in a number of competitions including the “Respighi Competition” in Siena, the “Talich Competition of the Prague Spring” and the Hungarian television conducting competition. His recording of J. Filas opera Memento won the special “Jacob Suchard Prize” at the Salzburg Festival. 

During 1993–1996, Oliver von Dohnányi became the principal conductor of the Opera of the National Theatre in Prague. His production enriched the Theatre’s repertoire with the works of Smetana, Dvorak, Gounod, Saint-Saens, Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Prokofiev and Mozart. He toured Japan in 1995 and 1997 with the extraordinarily successful production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro. Since 1997 he has regularly worked with the English National Opera in London, where he conducted with much success, operas by Verdi (Falstaff) and Boito (Mefistofele). 

Since 2000, Oliver von Dohnányi has collaborated intensively with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. He is a regular guest conductor of Opera Leeds, with which he produced operas by Bizet, Ponchielli, Thomas, Smetana (the “Best Production” of 1998) and Bellini (The Theatre Award 2012, and Achievement in Opera 2012). He has also been invited to opera houses in Basel, Zürich, Vienna, Osaka, Kassel, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Oviedo, Naples, Wexford, Copenhagen, London, Prague and Brno among others. 

His production of Gounod’s Faust was famous not only in the former Czechoslovakia, but has been highly praised in Hungary, Israel and Great Britain. This production was awarded the Critic’s Prize in the music category at the Edinburgh Festival. He is a frequent guest with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra in Bratislava. He has also released recordings with the Capella Istropolitana ensemble and conducted this chamber orchestra at concerts in Slovakia, Italy, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. 

Oliver von Dohnányi’s other operatic engagements include Goetz’s Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung at the Wexford Festival, Aïda at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Il Turco in Italia at the State Opera in Prague, The Makropulos Case, Don Carlos and The Bartered Bride at the Janáček Opera Brno, the world premiere of Golem by Hanus Barton, Marco Tuttino’s Vita, Don Giovanni, The Bartered Bride, Faust, Alfano´s Cyrano de Bergerac, DvoÅ™ák’s Cantata The Specter’s Bride in Ostrava, La Bohème and La Traviata in Osaka, The Flying Dutchman in Kassel, Mefistofele in Basle, Rusalka in Zürich, a concert performance of Ernani with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Barbican in London, Tosca and Die Lustige Witwe for Reisopera Enschede, Falstaff and Jenůfafor the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, a concert performance of Libuše for the Edinburgh International Festival, Ariadne auf Naxos for the Britten-Pears School, Aldeburgh, Macbeth and Roméo et Juliette for the Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe. He has also conducted a Ballet Evening at the Vienna Staatsoper, Alexander Nevsky at the Teatro San Carlo Naples, Prokofiev’s Cinderella, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the premiere of In The Blue Garden for the Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich, and Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) in Zürich, The Bartered Bride for Baltimore Grand Opera and Jenůfa for Málaga Opera House. 

Oliver Dohnányi – Reviews

Bartered Bride New Zealand 2012

Of course, opera just would not make it without a world class orchestra, and Oliver von Dohnányi returns to New Zealand after conducting the NBR New Zealand Opera’s performance of Cav & Pag in 2011. The Bartered Bride score is given world-class polish with Oliver von Dohnányi. 
-LiveNews

As a collective sound everyone from the main characters to the ensemble were simply outstanding. The orchestra headed by Oliver von Dohnányi marries voice and music harmoniously; one is never overpowering the other. I always find it such a shame that we cannot see the orchestra. With this particular orchestra, even though you can only hear them, each instrument stands out in its own right but also come together in one 
heavenly voice, beautifully accompanying and enhancing what is happening on stage. 
-whimsicalbanana.com

Their romance unfolds through some of the most tuneful music you’ll hear in an opera house. Conductor Oliver von Dohnányi and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra inspire the cast by never losing the lilt and flow. 
-The New Zealand Herald

Great Britain 2012-13

One of only two living conductors for Norma!!! Thank you!!! 
-Chris Schneider, Opera Now

At the centre of this fine performance is Oliver von Dohnányi, an opera conductor of a quality we seldom see. 
Yorkshire Post

Under the baton of Oliver von Dohnányi, the Orchestra of Opera North sounded incredibly dynamic, veering from the delicately pretty to the booming and powerful, and as soon as the opening Sinfonia’s intense, soaring strings began, I was utterly gripped . He elicited great strength from the Orchestra of Opera North, drawing every drop of elegance and passion from Bellini’s sensational score. As intriguing as Christopher Alden’s production is, it’s the music that steals this show. 
-Bachtrack

Chorus and orchestra respond splendidly to Oliver von Dohnányi’s conducting. 
-Whats on stage

The orchestral playing taut and dramatic under Oliver von Dohnányi. 
-The Independent

Oliver von Dohnányi conducts a consistently exciting interpretation. 
-The stage

Opera North’s chorus are scarily stern, while conductor Oliver von Dohnányi brings energy and finesse to Bellini’s deceptively simple accompaniments. 
-The Guardian

Oliver von Dohnányi conducted a pretty ravishing account of the score, with the opening thunderous and full of evil portents. He accommodated his singers extremely well, which is rarely achieved today, especially in this repertoire. The tempi were all well-judged. Musically, the Opera North performance of Norma was an unexpected triumph. 
-Britannia

Musically speaking, as a whole the performance was impressive – conductor Oliver von Dohnányi and the Orchestra of Opera North never put a foot wrong. 
-Musolife

The orchestra under Oliver von Dohnányi combines spit, polish and style. 
-Financial Times

Slovak conductor Oliver von Dohnányi perfectly captures the sweetly, sensuous Czech character of the score, and the Orchestra of Opera North responds with a sumptuous, Wagnerian sound. There is a luminescent quality to the playing; every nuance bathed in light by the beautifully clear acoustic of the Grand Theatre. An immensely rewarding evening. 
Opera-¬â€Britannia

Oliver von Dohnányi conducts with affection and skill; every tiny pause, every touch of rubato sounding completely natural. 
-The Arts Desk

Oliver von Dohnányi has a sure feel for the score’s rolling phrases, his greatest achievement is to make a clear distinction between spirit and human worlds, the latter more hard-¬â€edged, the former more impressionistic. His players take close array. A production to savour. 
-Yorkpress

The orchestra responded with some of the finest playing this season, with Oliver von Dohnányi in the pit relishing all the nuances of this outstanding score. 
-What’s on stage

English National Opera - Falstaff

ENO’s new FALSTAFF … marks a further upward swing in the company’s emergence from its recent aesthetic doldrums. It’s not, it should be said, perfect… That succeeds is largely due to the conductor, Oliver von Dohnányi, who, in a stunning debut, sweeps you away with his galvanic energy from beginning to end, keeps the score’s wonderful, if tricky, balance between exuberance and unbearable poignancy in perfect check, and obtains playing of heart-stopping brilliance from the ENO orchestra . 
-The Guardian

Oliver von Dohnányi … started out expansive and measured, building to a massive early climax when Falstaff waxes lyrical about his stomach. But he never let orchestral volume cloud the text. A profoundly sensitive theatrical animal, he is just as good when things get madly hectic. 
-Evening Standard

Still, the production takes off gloriously, not least because Oliver von Dohnányi gives a reading by turns ebullient and tender which exhilaratingly realizes the score’s orchestral brilliance, its rhythmic verve, the overwhelming, deeply felt humanity at the work’s core. The orchestra was at its brilliant best. 
-Stage

Oliver von Dohnányi draws all the wit and warmth from the music without ever overwhelming the words. A joyful, inspiring evening. 
-The Times

Oliver von Dohnányi in the pit relished all the nuances of this outstanding score and the orchestra responded with some of the finest playing this season. All in all a great night. 
-What’s on Stage

The orchestra plays superbly for lively Czech conductor Oliver von Dohnányi, and the cheers at the end said it all about ENO’s great success. 
-Express

Under Oliver von Dohnányi who paces the music beautifully … [the cast] and the splendid orchestra set the score’s prodigious energies flowing and send us out on the crest of the wave. 
-The Sunday Times

ENO’s new FALSTAFF … marks a further upward swing in the company’s emergence from its recent aesthetic doldrums. It’s not, it should be said, perfect… That succeeds is largely due to the conductor, Oliver von Dohnányi , who, in a stunning debut, sweeps you away with his galvanic energy from beginning to end, keeps the score’s wonderful, if tricky, balance between exuberance and unbearable poignancy in perfect check, and obtains playing of heart-stopping brilliance from the ENO orchestra . 
-The Guardian

Oliver von Dohnányi … started out expansive and measured, building to a massive early climax when Falstaff waxes lyrical about his stomach. But he never let orchestral volume cloud the text. A profoundly sensitive theatrical animal, he is just as good when things get madly hectic. 
-Evening Standard

Still, the production takes off gloriously, not least because Oliver von Dohnányi gives a reading by turns ebullient and tender which exhilaratingly realizes the score’s orchestral brilliance, its rhythmic verve, the overwhelming, deeply felt humanity at the work’s core. The orchestra was at its brilliant best. 
-Stage

Oliver von Dohnányi draws all the wit and warmth from the music without ever overwhelming the words. A joyful, inspiring evening. 
-The Times

Oliver von Dohnányi in the pit relished all the nuances of this outstanding score and the orchestra responded with some of the finest playing this season. All in all a great night. 
-What’s on Stage

The orchestra plays superbly for lively Czech conductor Oliver von Dohnányi , and the cheers at the end said it all about ENO’s great success. 
-Express

Under Oliver von Dohnányi who paces the music beautifully … [the cast] and the splendid orchestra set the score’s prodigious energies flowing and send us out on the crest of the wave. 
-The Sunday Times

Oliver von Dohnányi conducted with flair and zest and allowed all the words to be heard. 
-The Sunday Telegraph

Transferred and developed from Opera North, this … production was one of the most pleasurable evenings in an opera house for ages, the orchestra under Oliver von Dohnányi achieving brilliant subtlety and swagger, the cast near perfect and the staging admirably tight. 
-The Observer

Which just leaves conductor Oliver von Dohnányi to put the icing on the cake with a blistering uptempo rendition of this most marvelous of burnished scores. Energy, contour of line, overall shape and individual nuance are all there in abundance in playing that caps a richly rewarding and, above all, highly engaging evening of fine opera. 
-What’s On

Additional Critical Reviews

Oliver von Dohnányi is a first – rate Verdian … 
-Gramophone

Oliver von Dohnányi’s conducting is phenomenal in its combination of lingering sensuality and sardonic wit. 
-The Guardian

Oliver von Dohnányi conducts with vigour, panache and sophistication. 
-The Daily Telegraph

… die musikalischen Leistungen. Das begann schon bei dem Dirigat von Oliver von Dohnányi das sich auf höchstem Niveau bewegte. Zusammen mit der bestens disponierten Badischen Staatskapelle entwickelte er ein Klangbild… Packend und mit feurigem Elan brachte der Dirigent Verdis Musik zum Klingen… Insgesamt gelang Oliver von Dohnányi eine hervorragende Wiedergabe von Verdis Werk, wobei er es auch ausgezeichnet verstand, Spannung aus dem Inneren der Musik her zu entwickeln. 
-Der Neue Musiker

… it was placed in proper context by the conductor, Oliver von Dohnányi, who allowed each score to breathe idiomatically. His account of the Berlioz was full- blooded in the Romantic tradition … 
-Financial Times

… the orchestra, under baton of Oliver von Dohnányi, play magnificently. 
-The Stage

Oliver von Dohnányi … erwies sich am Sonntag als ausgesprochen versierter und dramatisch gestaltender Dirigent, der für sichere Abläufe und plastische Konturen sorgte. Sein Verdi (“Macbeth“) war markant im Ton, rhythmisch deutlich akzentuiert und kompakt im Klang. 
-Die Rheinpfalz

… The finest contribution is orchestral – beautifully articulated playing, clean, transparent textures and a purposeful sense of line, all determined by…Oliver von Dohnányi is worth listening out for. 
-Michael John White

The orchestra under Oliver von Dohnányi play like a dream … 
-Glasgow Herald

Oliver von Dohnányi …dirigierte eindrucksvoll Verdis „Macbeth”… Wie Oliver von Dohnányi hier Steigerungen erzeugt ist bezeichnend für sein Dirigieren, das Spannung nicht durch ständig brodelnde Instanzdramatik und Lautstärke erzeugt, sondern durch eine eher unterschwellige Spannung, die sich unter Beachtung aller Nuancen subtil aufbaut. …Der Dirigent hat das Geschehen sicher im Griff, …eine vorzügliche Leistung, die entsprechend akklamiert wurde … 
-Badische Neuste Nachrichten

Am Dirigierpult hielt Oliver von Dohnányi die Fäden fest in der Hand, musizierte mit Verve, Glut und Leidenschaft, daneben auch mit dem notwendigen Sentiment, und er hatte Präzision im Graben und auf der Bühne gesorgt. Vor allem aber strafte er jenen Uraufführungskritiker von 1867 Lügen, der Gounod’s Musik als “kalt” abqualifizierte. 
-Stuttgarter Tagesblatt

Der Entschluss des Badischen Staatstheaters, Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” neu herauszubringen, hat sich gelohnt. Das liegt zunächst an einem Mann, der am Pult der Badischen Staatskapelle das rechte Gespür für die spezifische Klangaura des Stücks demonstriert: Oliver von Dohnányi dirigiert mit viel rhythmischer Delikatesse, lässt viel Raum für das Rubato dieser Musik, geht sensibel auf den Duktus der Solisten ein. … man darf sich entspannt den ganzen Abend über dem beschaulichen, animierenden Klangstrom der Partitur überlassen. 
-Badische Neuste Nachrichten

Am Pult den hervorragend disponierten Badischen Staatskapelle zeigte sich Oliver von Dohnányi als ein Opernkapellmeister im besten Sinne des Wortes. Technische Sicherheit und stilistische Souveränität waren Garant für eine Orchesterleistung, die man… nicht allzu häufig erleben konnte. 
-Pforzheimer Zeitung

In Karlsruhe fand „Romeo et Juliette” einen recht kompetenten Sachwalter in Oliver von Dohnányi, der den Apparat straff führte und Bühne und Orchestergraben überlegen koordinierte. Der Dirigent entwickelte durchaus Antennen für das dramatische Potenzial von Gounod’s Partitur, zeigte Temperament und agierte impulsiv. So kamen die Verdichtungen und Kontraste markant zur Geltung; Auch sorgte Dohnányi für beachtliche Klangqualität mit aufmerksam ausgehörten dynamischen und Farb-Abstufungen bei der Badischen Staatskapelle… Begeisterter Premierenerfolg. 
-Die Rheinpfalz

Karlsruhe hatte mit Oliver von Dohnányi einen Volltreffer gelandet. Mit einfühlsamem und passioniertem Zugriff entlockte er der Badischen Staatskapelle filigranen Schwebetönen, tänzerisch leichtes Parlando, aber auch eruptiv aufgebaute Steigerungen an musikalisch-szenischen Fixpunkten. Selbst da, wo sich auf der Bühne Nervosität und stimmliche Ungleichmäßigkeiten breit machten, hielt von Dohnányi den Atem des romantischen Parfums durch. Ein besserer Anwalt lässt sich dafür nicht finden. 
-Der neue Merker, Stuttgart

Oliver von Dohnányi paces the work to perfection. He is a master of suspense, screwing up the tension and knowing exactly the moment to hit you hard. An extended and extensive relationship with this outstanding musician would greatly benefit Opera North. He also obtains a wonderful response from the English Northern Philharmonia, a fact he has already demonstrated in the concert hall. From the opening bars the die was cast for a thrilling and detailed orchestral participation. His ability to balance the requirements of singers, without compromising the sheer power required from the orchestra is judged so finely that it is a unique achievement belonging to a great opera conductor. 
-Yorkshire Post

“… And under Oliver von Dohnányi’s baton they make a telling impact at the Grand Theatre in Leeds. The English Northern Philharmonia and Chorus of Opera North perform with thrilling conviction, and such moments as the grandiose Act III finale are simply overwhelming.” 
-Financial Times

“Oliver von Dohnányi inspires the Opera North chorus and orchestra to give of their best, singing and playing that convinces you that La Gioconda is a minor masterpiece. Don’t miss it …” 
-Sunday Times 

Oliver von Dohnányi – Operatic Repertoire 

Beethoven: 
FIDELIO 

Bellini: 
NORMA 
LA SOMNAMBULA 

Berg: 
LULU 

Bizet: 
CARMEN 
THE PEARLFISHERS 

Boito: 
MEFISTOFELE 

Borodin: 
PRINCE IGOR 

Charpentier: 
LOUISE 

Debussy: 
PÉLLEAS ET MELISANDE 

Delibes: 
LAKMÉ 

Dohnányi, Ernest: 
TANTE SIMONA 
A VAJDA TORNJA 

Donizetti: 
DON PASQUALE 
L’ELISIR D’AMORE 
LUCIA DI LAMERMOOR 
ANNA BOLENA 

DvoÅ™ák: 
RUSALKA 
THE DEVIL AND KATE 

de Falla: 
THE THREE-CORNERED HAT 
LA VIDA BREVE 

Filas: 
MEMENTO MORI 

Giordano: 
FEDORA 
ANDRÉ CHENIER 

Glass: 
LA BELLE ET LA BETE 
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER 
SATYAGRAHA 

Glück: 
IPHIGENIE EN AULIDE 
ORPHEO ET EURIDICE 

Götz: 
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW 

Gounod: 
FAUST 
ROMEO ET JULIETTE 

Händel: 
XERXES 

Janáček: 
THE CUNNING LITTLE WIXEN 
EXCURSIONS OF MR.BROUÄŒEK 
THE FATE 
FROM THE HOUSE OF DEAD 
JENÅ®FA 
KATJA KABANOVÁ 
THE MAKROPULOS CASE 

Kodály: 
HÁRY JANOS 

Leoncavallo: 
I PAGLIACCI 

Mahler-Weber: 
DIE DREI PINTOS 

Martinů: 
THE COMEDY ON THE BRIDGE 
THE GREEK PASSION 
JULIETTE 
MARIENSPIELE 

Mascagni: 
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA 
IRIS 

Massenet: 
MANON 
WERTHER 
CID 
CINDERELLA 

Mercadante: 
IL GIURAMENTO 

Meyerbeer: 
DINORAH 

Mozart: 
BASTIEN UND BASTIENNE 
COSÍ FAN TUTTE 
DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL 
DON GIOVANNI 
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO 
IDOMENEO 
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE 

Mussorgsky: 
BORIS GODUNOV 
KHOVANSHCHINA 

Myslivecek: 
L ́OLIMPIADE 

Nicolai: 
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR 

Offenbach: 
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN 

Paisiello: 
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA 

Ponchielli: 
LA GIOCONDA 

Poulenc: 
LES DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES 

Puccini: 
LA BOHÉME 
TOSCA 
MADAMA BUTTERFLY 
TURANDOT 
IL TRITTICO 
MANON LESCAUT 

Prokofjev: 
ROMEO ET JULIETTE 
CINDERELLA 

Ravel: 
L’HEURE ESPAGNOLE 

Rimsky-Korsakov: 
MOZART AND SALIERI 

Rossini: 
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA 
IL TURCO IN ITALIA 
GUILLAUME TELL 

Saint-Säens: 
SAMSON ET DALILA 

Schubert: 
FIERABRAS 

Shostakovich: 
LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK 

Smetana: 
THE BARTERED BRIDE 
LIBUŠE 
TWO WIDOWS 
DALIBOR 
THE KISS 
THE SECRET 

Strauss: 
ROSENKAVALIER 
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN 
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS 

Tchaikovsky: 
EUGÉNE ONEGIN 
PIQUE DAME 

Tuttino: 
VITA 

Thomas: 
HAMLET 

Verdi: 
AIDA 
DON CARLO 
ERNANI 
FALSTAFF 
MACBETH 
OTHELLO 
RIGOLETTO 
LA TRAVIATA 
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA 
IL TROVATORE 
NABUCCO 
I VESPRI SICILIANI 
SIMONE BOCANEGRA 

Wagner: 
TANNHÄUSER 
MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG 
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER 
VALKÜRE 
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE 
LOHENGRIN 

Weber: 
DER FREISCHÜTZ 
ABU HASAN 
OBERON 
DIE DREI PINTOS (G. MAHLER) 

Zandonai: 
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI 

Oliver von Dohnányi – Orchestral Repertoire 

Bach: 
CHRISTMAS ORATORIO 
ORCHESTRAL SUITES 1-4 
ST. JOHN’S PASSION 
ST. MATTHEW PASSION 

Bartók: 
CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA 
DANCE SUITE 
DIVERTIMENTO FOR ORCHESTRA 
MUSIC FOR STRINGS, PERCUSSION AND CELESTA 

Beethoven: 
AH PERFIDO! 
CORIOLAN 
EGMONT 
LEONORE 1 – 3 
MASS IN DO op.86 
MISSA SOLEMNIS 
ALL SYMPHONIES 

Bella: 
FESTIVE OUVERTURE 
JÁNOŠÍK’S MARRIAGE – cantate 
REQUIEM 

Berg: 
LULU – SUITE 

Berlioz: 
HAROLD IN ITALY 
LE CARNAVAL ROMAIN – overture 
LA DAMNATION DE FAUST 
REQUIEM 
ROMEO ET JULIETTE 
SYMPHONIE PHANTASTIQUE 
THE KING LEAR – overture 

Bizet: 
L’ARLÈSIENNE – SUITES Nos.1 & 2 
ROMA – SUITE No. 3 
SYMPHONY IN DO 

Borodin: 
SYMPHONY No. 2 

Brahms: 
SYMPHONIES 1-4 
ALL OTHER ORCHESTRAL WORKS 

Britten: 
SIMPLE SYMPHONY 
VARIATION ON A THEME OF PURCELL 
WAR REQUIEM 

Bruckner: 
ALL SYMPHONIES 
TE DEUM 

Bruch: 
VIOLIN – CONCERTO 

Cikker: 
REMINISCENCIES 

Chabrier: 
ESPAŇA 
MARCH JOYEUSES 

Cherubini: 
REQUIEM 

Chopin: 
PIANO – CONCERTOS 

Copland: 
EL SALON MEXICO 

Debussy: 
PRÉLUDE Á L’APRÉS – MIDI D’UN FAUNE 
IMAGES 
L’ENFANT PRODIGUE 
LA MER 
TROIS NOCTURNES 

Dohnányi, E.: 
PIANO CONCERTOS 
VARIATIONS ON A NURSERY SONG 
RURALIA HUNGARICA 
ALL OTHERS ORCHESTRAL WORKS 

Dukas: 
THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE 

DvoÅ™ák: 
CARNIVAL – ouverture 
REQUIEM 
SERENADE FOR STRINGS 
ALL SYMPHONIES 
SLAVONIC DANCES 
STABAT MATER 
SYMPHONIC RHAPSODIES 
TE DEUM 
THE SPECTER’S BRIDE 
ALL OTHER ORCHESTRAL WORKS 

Elgar: 
ENIGMA – VARIATIONS 
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCES 

Filas: 
L ́ULTIMO CAVALIERE – ouverture 
SYMPHONIES Nos. 1 & 2 
CHAMBER SYMPHONIES Nos. 1 & 2 

Franck: 
SYMPHONY IN RE 

Gershwin: 
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 
RHAPSODY IN BLUE 

Glinka: 
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA ouverture 

Grieg: 
HOLBERG – SUITE 
PIANO CONCERTO 

Haydn: 
ALL SYMPHONIES 
THE CREATION 
THE SEASONS 
ALL OTHER WORKS 

Händel: 
CONCERTI GROSSI 
JOSHUA 
JUDAS MACCABÄUS 
MESSIAH 
MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORK 
WATER MUSIC 

Hindemith: 
SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSES 
ALL SYMPHONIES 

Holst: 
THE PLANETS 

Honneger: 
PASTORALE D’ÉTÉ 
PACIFIC 231 
ALL SYMPHONIES 

Janáček: 
GLAGOLITIC MASS 
SYMFONIETTA 
TARAS BULBA 
ALL OTHER ORCHESTRAL WORKS 

Kodály: 
DANCES FROM GALANTA 
HÁRY JÁNOS – suite 

Koussevitzky: 
DOUBLE – BASS CONCERTO 

Lalo: 
VIOLONCELLO – CONCERTO 
SYMPHONIE ESPAGNOLE 

Liszt: 
DANTE SYMPHONY 
DIE LEGENDE VON DIE HEILIGEN ELIZABETH 
FAUST – SYMPHONY 
HAMLET 
HUNGARIA 
HUNGARIAN RAPSODIES 
CHRISTUS – oratorio 
LES PRELUDES 
MAZEPPA 
MEPHISTO – WALTZ 
PIANO CONCERTS 1 & 2 
PROMETHEUS 
TASSO 
ALL OTHER ORCHESTRAL WORKS 

Mahler: 
DAS LIED VON DER ERDE 
DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN 
KINDERTOTENLIEDER 
LIEDER EINES FAHRENDEN GESELLEN 
ALL SYMPHONIES 

Martinů: 
A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS 
LIDICE – ouverture 
SCHERZO 
ALL SYMPHONIES 
THE FIELD – MASS 

Mendelssohn: 
ALL SYMPHONIES 
ELIAS 
PAULUS 
ALL OTHER ORCHESTRAL WORKS 

Mozart: 
BELLA MIA FIAMMA, ADDIO! 
ALL SYMPHONIES 
ALL DIVERTIMENTOS 
EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK 
REQUIEM 
ALL OTHER ORCHESTRAL WORKS 

Mussorgsky: 
A NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN 
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION 
SCHERZO A LA RUSSE 

Novák: 
IN HIGH TATRAS 

Pantillon: 
AUFSCHREI DER WELT – WELTLICHES ORATORIUM 

Prokofiev: 
ALEXANDER NEVSKY 
CINDERELLA – ballet and suites 
PETER AND THE WOLF 
ROMEO ET JULIETTE – ballet and suites 
SCYTHIAN SUITE 
ALL SYMPHONIES 

Ravel: 
ALBORADA DEL GRAZIOSO 
BOLERO 
DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ 
LA VALSE 
LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN 
MA MÉRE L’OYE 
PAVANE POUR UN INFANTE DEFUNTÈ 

Rachmaninoff: 
ALL SYMPHONIES 
SYMPHONIC DANCES op.45 

Respighi: 
FONTANE DI ROMA 
PINI DI ROMA 

Reznicek: 
DONNA DIANA – overture 

Rimsky-Korsakov: 
CAPRICCIO ESPAGNOL 
RUSSIAN EASTER – overture 
SCHEHERAZADE 
ALL ORCHESTRAL WORKS 

Rossini: 
ALL OVERTURES 

Ryba: 
THE CZECH CHRISTMAS MASS 

Saint-Saens: 
CARNIVAL DES ANIMAUX 

Shostakovich: 
SYMPHONIES 
FESTIVE OUVERTURE 
ALL ORCHESTRAL WORKS 

Schubert: 
ROSAMUNDE 
ALL SYMPHONIES 

Schumann: 
MANFRED 
SYMPHONIES 1-4 
ALL ORCHESTRAL WORKS 

Sibelius: 
FINLANDIA 
KARELIA – ouverture & suite 
ALL SYMPHONIES 

Smetana: 
MY COUNTRY 
ALL ORCHESTRAL WORKS 

Strauss, J.: 
DIE FLEDERMAUS – ouverture 

Strauss, R.: 
ALPENSYMPHONIE 
ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA 
CAPRICCIO FOR PIANO & ORCH. 
DAS HELDENLEBEN 
DON JUAN 
DON QUIXOTE 
METAMORPHOSES 
TILL EULENSPIEGEL 
TOD UND VERKLÄRUNG 

Stravinsky: 
FIREBIRD – ballet & suites 
OEDIPUS REX 
PETRUSHKA 
PULCINELLA 
SCHERZO À LA RUSSE 
THE RITE OF SPRING 

Suchoň: 
BALADIC SUITE 
METAMORPHOSES 
SYMFONIETTA RUSTICA 

Suk: 
PRAGA 
SANCT VENCESLAV – MEDITATION 
SERENADE FOR STRINGS 
SCHERZO FANTASTIQUE 

Tchaikovsky: 
CAPRICCIO ITALIANO 
ROMEO ET JULIETTE – ouv. 
SERENADE FOR STRINGS 
ALL SYMPHONIES 
THE SWAN LAKE 
MANFRED 
NUTCRACKER – ballet & suites 
1812 OVERTURE 
ALL OTHER ORCHESTRAL WORKS 

Verdi: 
QUATTRO PEZZI SACRI 
REQUIEM 
ALL OVERTURES 

VoÅ™íšek: 
SYMPHONY IN RE 

Wagner: 

Laureate of the European Prize by the European Union of Arts (together with Placido Domingo) 
Laureate of the Gustav Mahler European Prize [June 2011] 
Languages: English, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian, Czech and Slovak 
Artistic Director (Intendant) of the State Opera, Prague until 2010 
Artistic Director of the Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava (SK) 
Artistic Director of the Moravian-Silesian National Theatre, Ostrava 
Music Director of the Opera of the National Theatre, Prague 
Conductor-in-Chief of the Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava (SK) 
Conductor-in-Chief of the Slovak Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra 

Opera productions: 
National Theatre Prague (Music Director 1993 – 2007): 
Libuše and Prodaná nevÄ›sta (The bartered Bride, Smetana), Romeo et Juliette (Gounod), La bohème and Tosca (Puccini), Rigoletto, Traviata and Aida (Verdi), Samson et Dalilla (Saint-Saëns), Norma (Bellini), Cinderella (Prokofjev), Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart). With the last two, he scored remarkable successes during the company’s regular Japanese tours. 

Slovak National Theatre Bratislava (Music Director 1986-1990): 
Madama Butterfly (Puccini) with Peter Konwitschny, Prince Igor (Borodin), Tosca (Puccini), La sonnambula (Bellini), Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini), Prodaná nevÄ›sta (The bartered Bride, Smetana), Rigoletto (Verdi), Faust (Gounod) International tours to Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Hungary, the Netherlands and China 

English National Opera Mefistofele (Boito), Falstaff (Verdi), The Merry Widow (Lehar) 
London Barbican Centre Ernani (Verdi) starring M.Guleghina and F.Armiliato 
Königliche Dänische Oper Copenhagen Falstaff (Verdi), Jenufa (Janacek) 
Teatro Colon - Buenos Aires Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) 
Bavarian State Opera Munich Romeo und Juliette, Cinderella (Prokofjev), John Neumeyer – Ballettabend (Ravel Mozart), Ein Sommernachtstraum (Mendelssohn) 
Stuttgart State Opera Norma (Bellini), Jevgenij Onegin (Tchaikovsky) 
Opera Zürich Rusalka (DvoÅ™ák), Romeo et Juliette (Prokofjev) 
Teatro San Carlo, Napoli Alexander Nievsky and Romeo et Juliette (Prokofjev) 
Staatsoper Budapest Traviata (Verdi), Tosca (Puccini) 
Opera Osaka (Sakai) Don Giovanni (Mozart) La traviata (Verdi) La bohéme (Puccini) 
Baltimore Opera Company, U.S.A. Prodaná nevÄ›sta (The bartered Bride, Smetana) 
Opernhaus Basel Mefistofele (Boito) 
New Zealand Opera Cavalleria rusticana & I Pagliacci (Mascagni-Leoncavallo) 
Santiago de Compostella, Spain Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) 
Cervantes Theatre Malaga, Spain Jenufa (Janacek) 
Opera North, Leeds Carmen (Bizet), Hamlet (Thomas), La Gioconda (Ponchielli), Prodaná nevÄ›sta (The bartered Bride, Smetana), Rusalka (DvoÅ™ák) 
Opera Rovigo, Italy – North Italian Tour - Turandot (Puccini) starring G.Casolla 
Opera Brno, CZ - Don Carlos (Verdi), The Case Makropulos (Janacek) - G.Benackova 
Nationaltheater Mannheim Tosca (Puccini), Don Giovanni (Mozart) 
Opera Ostrava, CZ - Faust (Gounod), Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart), Carmen (Bizet), Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss), Dalibor and Prodaná nevÄ›sta (The bartered Bride, Smetana), Vita (Marco Tuttino) 
Britten Festival, Aldeborough Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss) 
Staatstheater Karlsruhe Macbeth (Verdi) and Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) 
Staatstheater Kassel Der fliegende Holländer (Wagner) 
Nationaltheater Weimar Don Giovanni (Mozart) 
Wexford Festival, Irland Der widerspenstige Zähmung (Goetz) 
Edinburgh Festival – Concert performance of Smetana’s Libuše, starring Eva Urbanová 
Live TV recording for MEZZO TV and DUNA TV Vita (Tuttino) 2009 Gala - Concert for MEZZO TV and DUNA TV 2010 

Budapest-Bartok Hall and Bratislava-Slovak Opera House: 
Concert performance - Norma (Bellini), starring Edita Gruberova 

Concerts with important orchestras: 
Tonkünstlerorchester Wien, The Czech Philharmonic, The Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, Sankt Petersburg Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Chicago Symphonietta, Hungarian State Philharmonic, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra Zagreb, Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Portuguesa, English Chamber Orchestra, London Mozart Players, The State Philharmonic Orchestra Brno, Northern Philharmony Leeds, Radio Symphony Orchestra Lugano, I Solisti di Napoli, Radio Symphony Orchestra Saarbrücken, Radio Symphony Orchestra Basel, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Orquesta Sinfónica de Mallorca, Orquesta Nacional do Porto, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Chamber Orchestra Amiens, BBC Belfast, BBC Glasgow Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmónica Buenos Aires, Szeged Philharmonic, Pannon Philharmonic/Pécs, Debrecen Philharmonic, Slovak Sinfonietta, Adana Philharmonic, etc. Recordings for Naxos, Marco Polo, Supraphon, Panton, Verga and Opus Studies - Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Prague (Václav Neumann, Alois Klíma) Academy for Music, Vienna (Otmar Suitner), Master classes - Igor Markewich, Arvid Jansons, Franco Ferarra 

Competitions-Finalist at the Hungarian Television Conducting Competition, Budapest Finalist at the Prague Spring Talich Conducting Competition, Prague