CONDUCTOR
Renowned conductor Christopher Moulds kicks off his 2024-2025 season at the Aalto-Musiktheater in Essen on Saturday, September 14th, leading the production of Mozart’s beloved opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). Moulds will conduct four performances throughout September, with additional dates on the 20th, 22nd, and 28th. He was previously in Essen in 2019 conducting Don…Read more ›
Christopher Moulds has made a triumphant return to San Francisco Opera with his masterful conducting of Handel’s Partenope, earning praise from critics and audiences alike for his dynamic interpretation and meticulous attention to detail. “Leading it all with verve was the English Baroque specialist Christopher Moulds, who seemed to find the perfect tempo and affect…Read more ›
Christopher Moulds has been in San Francisco for the last month in rehearsals conducting Handel’s Partenope with the San Francisco Opera, directed by Christopher Alden. Love is a battlefield in Christopher Alden’s Olivier award-winning production, a laugh-out-loud comedy of romance and rejection, set to some of George Frideric Handel’s most masterful music. Opening night is…Read more ›
The start of the new season sees Chris Moulds return to Munich with the Bayerische Staatsoper to conduct Mozart’s Idomeneo and Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas with Krzysztof Warlikowski as the director/producer for the production. The first performance of Dido & Aeneas is on the 23rd September. This follows on from 3 successful productions last season…Read more ›
Last weekend saw the successful premiere of Christopher Rüping’s production of Il ritorno / The Year of Magical Thinking at the Bayerische Staatsoper under the baton of Christopher Moulds, as part of the Staatsoper’s Ja, Mai Festival celebrating the synergies between the various disciplines of the arts. “[T]he Bavarian State Orchestra and the Monteverdi Continuo Ensemble conjured up…Read more ›
This Spring sees Christopher Moulds return to the Bayerische Staatsoper to conduct Cavalli’s La Calisto and Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria. Opening this Sunday 19 March and followed by three further performances, David Alden’s production of La Calisto stars Mary Bevan (Calisto), Milan Siljanov (Giove), Teresa Iervolino (Diana) and Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Endimione). Il…Read more ›
Shortly after a successful run of Alcina at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Christopher Moulds returns to step in for a revival of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, which opens on Wednesday 22nd June and is followed by three further performances. Christiane Pohle’s production of Figaro stars Björn Bürger as Graf Almaviva and Serena Farnocchia as Gräfin…Read more ›
Last night Christopher Moulds stepped in at short notice to conduct the opening night of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, and is now due to conduct the full run with performances on 11th, 15th and 20th March. Shortly after he returns from Munich, Moulds embarks upon the preparation for Handel’s…Read more ›
Christopher Moulds begins 2022 with a return to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin for three performances of Sasha Waltz’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. He last conducted this production in Berlin in November 2019, and elsewhere has lead performances in Buenos Aires, Madrid, and Sydney. It features Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Vocalconsort…Read more ›
Following his successful 6-performance run of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte at Opernhaus Zürich, Christopher Moulds prepares for Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte in concert with Moscow State Philharmoic Society this week. Moulds is joined by the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra, vocal ensemble Intrada, and a cast of distinguished soloists. More here.