Yannis Pouspourikas
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Yannis Pouspourikas in Classics in the city (Seizoen 2012-2013)
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Yannis Pouspourikas in Aida (Seizoen 2010-2011)
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Musical direction in The Magic Flute
Biography
Education
Music Academy, Genève and conductor training, Opernhaus Zürich
Carrière
Assistant conductor, Opéra national de Paris
Assistant Sir Simon Rattle, Glyndebourne Festival
Principal Guest Conductor, Orchestre national de Lyon, 2005-2007
Principal Guest Conductor, Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse, 2005-2009
Highlights
L’Histoire du Petit Tailleur(Tibor Harsányi), Carnaval des animaux(Camille Saint-Saëns) (Lyrinx), La Traviata, Nabucco, Otello (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande); creatie Héra (Patrice Sciortino) (Salle Pleyel Paris); L’Histoire du Soldat (Stravinsky) (Festival d’Aix-en-Provence)
Worked with
Chorégies d’Orange, Teatro Real Madrid, Grand Théâtre de Genève, De Munt; Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre Colonne, Orchestre de Chambre de Genève
Recent and future productions
L’Intruse(Dirk D’Ase/Stef Lernous) (Vlaamse Opera); Le Loup (Dutilleux) (Opéra national de Paris); Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Vlaamse Opera)
At the Vlaamse Opera
Choirmaster Vlaamse Opera, 2008- : Così fan tutte, Die Schöpfung, Falstaff, Wozzeck, Candide, Verdi & Puccini Discoveries, Don Carlos, Jevgeni Onegin, Peter Grimes, L’Amour de loin, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Semiramide, Hérodiade, Aida, Fauré Requiem, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Tsjarodejka, Il viaggio a Reims, La Forza del Destino, Le Duc d’Albe, Carmen, Mahler 3, La Damnation de Faust, Geloof, Die Zauberflöte, Nabucco, Parsifal, Verdi Messa de requiem, Candide (revival)
Conductor Vlaamse Opera: Samson et Dalila, Candide, Peter Grimes (19 & 27 June, 8 & 10 July 2010), Klassiek in de Stad (5 September 2010), Fauré Requiem (12 November 2010), Hérodiade (5 & 8 March 2011), L’Intruse (17-26 May 2011), Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny,New Year’s Concert Van Wenen naar Parijs(January 2012), Carmen (9 June & 1, 3, 5 July 2012), Die Zauberflöte (23, 27, 29, 31 Dec 2012 & 19, 20 Jan 2013), New Year’s Concert Belcantogala (January 2013), Candide (revival)
Last update on 28 December 2011
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