Runnicles, Sir Donald

Donald Runnicles

(Edinburgh, Scotland)

2022–23 Season: Conductor, Die Frau ohne Schatten; 100th Anniversary Concert

San Francisco Opera Highlights: John Adams’ Doctor Atomic; Conrad Susa’s The Dangerous Liaisons; Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise

Recent and Upcoming: Arabella (Deutsche Oper Berlin); Fidelio (Berlin); Elektra (Berlin); Tosca (Berlin); Tristan und Isolde (Berlin); Hänsel und Gretel (Oman); concerts with Minnesota Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Dresden Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony

General Music Director of Deutsche Oper Berlin; Music Director of the Grand Teton Music Festival; Principal Guest Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony; Principal Guest Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Conductor Emeritus of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Former Music Director of San Francisco Opera

Recipient of the San Francisco Opera Medal 2009

Recipient of Order of the British Empire 2004

Knight Bachelor 2020

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Twitter: @MaestroDCR