The conductor Thomas Guggeis becomes General Music Director of the Frankfurt Opera. At the beginning of the 2023/24 season, the 28-year-old will replace Sebastian Weigle, whose contract will then expire after 15 years. When the contract was signed on Tuesday, Artistic Director Bernd Loebe spoke of a generation change. "Despite his young age, Thomas Guggeis is no longer a talent, but astonishingly far in everything a conductor has to achieve in such an important position," said the 68-year-old.
Frankfurt / Main - Guggeis announced that he would like to conduct contemporary works as well as classics by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner or Richard Strauss.
35 evenings at the opera are initially planned for each season.
There are also ten symphony concerts with the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra.
His contract initially runs for five years.
The supervisory board of the Städtische Bühnen had already unanimously approved the agreements on Monday evening.
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Guggeis last conducted his future regular orchestra in September.
In June he made his debut at the Frankfurt Opera at the premiere of “Ariadne auf Naxos”.
In spring he realized Mozart's Requiem as an online production in Frankfurt.
The musician, who was born in Bavaria, studied in Munich and Milan.
In 2016 he became Daniel Barenboim's assistant at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.
According to Loebe, he was discovered there in 2018.
According to industry experts, Weigle will work freelance in the future.
He parted ways with the Frankfurt Opera.
dpa
