Bertrand de Billy

© Marco Borggreve

Several opera productions form the core of Bertrand de Billy’s 2021/22 season, in particular his return to the Vienna State Opera with revivals of Otello, Faust, Flying Dutchman and Die Fledermaus. At the Bavarian State Opera he will conduct Flying Dutchman, and he will return to Opéra de Paris with Don Giovanni, a piece he will shortly after conduct at San Francisco Opera. He will be the principal guest conductor of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra for the next two years and will also conduct the Orchestre National France, Orchestre Chambre de Lausanne and Orchestre Suisse Romande

Early in his career, guest engagements brought Mr. de Billy to the state operas of Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, as well as to such renowned auspices as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Grand Théâtre de la Monnaie, the Opéra National de Paris, and to the opera houses in Washington and Los Angeles, a.o. Since 1997 he has been a regular guest at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and at the Salzburg Festival since 2002.

Alongside his celebrated career as an opera conductor, Mr. de Billy regularly performs concerts worldwide, having led such distinguished orchestras as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Orchestre de Paris, the Wiener Symphoniker as well as the Museumsorchester Frankfurt, the Philharmoniker Hamburg, the RSB Berlin, the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, the Dresdner Philharmoniker, the Bamberger Symphoniker the Royal Danish Orchestra, the Orchestre Suisse Romande, the London Philharmonic, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and many more.

Mr. de Billy conducts a wide repertoire from Bach to many world premieres. He maintains a close relationship with the Vienna State Opera, Theater an der Wien, the Wiener Musikverein and the Wiener Konzerthaus, as well as to the Munich State Opera.

Mr. de Billy was born in Paris where he studied music and performed as an orchestra member before taking up conducting. From 1993 to 1995 he was first Kapellmeister and Deputy Music Director of the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau, and from 1996 to 1998 he held the same position at the Vienna Volksoper. Following that he was Music Director at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona from 1999 to 2004, and also Music Director of the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vienna from 2002 to 2010. From 2013-2015 Mr. de Billy served as the principal guest conductor of the Oper Frankfurt and the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, from 2013-2016 of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne and from 2014 to 2018 of the Dresdner Philharmonie.

Numerous CD and DVD recordings document Mr. de Billy’s work, and he has received many prestigious awards in France and Austria.

Performances with Bertrand de Billy

Saison 2024-25
Sun
22 Dec
17:30 — 21:20
Jacques Offenbach
Oper Main Stage

with John Osborn, Alma Neuhaus, Alex Esposito, Thomas Ebenstein, Nicole Car, Serena Sáenz, Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Cast at Sunday 22. December 2024

Hoffmann

Muse/Nicklausse

Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracel/Dapertutto

Andrès/Cochenille/Frantz/Pitichinaccio

Antonia

Giulietta

Stimme der Mutter

Nathanael

Stimme der Olympia im Epilog

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Andrei Serban

Bühne und Kostüme

Richard Hudson

Choreographie

Niky Wolcz
Available tickets

Sunday 22. December 2024

Area 1 242 €
Area 1

242 €

Area 2 198 €
Area 2

198 €

Area 3 165 €
Area 3

165 €

Area 4 113 €
Area 4

113 €

Area 5 89 €
Area 5

89 €

Area 6 65 €
Area 6

65 €

Area 7 42 €
Area 7

42 €

Area 8 29 €
Area 8

29 €

Area 9 17 €
Area 9

17 €

Standing room
Standing room

BT-Card U27
Tue
31 Dec
19:00 — 22:30
Johann Strauß
Oper Main Stage

with Georg Nigl, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Wolfgang Bankl, Daria Sushkova, Jörg Schneider, Ilia Staple, Michael Niavarani, Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

Die Fleder­maus

Cast at Tuesday 31. December 2024

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Otto Schenk

Bühne

Günther Schneider-Siemssen

Kostüme

Milena Canonero

Choreographie im 2. Akt "Unter Donner und Blitz"

Gerlinde Dill
Available tickets

Tuesday 31. December 2024

Area 1 295 €
Area 1

295 €

Area 2 249 €
Area 2

249 €

Area 3 200 €
Area 3

200 €

Area 4 149 €
Area 4

149 €

Area 5 104 €
Area 5

104 €

Area 6 81 €
Area 6

81 €

Area 7 51 €
Area 7

51 €

Area 8 34 €
Area 8

34 €

Area 9 18 €
Area 9

18 €

Standing room
Standing room

Wed
01 Jan
18:00 — 21:30
Johann Strauß
Oper Main Stage

with Georg Nigl, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Wolfgang Bankl, Daria Sushkova, Jörg Schneider, Ilia Staple, Michael Niavarani, Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

Die Fleder­maus

Cast at Wednesday 1. January 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Otto Schenk

Bühne

Günther Schneider-Siemssen

Kostüme

Milena Canonero

Choreographie im 2. Akt "Unter Donner und Blitz"

Gerlinde Dill
Few tickets left
Available tickets

Wednesday 1. January 2025

Area 1 255 €
Area 1

255 €

Area 2 209 €
Area 2

209 €

Area 3 180 €
Area 3

180 €

Area 4 122 €
Area 4

122 €

Area 5 94 €
Area 5

94 €

Area 6 69 €
Area 6

69 €

Area 7 45 €
Area 7

45 €

Area 8 30 €
Area 8

30 €

Area 9 18 €
Area 9

18 €

Standing room
Standing room

Sat
04 Jan
19:00 — 22:30
Johann Strauß
Oper Main Stage

with Georg Nigl, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Wolfgang Bankl, Daria Sushkova, Jörg Schneider, Ilia Staple, Michael Niavarani, Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

Die Fleder­maus

Cast at Saturday 4. January 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Otto Schenk

Bühne

Günther Schneider-Siemssen

Kostüme

Milena Canonero

Choreographie im 2. Akt "Unter Donner und Blitz"

Gerlinde Dill
Available tickets

Saturday 4. January 2025

Area 1 255 €
Area 1

255 €

Area 2 209 €
Area 2

209 €

Area 3 180 €
Area 3

180 €

Area 4 122 €
Area 4

122 €

Area 5 94 €
Area 5

94 €

Area 6 69 €
Area 6

69 €

Area 7 45 €
Area 7

45 €

Area 8 30 €
Area 8

30 €

Area 9 18 €
Area 9

18 €

Standing room
Standing room

U27
Wed
05 Mar
Jules Massenet
Oper Main Stage

with Matthew Polenzani, Clemens Unterreiner, Kate Lindsey, Florina Ilie, Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

Werther

Cast at Wednesday 5. March 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Andrei Serban

Bühne und Kostüme

Peter Pabst

Kostümmitarbeit

Petra Reinhardt
Available tickets

Wednesday 5. March 2025

Abo 11

Ticket information

Saison 2024/2025

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

18. Dezember 2024: RIGOLETTO
12. Februar 2025: TOSCA
05. März 2025: WERTHER
07. Mai 2025: BALLETT: PATHÉTIQUE
04. Juni 2025: TANNHÄUSER

Sat
08 Mar
Jules Massenet
Oper Main Stage

with Matthew Polenzani, Clemens Unterreiner, Kate Lindsey, Florina Ilie, Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

Werther

Cast at Saturday 8. March 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Andrei Serban

Bühne und Kostüme

Peter Pabst

Kostümmitarbeit

Petra Reinhardt
Available tickets

Saturday 8. March 2025

Tue
11 Mar
Jules Massenet
Oper Main Stage

with Matthew Polenzani, Clemens Unterreiner, Kate Lindsey, Florina Ilie, Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

Werther

Cast at Tuesday 11. March 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Andrei Serban

Bühne und Kostüme

Peter Pabst

Kostümmitarbeit

Petra Reinhardt
Available tickets

Tuesday 11. March 2025

BT-Card Ö1 U27
Fri
14 Mar
Jules Massenet
Oper Main Stage

with Matthew Polenzani, Clemens Unterreiner, Kate Lindsey, Florina Ilie, Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

Werther

Cast at Friday 14. March 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Andrei Serban

Bühne und Kostüme

Peter Pabst

Kostümmitarbeit

Petra Reinhardt
Available tickets

Friday 14. March 2025

Abo 7

Ticket information

Saison 2024/2025

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

27. September 2024: BALLETT: SCHWANENSEE
25. Oktober 2024: FIN DE PARTIE
15. November 2024: MADAMA BUTTERFLY
14. März 2025: WERTHER
06. Juni 2025: CARMEN