His Tchaikovsky is opulent, lyrically broadly breathed, with numerous noticeable rubati, beautifully worked-out lines, emotional, but at the same time rich in detail.
Pizzicato Luxemburg
Stuttgarter Philharmoniker
Music Director & Chief Conductor
The Israeli Opera Tel Aviv
Music Director
Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion
Music Director
Teatro di San Carlo
Music Director, from January 2023
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Laureate
Dan Ettinger was born in Israel. He has been the music director of the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra since the beginning of the 2015 / 2016 season and the New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv since 2018. He was music director of the Nationaltheater in Mannheim from 2009 to 2016 as well as principal conductor for the Israel Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. After initially studying the piano, he began a career as a singer before turning his sights on conducting. He made his debut in Tel Aviv in 1999. From 2003 to 2009, he was Kapellmeister and assistant at the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden where he conducted an extensive repertoire (La Bohème, Carmen, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, L’elisir d’amore, Falstaff, Macbeth, Madama Butterfly, Le nozze di Figaro, Tannhäuser, Tosca, La Traviata, Turandot, Die Zauberflöte).
This September, Dan Ettinger leads Puccini's Madama Butterfly at Teatro di San Carlo where he currently serves as Music Director. Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek created this captivating production for the company in 2019, featuring exquisite set designs by Sergio Tramonti, {…}
On July 5, 6 and 9, Dan Ettinger will be leading the highly anticipated final concerts of the season for the Israel Symphony Orchestra featuring the renowned Israeli percussion group, Ensemble Tremolo. The program for these energetic performances will showcase a variety of {…}
In the month of June, Maestro Dan Ettinger takes the baton to lead the Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo in two captivating programs. On June 16, the first concert will witness the remarkable pianist Alexandra Dovgan grace the stage, showcasing her prodigious talents in Fryderyk {…}
On May 24, Dan Ettinger takes the baton to direct the esteemed Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid at the Auditorio Nacional De Música. This highly anticipated event will captivate the audience with stunning repertoire by Mozart and Strauss that showcases the timeless brilliance of {…}
Dan Ettinger will lead an exceptional cast in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre at the Teatro di San Carlo this April. Federico Tiezzi's production, which debuted in 2005, showcases stunning sets by Giulio Paolini and costumes by Giovanna Buzzi who together won the prestigious Franco {…}
On February 14, Dan Ettinger conducts the Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo in two richly dramatic musical compositions by Rachmaninov and Rimsky-Korsakov. The acclaimed pianist, Alexander Malofeev, will join the orchestra in Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto in C minor, op. 18, which is {…}
Cio Cio San: Ailyn Pérez/Valeria Sepe
Pinkerton: Saimir Pirgu/Vincenzo Costanzo
Suzuki: Marina Comparato
Sharpless: Ernesto Petti
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
MOZART: Symphony No. 25 in G minor
R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Gran Canaria
Tanja Becker-Benda, violin
Gustav-Siegle-Haus, Stuttgart
Tanja Becker-Benda, violin
STRAVINSKY: Apollon musagète
BRUCH: Violin Concerto in G minor
RESPIGHI: Feste Romane
Liederhalle Beethovensaal, Stuttgart
