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
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).
Dan Ettinger is thrilled to return to the Israeli Opera for Strauss' charming operetta Die Fledermaus. Marking the house's first return to the stage, Dan Ettinger conducts the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion and a fantastic cast in this glittering production by Ido {…}
The Teatro di San Carlo will stream Dan Ettinger's debut concert with the Orchestra of Teatro di San Carlo and pianist Alexander Melnikov on Friday, April 31 at 8pm CET. Recorded live on March 31, the fantastic program includes Rachmaninoff's lively Piano Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky's {…}
Dan Ettinger's 2019 performance of Gounod's Faust starring Michael Fabiano, Erwin Schrott, and Irina Lungu from the Royal Opera House is now available for purchase on Blu-Ray. Featuring David McVicar's highly acclaimed production from 2004 - set in the decadence of 1800s Paris - {…}
Dan Ettinger's new album 'Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 & Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2' on Hänssler CLASSIC is now available for purchase. Featuring the Georgian international award-winning pianist Alexander Korsantia as soloist, Ettinger conducts the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker and {…}
On November 24 & 25, Dan Ettinger leads the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker in two performances of Prokofiev's beloved Peter und der Wolf. Narrated by Theodor and Timo Brunke, audiences love Prokofiev’s delightful adventure in music, which helps children identify different instruments {…}
On November 19, Dan Ettinger conducts a special concert at the Bayerische Staatsoper that will feature soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Klaus Florian Vogt singing a Richard Strauss program. Tickets for this performance are sold out.
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1
SARASATE: Carmen Fantasy
R. STRAUSS: Don Juan
Yury Revich, violin
Liederhalle Beethovensaal, Stuttgart
Floria Tosca: Maria Agresta
Mario Cavaradossi: Michael Fabiano
Il Barone Scarpia: Ludovic Tézier
Opéra national de Paris, Paris
LISZT/SCHUBERT: Wanderer Fantasy
LISZT: Faust Symphony
Andy Feldbau, piano
Martin Muehle, tenor
Liederhalle Beethovensaal, Stuttgart
Floria Tosca: Maria Agresta
Mario Cavaradossi: Michael Fabiano
Il Barone Scarpia: Ludovic Tézier
Opéra national de Paris, Paris
