Michael Boder

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Michael Boder (born November 9, 1958 in Darmstadt ) is a German concert and opera conductor .

life and career

Boder began his training at the Hamburg University of Music and continued his studies in Florence . At the age of 29 he took over the musical direction as chief conductor at the Basel Opera . During this time he made guest appearances in Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, Berlin and at the Covent Garden Opera in London.

In 1991 he conducted the premiere of Luca Lombardi's Faust. Un travestimento in Basel. Boder is now a regular guest at the State Operas in Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg and Vienna. He has also conducted at the San Francisco Opera , the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Zurich Opera . In addition to his special commitment to contemporary music in opera, Michael Boder is also a regular guest on international concert platforms. He also took on productions in Barcelona, ​​Berlin, Brussels, Dresden, Frankfurt, Copenhagen and Vienna as well as concerts a. a. in Japan, Lisbon, this with the Federal Youth Orchestra Germany and the Berlin Philharmonic .

He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera on December 15, 1995 with Alban Bergs Wozzeck . Numerous conductors followed, including a. by Elektra , Die Jakobsleiter , Gianni Schicchi , Die Frau ohne Schatten , Lulu and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , furthermore the world premieres of Der Riese vom Steinfeld by Friedrich Cerha (2002) and Medea by Aribert Reimann (2010).

Boder was music director at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona from 2008 to 2012 , and from 2012 to 2016 he was chief conductor of the Royal Danish Theater and the Royal Chapel in Copenhagen .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schedule archive Vienna State Opera
  2. ↑ Michael Boder. In: intermusica. 2020 (English).;
personal data
SURNAME Boder, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German concert and opera conductor
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt