Conductors

CONDUCTORS

Jeremy Silver resides in London and is active as a conductor, pianist and vocal coach. As principal conductor of Opera Africa (Johannesburg) from 2004 to 2007 productions included I Capuleti e I Montecchi, La Traviata , Rigoletto and Lucia di Lammermoor. He also conducted the highly acclaimed Zulu opera Princess Magogo at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam. Equally active in the concert hall he has given concerts with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of South Africa and KZN Philharmonic Orchestra. Appearances in France include Les Huguenots and Tosca at the Opéra-Théâtre de Metz as well as a concert with the renowned Polish orchestra Sinfonia Varsovia at the Evian festival. In addition he has conducted Turandot at the National Theatre in Malaysia and Die Fledermaus at Yale Opera in the USA. In Britain performances include Pelléas et Mélisande (Glyndebourne Touring Opera); Madama Butterfly (ENO); Aida and Carmen (Raymond Gubbay productions); La Rondine, Lucia di Lammermoor and Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera Holland Park); Così fan tutte, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Carmen (Longborough Festival Opera); Ariadne auf Naxos and Die Fledermaus (ETO) and Tosca (Castleward Opera). He has given concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Concert Orchestra, Orchestras of Welsh National Opera and Scottish Opera, Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, Salomon Orchestra and Surrey Sinfonietta. He also served on the music staffs of Scottish Opera, English National Opera and Glyndebourne. In addition to a busy freelance career he is also Music Director of Opera Brava and Assistant Head of Music at the National Opera Studio in London.