Thomas Guggeis

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Thomas Guggeis
Born1993 (age 2930)
Dachau, Bavaria, Germany
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Thomas Guggeis (born 1993 [1] ) is a German conductor and pianist. He is Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Oper Frankfurt.

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Life and career

Born in Dachau, Bavaria, [2] Guggeis studied conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. [3] [4] [5] [6] He also received a bachelor's degree in quantum mechanics. [2] He began his professional career as repetiteur at the Staatsoper Berlin, where he was an assistant of Daniel Barenboim. [7] He was internationally recognized there when he stepped in at short notice to conduct Salome by Richard Strauss. [1]

Guggeis received the Förderpreis of the Ritter-Stiftung in Straubing in 2014, [8] and was nominated for the Deutscher Dirigentenpreis in 2017. [9] He was Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Stuttgart from the 2018/19 season, where he conducted operas such as Puccini's La Bohème and Madama Butterfly , Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia , Henze's Der Prinz von Homburg and Weber's Der Freischütz . [1] He conducted for the first time at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna in 2019, a new production of Weber's Oberon . [1] [10]

Guggeis returned to the Staatskapelle Berlin in 2020, [11] [12] and was awarded the title Staatskapellmeister, as the youngest conductor to date. [1] He led there Ariadne auf Naxos and Mozart's Die Zauberflöte , followed after a break due to the COVID-19 pandemic by Verdi's Falstaff . [1]

Guggeis made his conducting debut at the Oper Frankfurt in June 2021, in a production of Ariadne auf Naxos. [1] In October 2021, Oper Frankurt announced the appointment of Guggeis as its next Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) in Frankfurt, effective with the 2023–2024 season, with an initial contract of five years. [7] [5]

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References

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