John Fiore

Born into a musical family in New York, John Fiore entered the professional music world at the Seattle Opera at the age of 14. Here he gained an excellent reputation as a pianist and coach, including the annual repeat performance of Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen. He continued his studies at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester and went on to become one of the most sought-after assistants for the three major opera companies in North America: the San Fracisco Opera, the Chicago Lyric Opera and the Met in New York. Taking the musical direction of Gounod’s Faust in 1986 at the San Francisco Opera marked the beginning of his career as a conductor. This was followed by numerous invitations to conduct in North America, Europe and Australia, including the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Semperoper in Dresden, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, the Royal Swedish Opera and the Grand Théâtre de Genève. From 1999 to 2009 he was Principal Conductor of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, working with the companies of the two neighbouring Rhine cities of Düsseldorf and Duisburg. In addition to this position, he is also Music Director of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker. From 2009 to 2015 he was also the artistic and musical director of the Norske Opera & Ballett. In the symphonic realm, he has distinguished himself at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. On the publishing front, his Meistersinger von Nürnberg was released on DVD by Naxos with Berlin’s Deutsche Oper.