Engel becomes Conductor in Residence at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
The Deutsche Oper appoints a team of conductors instead of a general director. Part of this team is Titus Engel, who was awarded a Swiss Music Prize this year.
Als Principal Guest Conductors werden die jungen Dirigenten Maxime Pascal und Michele Spotti Akzente mit dem Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin setzen. Als Conductor in Residence wird Titus Engel das «musikalische Leitungsteam auf vielseitige Weise komplettieren» heisst es in der Medienmitteilung der Oper. Engel wird mit einer Uraufführung und einem sinfonischen Konzert zu erleben sein sowie «massgeblich daran mitarbeiten, innovative Projekte und Kooperationen in der Tischlerei (einem Raum der Oper für neues Musiktheater) und darüber hinaus im urbanen Berliner Kontext aus der Taufe zu heben».
Titus Engel was born in Zurich in 1975 and has lived in Berlin since 1995. He is the initiator of the Akademie Musiktheater Heute and editor of several books on contemporary opera. This year, he was awarded a Swiss Music Prize for his artistic work. In 2020, he was named "Conductor of the Year" by Opernwelt magazine.
The opera house in Berlin-Charlottenburg, which was opened in 1912 and destroyed during the war, was reopened as the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1961. Since then, it has been Berlin's largest and Germany's second largest music theater - and one of the most modern in Europe.
