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David Bates looks forward to returning to the Komische Oper Berlin for a third visit – this time to conduct Handel’s dramatic oratorio Hercules. This Barrie Kosky production runs from 3rd March – 5th April. Also, on 24th March, David conducts a performance of Handel’s oratorio Israel in Egypt at the Chapelle Royale, Versailles with the Monteverdi Choir...

David Bates returns to the Komische Oper Berlin to conduct a new production of Handel’s Saul directed by Axel Ranisch. This follows on from his huge success with Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice in 2022 (which prompted Fredrik Hanssen from Der Tagesspiegel to say: “[Bates] can also draw out real beauty from Gluck’s score with a stylistic all-rounder group like the orchestra of the Komische Oper,...

David Bates is delighted to return to the Staatsoper Hannover to conduct a new production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Performances start on 28th April running until 2nd June.

David Bates looks forward to making his French conducting debut at the Opéra de Rouen Normandie in March conducting Handel’s Serse. David directs from the keyboard in this co-production with the Staatstheater Nürnberg.

David Bates looks forward to making his debut with the Münchner Symphoniker at the Isarphilharmonie Munich in an interesting programme of Mozart symphonies No. 25 and No. 40 paired with Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb Op. 19.