Biography

A seasoned conductor well-known among the international opera houses, John Fiore is praised for his musicality, experience and his skillful expression on the podium. He is a frequent guest conductor at many of the foremost opera houses in Europe and the United States, with which he enjoys enduring relationships. After appearing at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in June 2019 to conduct Tosca, highlights of Mr. Fiore’s 2019-20 and 2020-21 season included Eugene Onegin at the Royal Swedish Opera, a new production of Samson et Dalila at the Washington National Opera, Fidelio, Les Contes d’Hoffmann and Die Fledermaus at the Semperoper Dresden, and concerts with orchestras such as the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra.  In season 2021-2022, he conducted two highly acclaimed new productions  at the Swedish Royal Opera, Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, and a double bill of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, as well as conducting the complete Beethoven Egmont with the Münchner Rundfunk Orchester (recently released as a CD).  In June 2022, he took over a new production of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, including a performance that was broadcast worldwide, and which has just been released on DVD on the Naxos/RBB label.  In September 2023, he took over the new production of Puccini’s Il Trittico at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on four days notice, to great public and critical acclaim. In fall 2024, his new commercial recording of Bellini’s Norma, starring Marina Rebeka and recorded with the orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Real in Madrid, was released on the Prima Label.