Alexander Mayer

Since the 21/22 season, Alexander Mayer has been Principal Conductor and Deputy General Music Director at the Theater Vorpommern. There, in addition to conducting concerts with the Vorpommern Philharmonic Orchestra, he is responsible for new productions of Gluck’s *Orfeo ed Euridice*, Mozart’s *Le Nozze di Figaro*, Rossini’s *La Cenerentola*, Offenbach’s *Orpheus in the Underworld* and *The Tales of Hoffmann*, Tchaikovsky’s *Swan Lake*, Ernst Krenek’s *Jonny spielt auf*, Astor Piazzolla’s *Maria de Buenos Aires* and Frederick Loewe’s *My Fair Lady*. He devotes particular attention to modern American opera: for instance, he conducted the German premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s *Songs from the Uproar*, as well as Paul Moravec’s *The Shining* and Lorin Maazel’s *1984*. Alongside these new productions, he has conducted revivals and performances of Tchaikovsky’s *The Nutcracker*, Verdi’s *La Traviata*, Lehár’s *The Merry Widow*, Britten’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* and Ralph Benatzky’s *My Sister and I*.

Before taking up his post in Vorpommern, his career took him to Switzerland, where he first served as assistant conductor at the Geneva Opera and then as music director of the Ensemble Symphonique Neuchâtel from 2010-2019. During this time, he firmly established the orchestra, which was formed from a merger in 2008, in the Swiss musical landscape, as evidenced not least by invitations to renowned concert series and regular radio broadcasts. From 2013-2017 he also led the Sinfonietta de Lausanne to much acclaimed successes as music director.