“He'd be on the podium and flash his warm radiant smile, and breathe with me as I'd start to sing and I felt as if I was in the most capable hands on earth.”
Adrianne Pieczonka, Soprano Toronto Star
Canadian conductor Jordan de Souza, one of the “new generation leading Berlin’s classical scene” (New York Times), is Erster Kapellmeister of the Komische Oper Berlin. Highlights of the 19/20 season include new productions of Rigoletto (Houston Grand Opera) and Frühlingsstürme, La traviata, and The Rake's Progress (Komische Oper Berlin) as well as concerts with the Staatsorchester Hannover and the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the Glyndebourne Cup.