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Glassberg has held the position of Music Director of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie since the beginning of the 2020/21 season and his relationship with the house was recently extended until the end of 2025/26. Glassberg has conducted titles at Rouen including Mozart Die Zauberflöte, Verdi Rigoletto and Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream, alongside symphonic concerts focusing on 20th-century Russian repertoire and a concerted effort to perform music by as diverse a range of composers as possible.
As Principal Conductor of the Glyndebourne Tour (2019-2021), Glassberg conducted productions of Donizetti L’elisir d’amore, Offenbach Mesdames de la Halle, Beethoven Fidelio and Handel Messiah. Following his debut at the 2017 Glyndebourne Festival, Glassberg has returned frequently for performances including Puccini Madama Butterfly, Verdi La traviata and in 2022, conducted Mariame Clement’s production of Donizetti Don Pasquale. Elsewhere, Glassberg’s growing reputation has resulted in a number of re-invitations to some of Europe’s most prestigious houses, with highlights including the complete Mozart/Da Ponte trilogy and a new production of Britten The Turn of The Screw for La Monnaie and La bohème for English National Opera.
Recent symphonic highlights include concerts with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and Detroit Symphony Orchestra amongst others.
As a recording artist, Glassberg has released a diverse discography including award-winning CDs for Warner Classics with guitarist Thibaut Garcia and mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa. Most recently, Glassberg has released recordings of The Turn of the Screw (Alpha Classics, May 2022) and Mozart La clemenza di Tito (Alpha Classics, November 2022).
Glassberg first came to international attention upon winning the Grand Prix at the 55th Besançon Young Conductors Competition 2017 at the age of 23.
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