Ivo Meinen

During his activities as a steady reserve of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Ivo Meinen already conducted symphonic as well as opera repertoire. Season 2017/2018 he has been kapellmeister in the opera house of Yekaterinburg, the 3rd opera house of Russia. In 2011 Meinen conducted the successful production of the Dutch première of "La Pietra del Paragone" (G. Rossini) at Opera Trionfo and toured throughout the Netherlands. From that moment on the emphasis of his conducting activities lies on opera. He worked on operas such as "Don Pasquale" (G. Donizetti), "Guillaume Tell" (G. Rossini) and he also jumped in for extra performances of "Le Nozze di Figaro" (W.A. Mozart) in a production of the Dutch National Academy and a staged performance of "St. John Passion" (J.S. Bach) at the Dutch Reiso