Imperial Ball
Dance
3. Dec - 6. Dec 2025
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Born in Karlsruhe, Constantin Trinks is widely regarded as one of the most prominent Wagner conductors today.
His 2024/25 highlights saw a debut conducting Claus Guth’s production of Die Frau ohne Schatten, returns to Leipzig Opera for Siegfried, Deutsche Oper for Lohengrin and Sofia Opera for Tanhauser. Also, in demand also for his symphonic interpretations, Trinks conducted Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Munich Chamber Orchestra, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra with whom he also conducted a recording project of Wilhelm Petersen and The Bruckner Orchester Linz. As an extension of his operatic work, he conducted symphonic concerts with orchestras of Gothenburg Opera (Ravel Mother Goose, Strauss Till Eulenspiegel) and Teatro di San Carlo.
In the 25/26 season, Constantin Trinks will make his debut at the Teatro Carlo Felice Genova with Don Giovanni, and the Hungarian State Opera with Parsifal, and return to the Vancouver Symphony and George Enescu Philharmonic orchestras. He leads a new production Imperial Ball at both the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Theater an der Wien’s Johann Strauss Festival, and a new production of Lortzing’s Regina at Oper Leipzig.
In January 2026, Trinks also returns to Bayerische Staatsoper to conduct Don Giovanni, continuing his close relationship with the theatre which has seen him leading Fidelio, Die Fledermaus, Lohengrin, Parsifal, Les contes d’Hoffmann, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and Così fan tutte. He also conducted their production of Arabella, starring Anja Harteros, which toured to the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris. In 2024, Trinks had a successful and long-awaited debut at Glyndebourne Festival, conducting André Barbe & Renaud Doucet’s production of Die Zauberflöte with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Elsewhere, he has appeared at Royal Opera House London (multiple revivals of Don Giovanni), Oper Köln (La bohème, Rusalka), Staatsoper Hannover (Tristan und Isolde, La Juive), Leipzig Oper (Lohengrin, La Traviata), Theater an der Wien (Fiery Angel, Euryanthe), Royal Swedish Opera (Die Walküre, Madama Butterfly), Norwegian Opera (La Traviata), Seattle Opera (The Turn of the Screw), Teatro dell’Opera di Roma (Die lustige Witwe), Teatro di San Carlo (Tristan und Isolde, Don Giovanni), Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Der fliegende Holländer), New National Theatre Tokyo (Le nozze di Figaro, Salome), Opernhaus Zürich (The Turn of the Screw), Opéra du Rhin Strasbourg (Salome), Opéra National de Paris (Die Zauberflöte).
Born in Karlsruhe, Constantin Trinks is widely regarded as one of the most prominent Wagner conductors today.
His 2024/25 highlights saw a debut conducting Claus Guth’s production of Die Frau ohne Schatten, returns to Leipzig Opera for Siegfried, Deutsche Oper for Lohengrin and Sofia Opera for Tanhauser. Also, in demand also for his symphonic interpretations, Trinks conducted Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Munich Chamber Orchestra, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra with whom he also conducted a recording project of Wilhelm Petersen and The Bruckner Orchester Linz. As an extension of his operatic work, he conducted symphonic concerts with orchestras of Gothenburg Opera (Ravel Mother Goose, Strauss Till Eulenspiegel) and Teatro di San Carlo.
In the 25/26 season, Constantin Trinks will make his debut at the Teatro Carlo Felice Genova with Don Giovanni, and the Hungarian State Opera with Parsifal, and return to the Vancouver Symphony and George Enescu Philharmonic orchestras. He leads a new production Imperial Ball at both the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Theater an der Wien’s Johann Strauss Festival, and a new production of Lortzing’s Regina at Oper Leipzig.
In January 2026, Trinks also returns to Bayerische Staatsoper to conduct Don Giovanni, continuing his close relationship with the theatre which has seen him leading Fidelio, Die Fledermaus, Lohengrin, Parsifal, Les contes d’Hoffmann, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and Così fan tutte. He also conducted their production of Arabella, starring Anja Harteros, which toured to the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris. In 2024, Trinks had a successful and long-awaited debut at Glyndebourne Festival, conducting André Barbe & Renaud Doucet’s production of Die Zauberflöte with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Elsewhere, he has appeared at Royal Opera House London (multiple revivals of Don Giovanni), Oper Köln (La bohème, Rusalka), Staatsoper Hannover (Tristan und Isolde, La Juive), Leipzig Oper (Lohengrin, La Traviata), Theater an der Wien (Fiery Angel, Euryanthe), Royal Swedish Opera (Die Walküre, Madama Butterfly), Norwegian Opera (La Traviata), Seattle Opera (The Turn of the Screw), Teatro dell’Opera di Roma (Die lustige Witwe), Teatro di San Carlo (Tristan und Isolde, Don Giovanni), Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Der fliegende Holländer), New National Theatre Tokyo (Le nozze di Figaro, Salome), Opernhaus Zürich (The Turn of the Screw), Opéra du Rhin Strasbourg (Salome), Opéra National de Paris (Die Zauberflöte).
