Benjamin Bayl’s engagements this season have included a critically acclaimed Ariodante for English Touring Opera which followed debuts with Opera Australia (a new production of Orlando) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Following the success of his performances of Bach's Christmas Oratorio for Symfoniorkestern Norrlandsoperan in December 2009, he was immediately re-invited to conduct Handel’s Messiah in December 2010.
He has worked widely in the world of opera and oratorio as assistant conductor and has built up relationships with many important opera houses and conductors - most notably at Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg (Jephtha with Ivor Bolton), Copenhagen (Partenope with Lars Ulrik Mortensen), Sydney (Giulio Cesare with Richard Hickox), Teatro Real Madrid (Tamerlano with Paul McCreesh), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona (Ariodante and L'incoronazione di Poppea with Harry Bicket), Opéra Comique (Carmen with Sir John Eliot Gardiner) and several productions with Harry Christophers. He was Iván Fischer's assistant with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, served as Assistant Director for the Gabrieli Consort and has assisted in projects with Orquesta Nacional de España and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
He will be conducting The English Concert, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra and his next opera project will be L'incoronazione di Poppea in 2011/12 in Copenhagen for the Nordic Early Opera Network.
Biography
