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Israel Gursky, a rising young conductor, has been praised by the Washington Post for his "superb debut" with the Washington National Opera in 2007, leading performances of Don Giovanni.
Maestro Gursky began the 2011-12 season with performances of Tosca at Washington National Opera starring Patricia Racette, followed by the Mexican premiere of Daniel Catán's Il Postino at the Festival Internacional Cervantino and the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. This past summer he made his debut with Wolf Trap Opera conducting Les Contes d'Hoffman... (More)
Recent Engagements
- Così fan tutte, Manhattan School of Music, Dec 7, 9, 11, 2011
- Il Postino, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Oct 13, 16, 2011 at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City; Oct 27, 29, 2011 at Teatro Juárez in Guanajuato
- Tosca, Washington National Opera, Sept 16, 18, 20, 2011
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann at Wolf Trap Opera, August 5, 7, 11, 13, 2011
- Don Pasquale, Washington National Opera, May 16, 24, 27, 2011
- Faust, Opera Birmingham, January 28 and 30, 2011
- Concert, Yerevan, with Plácido Domingo and Ana Maria Martinez, December 4, 2010
- Le nozze di Figaro, Los Angeles Opera, September 14 and 17, 2010
Reviews
"There was a great deal of of spark from chorus and orchestra alike. Conductor Israel Gursky took the opening measures of the overture at warp speed, sending a fun jolt through the house...the net effect of Gursky's propulsive but eloquently contoured and rubato-sensitive approach to the score yielded consistently persuasive results." -- Tim Smith, Opera News
"A gifted young conductor whose quiet command drew lush, beautiful sounds from the pit. Tempos were brisk, and lines were shaped exquisitely..." -- Opera News
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