Vita

In the 2026/27 season, Dominic Limburg’s engagements span opera, ballet and the concert platform at leading companies and with orchestras in Germany and Scandinavia. He conducts HÄNSEL UND GRETEL at Staatsoper Stuttgart and MY FAIR LADY at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and leads a new production of Tchaikovsky’s THE NUTCRACKER with Staatsballett Berlin. Further engagements include a symphonic concert with the Robert Schumann Philharmonic in Chemnitz and a guest engagement at Norrlandsoperan in Umeå.

Opera and music theatre are at the heart of Limburg’s artistic work. Recent engagements include AIDA at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, EUGENE ONEGIN for Northern Ireland Opera, DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar and DER FREISCHÜTZ at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater. He also returns regularly to Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he served as Kapellmeister from 2021 to 2024 and has conducted works including LA TRAVIATA, I VESPRI SICILIANI, DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER, AIDA and Detlev Glanert’s DIE DREI RÄTSEL. Further engagements have included LA BOHÈME at Theater Chemnitz and IL VIAGGIO A REIMS with the International Opera Studio at Opernhaus Zürich.

Ballet and symphonic repertoire form another important strand of Limburg’s work. With Staatsballett Berlin and Staatskapelle Berlin, he conducted the world premiere of WINTERREISE after Schubert/Zender and has returned for further productions including NUREJEW and WINTERREISE. His concert engagements have taken him to the Munich Radio Orchestra, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Robert Schumann Philharmonic in Chemnitz, Sinfonieorchester Biel Solothurn, Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim and Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden. Since 2019, he has served as Chief Conductor of the Zurich Chamber Philharmonic. He has also toured with the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10, with performances including the Tonhalle Zurich and Victoria Hall Geneva as well as concerts in Basel and Bern.

Limburg laid the foundations for his wide-ranging opera, ballet and concert repertoire at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where he was engaged from 2016 to 2021, initially as Second Kapellmeister and later as First Kapellmeister. There he conducted repertoire spanning the Baroque to contemporary music, including LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN, ANNA BOLENA, THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, LA CLEMENZA DI TITO and SWAN LAKE, as well as the world premiere of Avner Dorman’s commissioned work WAHNFRIED.

His collaboration with Sir Donald Runnicles at Deutsche Oper Berlin was particularly formative in his exploration of the German repertoire and Wagner in particular. As Runnicles’ assistant, Limburg worked on new productions of GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG directed by Stefan Herheim, DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG by Jossi Wieler and FIDELIO by David Hermann, as well as revivals of LOHENGRIN, TRISTAN UND ISOLDE and DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER.

Born in Zurich and of Spanish heritage, Dominic Limburg began his musical training as a member of the Zurich Boys’ Choir. He subsequently studied piano and voice at the Zurich University of the Arts before completing his master’s degree with distinction in the conducting class of Prof. Johannes Schlaefli. Further artistic influences include masterclasses with Bernard Haitink, Esa-Pekka Salonen and David Zinman, as well as his long-standing collaboration with Justin Brown at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. From 2015 to 2021, Limburg was a scholarship holder of the German Music Council’s Forum Dirigieren and was selected for its “Maestros von Morgen” programme.

2026-08-31

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