{"id":98986,"date":"2022-06-20T10:31:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T08:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agentur-seifert.de\/our-artists\/johannes-zurl\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T16:39:36","slug":"johannes-zurl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agentur-seifert.de\/en\/our-artists\/johannes-zurl\/","title":{"rendered":"Johannes Zurl (Conductor)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Johannes Zurl<\/h2>\n

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Johannes Zurl is First Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Cottbus. Born in Dingolfing, he studied with Prof. Karl-Heinz Steffens, Prof. Steven Sloane and Kurt Masur. He was a scholarship holder of the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic and is a prizewinner of the ARD International Music Competition in Munich.<\/p>\n

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Before turning to conducting, Zurl pursued a career as an orchestral clarinettist, performing with Germany\u2019s leading orchestras and touring the world with the Berlin Philharmonic. He subsequently completed a master\u2019s degree in conducting at the Berlin University of the Arts. At the outset of his conducting career, Lorin Maazel invited him to the Castleton Festival as a Conducting Fellow. He also worked as a r\u00e9p\u00e9titeur for Hans Graf, Rafael Fr\u00fchbeck de Burgos and Christian Thielemann.<\/p>\n

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Zurl made his operatic debut with FIDELIO at Theater Hagen in 2015. This was followed by his concert debut with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in a programme of works by Hindemith, including a recording for cpo. In 2019, he made his debut with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conducting concerts as well as a recording for Sony Classical. He has also appeared as conductor of a new classical music programme for ZDF and made his debut at the Elbphilharmonie in 2021. He was nominated for the OPUS KLASSIK Award in 2020. In the 2023\/24 season, he conducted a series of performances of LA BOH\u00c8ME at the Tiroler Landestheater. His second recording with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin was released in 2024.<\/p>\n

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Zurl regularly teaches at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover and at the Berlin University of the Arts, where he also held a teaching position in orchestral conducting from 2020 to 2022.<\/p>\n

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Johannes Zurl has conducted orchestras including the Brandenburger Symphoniker, Badische Staatskapelle, Staatsorchester Frankfurt\/Oder, Theater Magdeburg, Bochumer Symphoniker, Collegium Musicum Basel, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Staatstheater Hannover, Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Tonhalle-Orchester Z\u00fcrich.<\/p>\n

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Alongside renowned soloists, he has appeared at festivals including the Heidelberger Fr\u00fchling, Beethovenfest Bonn, Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and Salzburg Festival. He also conducted the world premiere of J\u00f6rg Widmann\u2019s Quintet for Piano and Winds.<\/p>\n

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His discography comprises eight recordings for Naxos, cpo, H\u00e4nssler Classic and Sony Classical. His recent operatic repertoire ranges from ORFEO and DIE LUSTIGE WITWE to LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, DIE ZAUBERFL\u00d6TE, DER FREISCH\u00dcTZ, OTELLO, LA BOH\u00c8ME, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, TOSCA, MAZEPPA, DER FLIEGENDE HOLL\u00c4NDER, DER ROSENKAVALIER and THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN.<\/p>\n

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Staatstheater Cottbus | FILMMUSIKKONZERT (Schindlers Liste)<\/h5>\n

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Opera \/ Operetta<\/div>
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Paul Abraham<\/strong><\/td>\nM\u00c4RCHEN IM GRAND-HOTEL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ludwig van Beethoven<\/strong><\/td>\nFIDELIO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ralph Benatzky<\/strong><\/td>\nIM WEISSEN R\u00d6SSEL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georges Bizet<\/strong><\/td>\nCARMEN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wolfgang B\u00f6hmer<\/strong><\/td>\nJEDERMANN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Xavier Dayer<\/strong><\/td>\nALZHEIM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaetano Donizetti<\/strong><\/td>\nDON PASQUALE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nLUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Hindemith<\/strong><\/td>\nSANCTA SUSANNA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Engelbert Humperdinck<\/strong><\/td>\nHANSEL UND GRETEL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1\u010dek<\/strong><\/td>\nDAS SCHLAUE F\u00dcCHSLEIN (The Cunning Little Vixen)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emmerich K\u00e1lm\u00e1n<\/strong><\/td>\nDIE CS\u00c1RD\u00c1SF\u00dcRSTIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Franz Leh\u00e1r<\/strong><\/td>\nDIE LUSTIGE WITWE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albert Lortzing<\/strong><\/td>\nDER WILDSCH\u00dcTZ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Claudio Monteverdi<\/strong><\/td>\nL’ORFEO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/strong><\/td>\nDIE ZAUBERFL\u00d6TE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nDON GIOVANNI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nIDOMENEO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nLE NOZZE DI FIGARO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Gerd Natschinski<\/strong><\/td>\nMESSESCHLAGER GISELA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sergei Prokofjew<\/strong><\/td>\nL’AMOUR DES TROIS ORANGES<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giacomo Puccini<\/strong><\/td>\nLA BOH\u00c8ME<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nMADAMA BUTTERFLY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nSUOR ANGELICA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arnold Sch\u00f6nberg<\/strong><\/td>\nERWARTUNG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephen Sondheim<\/strong><\/td>\nSWEENEY TODD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Attila Kadri \u015eendil<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		DIE BREMER STADTMUSIKANTEN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Strauss<\/strong><\/td>\nARIADNE AUF NAXOS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nSALOME<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johann Strau\u00df<\/strong><\/td>\nDIE FLEDERMAUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pjotr Tschaikowski<\/strong><\/td>\nEUGEN ONEGIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nMAZEPPA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giuseppe Verdi<\/strong><\/td>\nAIDA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Wagner<\/strong><\/td>\nDER FLIEGENDE HOLL\u00c4NDER<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nLOHENGRIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carl Maria von Weber<\/strong><\/td>\nDER FREISCH\u00dcTZ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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STAATSTHEATER COTTBUS – JEDERMANN (PREMIERE)<\/a><\/h3>Johannes Zurl<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

STAATSTHEATER COTTBUS – JEDERMANN (PREMIERE)<\/a><\/h3>
By Agentur<\/a><\/span>27. May 2026<\/abbr><\/span>Johannes Zurl<\/a><\/span><\/div>
Johannes Zurl | Conductor<\/div>
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STAATSTHEATER COTTBUS – MESSESCHLAGER GISELA<\/a><\/h3>Johannes Zurl<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

STAATSTHEATER COTTBUS – MESSESCHLAGER GISELA<\/a><\/h3>
By Agentur<\/a><\/span>27. January 2026<\/abbr><\/span>Johannes Zurl<\/a><\/span><\/div>
Johannes Zurl | Conductor<\/div>
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ELBLAND PHILHARMONIE SACHSEN – WEIHNACHTSKONZERTE<\/a><\/h3>Johannes Zurl<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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By Agentur<\/a><\/span>18. November 2025<\/abbr><\/span>Johannes Zurl<\/a><\/span><\/div>
Johannes Zurl | Conductor<\/div>
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STAATSTHEATER COTTBUS – DAS SCHLAUE F\u00dcCHSLEIN<\/a><\/h3>Johannes Zurl<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

STAATSTHEATER COTTBUS – DAS SCHLAUE F\u00dcCHSLEIN<\/a><\/h3>
By Agentur<\/a><\/span>29. October 2025<\/abbr><\/span>Johannes Zurl<\/a><\/span><\/div>
Johannes Zurl | Conductor<\/div>
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DAS SCHLAUE F\u00dcCHSLEIN (PREMIERE) – STAATSTHEATER COTTBUS (REVIEWS)<\/a><\/h3>
By Agentur<\/a><\/span>27. July 2025<\/abbr><\/span><\/div>
Premiere on June 28, 2025 Here are the most relevant quotes from reviews in the German and international press.This selection does not claim to be complete. Der Opernfreund by Dieter David Scholz Cottbus: \u201eDas schlaue F\u00fcchslein\u201c, Leo\u0161\u00a0Jan\u00e1\u010dek …Johannes Zurl l\u00e4sst denn auch einen eher verzweifelt...<\/div>
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DIE ZAUBERFL\u00d6TE (PREMIERE) \u2013 STAATSTHEATER COTTBUS (REVIEWS)<\/a><\/h3>
By Agentur<\/a><\/span>4. May 2023<\/abbr><\/span><\/div>
Premiere on April 22, 2023 Here are the most relevant quotes from reviews in the German and international press.This selection does not claim to be complete.<\/div>
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CARMEN (PREMIERE) – STAATSTHEATER COTTBUS (REVIEWS)<\/a><\/h3>
By Agentur<\/a><\/span>17. July 2022<\/abbr><\/span><\/div>
[English] (...) - sie f\u00fchrt jedoch zu einer h\u00f6chst stringenten, dichten Erz\u00e4hlung, die das Philharmonische Orchester unter der Leitung von Johannes Zurl so durchsichtig wie vorw\u00e4rtsdr\u00e4ngend spielt - hier gibt es kein Ausruhen auf musikalischen Evergreens, sondern eine schlanke, schl\u00fcssige Fassung. (...)<\/em><\/div>
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