Thomas Guggeis
Berliner Philharmoniker - Strauss / Dutilleux
Silence amidst enchanting sound: Thomas Guggeis makes a brilliant debut with the Berlin Philharmonic. … From chamber music-like delicacy, he very gently allows the full orchestra to blossom into a golden, blissful string sound. The brass section responds wonderfully softly, the pulse rises and falls, the tension is maintained, even during the long pianissimo passage for the cellos and double basses.
Tagesspiegel (26.09.2025)London Philharmonic Orchestra Strauss/Wagner
Guggeis, whose Wagnerian credentials are impeccable, was an urgent presence – his eloquent body language and balletic arms conveyed every musical wish.
The Guardian (March 06, 2025)Upcoming
FRANKFURT MUSEUMSORCHESTER
Mahler – Symphony No. 2
Oct 18/19
OPER FRANKFURT
Chausson – Le Roi Arthurus
Nov 8/14/27/29, Dec 3/12/16
FRANKFURT MUSEUMSORCHESTER
Hildegard of Bingen – “O virtus sapientiae”
Bach / Webern – Ricercar a 6 from Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Mozart – “Ch'io mi scordi di te?” – “Non temer, amato bene”, KV 505
Schubert – On the River, D 943
Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 in E flat major (“Romantic”)
Nov 15/16
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NFM WROCŁAW PHILHARMONIC
Saint-Saëns – Samson and Dalila
Sep 3MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO
Berg – Wozzeck
Sep 27/30, Oct 3Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob. I:104 (“London”)
Bruckner – Symphony No. 7 in E major
Oct 2FRANKFURT MUSEUMSORCHESTER
Mahler – Symphony No. 2
Oct 18/19OPER FRANKFURT
Chausson – Le Roi Arthurus
Nov 8/14/27/29, Dec 3/12/16FRANKFURT MUSEUMSORCHESTER
Hildegard of Bingen – “O virtus sapientiae”
Bach / Webern – Ricercar a 6 from Musical Offering , BWV 1079
Mozart – “Ch'io mi scordi di te?” – “Non temer, amato bene”, KV 505
Schubert – On the River, D 943
Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 in E flat major (“Romantic”)
Nov 15/16OPER FRANKFURT
Humperdinck – Hansel and Gretel
Dec 10/20/26Verdi – Un ballo in mask
Dec 6/13/17/19/21FRANKFURT MUSEUMSORCHESTER
Debussy – Jeux
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19
Stravinsky – Le chant du rossignol
Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28
Dec 13/14ORCHESTRA OF SOUND MANAGEMENT
Bach – Christmas Oratorio
Dec 23ORCHESTRA PHILHARMONIQUE DE RADIO FRANCE
Wagner – Lohengrin Prelude
Britten – Violin Concerto with Vilde Frang
Bruckner – Symphony No. 9
Jan 8ORCHESTRA DELL'ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA
Beethoven – Violin Concerto with Sergey Khachatryan
Unsuk Chin – subito con forza
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
Jan 14/15/16TEATRO ALLA SCALA
Mozart – Don Giovanni
Feb 3/6/9/11/13/18/20/23/25/28TEATRO ALLA SCALA
Beethoven – For the naming ceremony, Op. 115
Bruckner – Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107
Feb 22LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Webern – In the summer breeze
Schumann – Piano Concerto with Javier Perianes
Brahms / Schoenberg – Piano Quartet No. 1
March 3OPER FRANKFURT
Wagner – Die Walküre
March 26/29, April 3/18, May 6Wagner – Das Rheingold
Apr 4/10/24/30, May 9FRANKFURT MUSEUMSORCHESTER
Vivaldi – “Spring” from The Four Seasons, Op. 8 No. 1
Schumann – Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 (“Spring Symphony”)
Stravinsky – Le sacre du printemps
Apr 11/12OPER FRANKFURT
Martinů – The Greek Passion
Apr 25/29, May 2/8/14/17/23/29FRANKFURT MUSEUMSORCHESTER
Müller-Hermann – Heroic Overture, Op. 21
Gulda – Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra
Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
May 2/3ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms / Schoenberg – Quatuor en sol mineur
May 21FINNISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Filidei – Viola Concerto with Tamestit
Strauss – Ein Heldenleben
May 26NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Bruckner – Symphony No. 7
June 3/6Wagner – Prelude to Act I from Lohengrin
Ruzicka – Darkened, Concerto for Violin, Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Bruckner – Symphony No. 7 in E major
June 4BERGEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Beethoven – Missa solemnis
June 12NHK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5
Strauss – Ein Heldenleben
June 18/19Filidei – Viola Concerto
Thorvaldsdóttir – Catamorphosis
June 24
Biography
Thomas Guggeis has established himself as one of the most compelling conductors of his generation. Equally at home in the opera house and the concert hall, he has developed a strong international profile with engagements across Europe and beyond. Since the 2023/24 season, Guggeis has served as Generalmusikdirektor of Oper Frankfurt and Artistic Director of the Frankfurter Museumsorchester. In the 2026/27 season, he conducts Le Roi Arthus, Hänsel und Gretel, Un ballo in maschera, Die Walküre, Das Rheingold, and Die griechische Passion at Oper Frankfurt.
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Elsewhere in the 2026/27 season, Guggeis makes his concert debuts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester. Further concert appearances include returns to the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre national de France, and Filarmonica della Scala. In opera, he returns to the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino for Wozzeck and to Teatro alla Scala for Don Giovanni before making his Bayreuth Festival debut with Tannhäuser in summer 2027.
Over the past seasons in Frankfurt, Guggeis has conducted critically acclaimed new productions of Lady Macbeth von Mzensk, Lulu, Macbeth, Parsifal, Der Rosenkavalier, Le Grand Macabre, Don Carlos, Le nozze di Figaro, Tannhäuser, Elektra, Così fan tutte, Boris Godunov and Turandot, as well as revivals of Peter Grimes and Tristan und Isolde. His recent work there has also included a series of Museumskonzerte featuring works by Richard Strauss, Shostakovich, Haydn, Beethoven, and Mahler.
His additional opera credits include Der fliegende Holländer at the Metropolitan Opera, Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Teatro alla Scala, Salome at the Bayerische Staatsoper, and numerous productions at the Wiener Staatsoper (Salome, La traviata, Ariadne auf Naxos, Falstaff, Die tote Stadt), the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Der Ring des Nibelungen, Káťa Kabanová, Don Giovanni, Elektra, Falstaff, Daphne, Salome, Samson et Dalila, La traviata, Der fliegende Holländer, Die Zauberflöte, Lohengrin, Ariadne auf Naxos, Hänsel und Gretel, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die Entführung aus dem Serail), and the Theater an der Wien (Peter Grimes, Oberon).
In concert, he has led the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Mozartwoche in Salzburg, Berliner Philharmoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Staatskapelle Dresden, Staatskapelle Berlin, Münchner Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre de Paris, Cleveland Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg, Orchestre national de France, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre national de Lyon, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, San Diego Symphony, SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Dresdner Philharmonie, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Orchestra della Toscana, Berner Symphonieorchester, Essener Philharmoniker, Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, and Boulez Ensemble Berlin, among others. His recent concert projects have also included Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium at the Isarphilharmonie München.
Earlier in his career, Guggeis was Staatskapellmeister at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and First Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Stuttgart. He studied conducting in Munich and Milan.
2026/27
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