"Incisive... first rate... brilliant" - New York TImes
"His direction breathes theater... attentive to the singer, lively, aerial and sensual" - Le Monde de la Musique
A protégé of Maestro Lorin Maazel, Kynan Johns has conducted over 100 orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and Vienna Chamber Orchestra. He has worked at Covent Garden, conducted at La Scala, and worked with Maazel and Mehta for four seasons at the Palau de les Arts (Opera House) in Spain. In addition to complete Beethoven, Brahms, Strauss and Mahler cycles his opera credits include Don Giovanni, Madame Butterfly, Luisa Miller, Don Carlos, Turn of the Screw, La Boheme, Traviata, Faust, Adés's Powder Her Face & Offenbach's Perichole.
STATE OPERA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Gounod FAUST
Faust James Egglestone Mephistopheles Teddy Tahu Rhodes Marguerite Kate Ladner Wagner Joshua Rowe Valentin Michael Honeyman Siebel Cherie Boogaart Martha Desiree Frahn
STATE OPERA CHORUS & ADELAIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor Kynan Johns