Sergi Roca Bru
Conductor
Sergi Roca Bru
Conductor
With strong musical intuition and honest, authentic interpretations Sergi Roca Bru has made a name for himself as an emerging conductor. Those who know him, know an energetic and passionate artist with great capability to inspire his colleagues and move audiences.
News
Debut in Slovakia:
Nabucco in National Theater Košice
In September 2024 Roca Bru is taking over the acclaimed production of Verdi's first masterpiece in the slovak city of Košice, wich has been running since 2011. The National Theater celebrates this year its 100th anniversary.
Find information about the cast on the link below.
Nabucco and Tosca at Òpera Catalunya
With these two major masterpieces Roca Bru returns to Fundació Òpera a Catalunya conducting 19 performances in its 41st operatic season. The main roles being played by renowned singers such as Carmen Solís, Maribel Ortega, Luis Cansino, Enrique Ferrer and Alejandro Baliñas, both productions will tour around Catalonia, starting in Sabadell and performing in Barcelona at the Palau de la Música Catalana.
New Season at Landestheater Schleswig-Holstein
Season 2024/25 highlights as 1st resident conductor and substitute general music director at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater include:
Vorhang auf! - season opening gala
L'amour des trois oranges - opera by Sergei Prokofiev
The Sleeping Beauty - ballet by Emil Bruland on music by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
Hänsel und Gretel - opera by Engelbert Humperdink
Die Fledermaus - opereta by Johann Strauß
One touch of Venus - musical by Kurt Weill
Symphonic concert - pieces by Emilie Mayer, Giacomo Puccini, Florence Price and Ludwig van Beethoven
Mendelssohn's Italian symphony
In the last concert of the symphonic series of the Sinfonieorchester des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landestheater the program leads us to southern Europe with Geroges Bizet's L'arlésienne and Felix Mendelssohn's 4th symphony - italian.
Furthermore, tubas will be honoured as German instrument of the year with the Grand Concert 4 tubas, for tuba quartet and orchestra by the american composer John Stevens.
2nd Prize at the
Orvieto International Opera Conducting Competition "Luigi Mancinelli"
After three rounds rehearsing and conducting diverse scenes from Verdi's Un ballo in maschera with orchestra and soloists, the jury awarded Roca Bru with the 2nd prize exaequo and a special prize: an engagement at the opera Košice in Slovakia. The first prize was deserted. Nearly 50 conductors of all over the world participated at the 11th edition of the competition, that ended with a concert conducted by the finalists.
