Toby Purser

Toby Purser, Conductor and Music director at the Vienna Opera Academy/Festival.

Music Director Toby Purser will conduct “Don Giovanni” by W. A. Mozart at the Musikverein in Summer 2024. Toby Purser’s combination of passion and intellect, structure and freedom, poetry and drama have earned him attention and praise from opera critics including The Times (“such musical energy”), The Telegraph (“galvanising”), and WhatsOnStage (“scintillating precision”). Newly appointed […]

Alessandro Pagliazzi

Alessandro Pagliazzi, conductor, music and Italian diction coach at the Vienna Opera Academy / Festival.

Maestro Pagliazzi will conduct  “An Eveving with VERDI” (La Traviata & Rigoletto) in Summer 2024 Maestro Alessandro Pagliazzi (conductor / pianist) was born in Florence, Italy as son of opera singer parents. His artistic career began at the “Nico Malan Opera Theatre” in Cape Town in “Carmen” and “Aida”. Since then, Alessandro Pagliazzi has directed […]

Daniel Hoyem-Cavazza

Daniel Hoyem-Cavazza, Conductor

Daniel Hoyem-Cavazza will conduct “Cosi fan tutte” by W. A. Mozart in Summer 2024 at the Musikverein. Vienna-based conductor and coach Daniel Hoyem-Cavazza was born in Kiel, Germany. His parents, internationally renowned soprano Maria de Francesca-Cavazza and well- known tenor and later on opera director Robert Hoyem instilled in him a deep appreciation for opera […]