“Electrifying with total attention to detail”

Seattle Opera

Evan Rogister is Principal Conductor of Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra. A dual citizen of the United States and Germany, Rogister enjoys meaningful artistic partnerships on both sides of the Atlantic.

In the summer of 2023 Rogister makes his Glyndebourne Festival debut, conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, directed by Mariame Clément.

Additional highlights of the 22/23 season include Rogister’s debut at the Dresden Semperoper, leading Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, and a new production of Richard Strauss’s Elektra at the Kennedy Center. Committed to fostering new work, Rogister leads performances of WNO’s American Opera Initiative in 2023, featuring three premieres by emerging composers and librettists. Next season he conducts the revival of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones at the Metropolitan Opera.

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