“What am I doing this season? People ask me and I can’t remember. That’s how much stuff comes and goes every month.”
Nathan Brock is on a roll at the Hamburgische Staatsoper (Hamburg State Opera), where he has been Kapellmeister since 2015. The multilingual conductor (he speaks Spanish, French, German and Polish) attended the University of Toronto and later, Zurich University of the Arts. A protege of Kent Nagano, Brock has led a number of orchestras in France and Italy, and conducted at Komische Oper Berlin and Royal Swedish Opera, as well as the symphony orchestras of Toronto, Quebec, Edmonton, Nova Scotia, Victoria and Thunder Bay.
Balancing new productions and revivals, old works and new, dance and symphonic repertoire, is no small feat. “As a conductor, yes, it’s about focusing…