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Nicholas Carter

Conductor
General Music Director Designate, Staatsoper Stuttgart & Staatsorchester Stuttgart

  • Nicholas Carter, the newly appointed Music Director of the Staatsoper and Staatsorchester Stuttgart from the 2026/27 season, has emerged as one of the most riveting opera conductors, acclaimed for his arresting presence in the pit. His distinguished artistic versatility has earned him a reputation as a perceptive interpreter of opera, ranging from Mozart, Verdi, Wagner and Strauss to Russian and French repertoire, encompassing as far as music dramas of Britten and contemporary composers such as Brett Dean. Equally sought-after in the concert hall, Carter conducts wide breadth of symphonic repertoire and maintains regular collaborations with leading international orchestras.

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  • He opens the 2025/2026 season with his return to The Metropolitan Opera to conduct Strauss’ Arabella, followed by debuts with Semperoper Dresden in two titles, Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Verdi’s La Traviata, as well as with Bayerische Staatsoper for Donizetti’s L'elisir d'amore. Carter concludes the season with his return to the Glyndebourne Festival for Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten. In previous seasons, he has worked with the Wiener Staatsoper, Oper Zürich, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Oper Köln, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and Santa Fe Opera.  


    Alongside regular collaborations with Australia's leading symphony orchestras, Carter's recent and forthcoming symphonic highlights include debuts with the Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Brucknerorchester Linz, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Orchestre Métropolitain, Seoul Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic, to name just a few. 


    Carter previously held positions as Kapellmeister at both the Staatsoper Hamburg and Deutsche Oper Berlin and served as the Principal Conductor at the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra from 2016 to 2019, the Chief Conductor at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt and the Kärntner Sinfonieorchester from 2018 to 2021, and most recently Chief Conductor and Co-Operndirektor at Bühnen Bern from 2021 to 2025.

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'Nicholas Carter, who also made his Met debut conducting “Hamlet,” here led “Grimes” with drive, precision and a painterliness that lends the work the cohesive shape of a tone poem.'

The New York Times

'The orchestral music is tense and exciting under Nicholas Carter’s baton, reflecting the emotional turbulence onstage in a propulsive, effervescent stream with only occasional reflective pauses.'

Bachtrack

'Carter, who had been so impressive in illuminating the intricate complexities of Dean’s Hamlet, again drew magnificent playing from the Met orchestra, especially in the four glorious Sea Interludes. Also thrilling was the tautly crisp touch he brought to the ear-scorching ensembles in which the villagers rage against Grimes.'

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Intermusica represents Nicholas Carter worldwide.

Dennis Gerlach
Director, Berlin
+44 20 7608 9919
dgerlach@intermusica.com

Hazel Park
Associate Artist Manager
+44 20 7608 9948
hpark@intermusica.com

All artists

Contralto

Avery Amereau

Actor / Narrator

Amira Casar

Chansonnier

HK Gruber

Harpsichord

Richard Egarr

Piano accompanist

Roger Vignoles