​2026/27 Season

 

John begins the 2026/27 season as 1. Kapellmeister at Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen. His first season at the house ranges from Berg and Mozart to Prokofiev and Hans Thomalla’s Dark Fall. He also returns to Oxford Opera for Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.

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Further engagements will be added as they are announced.

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For guest conducting enquiries and future availability, please contact Peter Hall at Musichall.

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Wozzeck

Alban Berg
Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen
John’s first production as 1. Kapellmeister

2026: 27 September, 6pm; 4 October, 4pm; 11 October, 6pm; 31 October, 7pm; 13 November, 7pm; 13 December, 6pm; 30 December, 7pm
2027: 17 January, 4pm; 25 February, 7pm

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The Marriage of Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oxford Opera, Oxford Playhouse
A new production directed by Katie Blackwell and conducted by John Warner; sung in English in a new translation by George Robarts

9 October 2026, 7.30pm
10 October 2026, 2.30pm, family matinee
10 October 2026, 7.30pm

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La clemenza di Tito

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen

2027: 5 February, 7pm; 14 February, 4pm; 21 February, 6pm; 24 February, 7pm; 11 March, 7pm; 20 March, 7pm; 23 April, 7pm; 9 May, 6pm; 3 July, 7pm

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Dark Fall

Hans Thomalla
Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen

2027: 9 April, 7pm; 16 April, 7pm; 25 April, 6pm; 14 May, 7pm; 16 July, 7pm

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The Love for Three Oranges

Sergei Prokofiev
Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen

2027: 5 June, 7pm; 13 June, 6pm; 27 June, 6pm; 9 July, 7pm; 15 July, 7pm; 18 July, 4pm

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Selected Past Engagements

 

2025/26​

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31 October 2025
Athens State Orchestra, Megaron Athens Concert Hall
Roman Simović, violin
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 5

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9 November 2025

Berliner Symphoniker, Berliner Philharmonie
Michał Balas, cello
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Ravel: Kaddish
Brahms: Symphony No. 3

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19 and 20 December 2025

Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Philharmonie Luxembourg
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

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28 December 2025

Berliner Symphoniker, Konzerthaus Berlin
Shiran Wang, piano
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 3

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18 January 2026
Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen
Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer

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1 march 2026

Oxford Opera, Sheldonian Theatre Oxford

Opera Gala

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21 march 2026

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Het Concertgebouw

Britten: Peter Grimes

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27 march 2026

Orchestra for the Earth, Central Saint Martin's

Tony Hawks, narrator

Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale

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22–26 June 2026

Orchestra for the Earth, European tour

Zhenlan Li: Eat your rage (world premiere)

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

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12 July 2026

Orchestra for the Earth, Regent's Park Music Festival

Lana Trotovsek, violin

Gabriella Noble, mezzo-soprano

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Dvořák: Gypsy Songs (including Songs My Mother Taught Me)
de Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas​

 

2024/25​

 

23 February 2025

Orchestra for the Earth, Royal Opera House
Family concert featuring music by Mahler, Grieg and Mozart

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22 March 2025

Orchestra for the Earth, St Giles’ Church, Camberwell
Ellen Pearson, mezzo soprano
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder and the Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Richard Strauss: finale from Eine Alpensinfonie

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28 and 29 March 2025

Oxford Opera, Oxford Playhouse
Puccini: Tosca

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5 April 2025

Franz Schubert Filharmonia, Dubai Opera
Roman Kim, violin
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Shor: Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica

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17 May 2025

New European Ensemble, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Het Concertgebouw Mahler Festival
Keren Motseri, soprano
Sebastian Black: The Mosaique of the Aire, world premiere
Mahler: Symphony No. 4

 

20 June 2025

Orchestra for the Earth, Mahler Festival, Steinbach am Attersee
Gloria Mojica, mezzo soprano
Nina Šenk: Shadows of Stillness
Schumann: Sechs Gedichte und Requiem
Mahler: Symphony No. 4

 

28 June 2025

Orchestra for the Earth, Stroom Festival, Belgium
Gloria Mojica, mezzo soprano
Nina Šenk: Shadows of Stillness
Schumann: Sechs Gedichte und Requiem
Mahler: Symphony No. 4

 

4 July 2025

Orchestra for the Earth, Harrogate Music Festival
Lana Trotovšek, violin
Music by Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Respighi, Vaughan Williams and Debussy

 

27 July 2025

Orchestra for the Earth, Regent’s Park Music Festival
Lana Trotovšek, violin
Music by Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Respighi, Vaughan Williams and Debussy

 

31 July 2025

Orchestra for the Earth, Regent’s Park Music Festival

 

2023/24

 

July 2024

Orchestra for the Earth, European tour
Gloria Mojica, mezzo soprano
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Richard Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

 

June 2024

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Les Arts
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a
Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring
Martinů: Jazz Suite

 

March 2024

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Het Concertgebouw
Assistant conductor to Karina Canellakis
Janáček: The Makropulos Case

 

February 2024

Berliner Symphoniker, Dubai Opera
James Ehnes, violin
Shor: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

 

November 2023

Orchestra del Teatro Goldoni, Teatro Goldoni di Livorno
Camille Thomas, cello
Shor: Cello Concerto
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

 

October 2023

Beijing Music Festival
Conductor in Residence for four concerts, featuring four world premieres, five Chinese premieres and three Mahler symphonies

 

September 2023

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall

Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
Shor: Piano Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov: music from Mlada

 

July 2023

Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Assistant conductor to Robin Ticciati
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites

 

April 2023

Slovak State Philharmonic, national tour
Jonathan Swensen, cello
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Moyzes: Symphony No. 8