Dan Ettinger has been appointed the new music director of the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra. Not bad for someone who started as a baritone, in his native Israel. In fact, it puts the extremely talented Ettinger in the really rather tiny sub-category of conductors who have also had careers as singers. Actually, I can only think of a few others--the English bass Matthew Best, Plácido Domingo of course, his fellow tenor José Cura and, err, there must be others...Sherrill Milnes conducted once or twice (there was that "Milnes-conducts-Domingo, Domingo-conducts-Milnes" LP).
Anyway, back to the subject in hand. Ettinger is one of the most talented and in-demand Israeli conductors. With the Stuttgart Phil now on his CV, he's also going to be a busy chap. Stuttgart will be added to his directorships of the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Israel Symphony Orchestra and the National Theater Mannheim. Add to all of which a busy guest conducting career, that takes him from the Met to Covent Garden.
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