Bertrand de Billy (born Paris, 11 January 1965) He attended a Jesuit school but only started serious musical studies when he was around 14-15; he studied piano and violin.
Bertrand de Billy French conductor born 1965
After his career as an instrumental musician, de Billy began his conducting career in Paris. He later moved to Germany and built up his career as an opera conductor. His professional operatic conducting debut was for La Traviata in Oviedo, Spain in 1991, replacing a conductor at short notice. He was the general music director at the Anhaltisches Theater in Dessau from 1993 to 1995. At the Vienna Volksoper he held the post of first conductor from 1996 to 1998. From 1999 to 2004, de Billy was Chief Conductor of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, after the reopening of the theatre.
de Billy conducts mostly from memory, although he usually has the score in front of him in case problems occur; at the Volksoper he was phoned at the podium during the 8th scene of La Périchole to be informed that scene 9 would be cut. He prefers the smaller opera theatres (Theater an der Wien, Châtelet, Garnier), where more intimacy can be found with the audience.
Since 2002, de Billy has served as chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO Wien). His performances with the orchestra have included opera productions at the Festival OsterKlang and at the Sommerfestival Klangbogen. His recordings with the RSO Wien have included Eugen d’Albert’s Tiefland. de Billy has had disputes with management over funding and the continuing status of the orchestra. He is scheduled to step down from this post in 2010. In January 2009, the RSO Wien announced the appointment of Cornelius Meister as its seventh chief conductor, effective with the 2010-2011 season.
Bertrand de Billy is Member of the Board of the Vienna based European Academy of Music Theatre. His discography includes the Mozart / Da Ponte operas, Beethoven Symphonies 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, Schubert Symphony No 9, Dvořák Symphony no 9 and complete operas by Gounod (Faust), Dukas (Ariane et Barbe-bleue) and Verdi (Don Carlos), and on DVD Massenet’s Cendrillon, Puccini’s La boheme and Thomas’ Hamlet.
Metropolitan Opera
| [Met Performance] CID:330528 Roméo et Juliette {294} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/1998 Debuts: Alfred Walker, Bertrand de Billy |
| [Met Performance] CID:330540 Roméo et Juliette {295} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/20/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330552 Roméo et Juliette {296} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/24/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330564 Opera News Roméo et Juliette {297} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/1998 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:330576 Roméo et Juliette {298} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/1/1998 Debut: Maureen O’Flynn |
| [Met Performance] CID:330588 Roméo et Juliette {299} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/4/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:330597 Roméo et Juliette {300} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/8/1998 Debut: William Stone |
| [Met Performance] CID:333087 Carmen {884} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/23/2000 Debuts: Jossie Pérez, Troy Cook |
| [Met Performance] CID:333096 Carmen {885} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/26/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333114 Carmen {886} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/31/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333129 Carmen {887} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/4/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333138 Carmen {888} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/8/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333147 Carmen {889} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/11/2000 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333345 Carmen {890} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/2001 Debuts: Janice Watson, Franck Ferrari, Valerian Ruminski |
| [Met Performance] CID:333357 Carmen {891} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/20/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333369 Carmen {892} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/24/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333381 Carmen {893} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/27/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333393 Carmen {894} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/31/2001 |
| [Met Performance] CID:333402 Carmen {895} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/3/2001 Broadcast |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:350387 Pension Fund Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 03/24/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350545 La Traviata {877} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/25/2003 Debuts: Lado Ataneli, Edyta Kulczak |
| [Met Performance] CID:350555 La Traviata {878} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/28/2003 |
[Met Performance] CID:328060  Faust {707} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/03/2003 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:350562 La Traviata {879} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/05/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350568 Faust {708} Metropolitan Opera House; 3/07/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350586 La Traviata {880} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/08/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350570 La Traviata {881} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350588 Faust {709} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/13/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350596 La Traviata {882} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/15/2003 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350614 Faust {710} Metropolitan Opera House; 3/18/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350605 Faust {711} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/21/2003 Debut: Marcus Haddock |
| [Met Performance] CID:350618 Faust {712} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/25/2003 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350626 Faust {713} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/29/2003 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351125 Turandot {246} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/03/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351129 Turandot {247} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/07/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351137 Turandot {248} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/26/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351140 Turandot {249} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/29/2005 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351143 Turandot {250} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/01/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351147 Turandot {251} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/05/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351155 Turandot {252} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/11/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351162 Turandot {253} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/17/2005 |
[Met Performance] CID:351166  Samson et Dalila {210} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351168 Turandot {254} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/22/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351172 Samson et Dalila {211} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/24/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351173 Turandot {255} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/25/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351176 Turandot {256} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/28/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351178 Samson et Dalila {212} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/01/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351183 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Samson et Dalila {213} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/05/2005 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351191 Samson et Dalila {214} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351196 Samson et Dalila {215} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/2005 Debut: Malgorzata Walewska |
| [Met Performance] CID:351202 Samson et Dalila {216} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/19/2005 |
[Met Performance] CID:351350   New Production Roméo et Juliette {301} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/14/2005 Debuts: Guy Joosten, Johannes Leiacker, Jorge Jara, David Cunningham, Seán Curran, Stéphane Degout, David Won Review |
[Met Performance] CID:351353  Roméo et Juliette {302} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/17/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351357 Roméo et Juliette {303} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/21/2005 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:351360 Roméo et Juliette {304} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/25/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351364 Roméo et Juliette {305} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/28/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351367 Roméo et Juliette {306} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/01/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351438 Roméo et Juliette {307} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351443 Roméo et Juliette {308} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/25/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351446 Roméo et Juliette {309} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/01/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351449 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Roméo et Juliette {310} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/04/2006 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351454 Roméo et Juliette {311} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/09/2006 |
[Met Performance] CID:351556  La Gioconda {275} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/26/2006 Debuts: Christopher Wheeldon, Holly Hynes, Zeljko Lucic, Ricardo Lugo, Letizia Giuliani, Angel Corella, Christian Jeong |
| [Met Performance] CID:351559 La Gioconda {276} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/30/2006 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:351561  Faust {723} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/03/2006 Debuts: Tommi Hakala, Karine Deshayes Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351563 La Gioconda {277} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/04/2006 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351565 Faust {724} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/06/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351587 La Gioconda {278} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/07/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351580 La Gioconda {279} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/2006 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351590 Faust {725} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/12/2006 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351567 La Gioconda {280} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/14/2006 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351581 Faust {726} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/16/2006 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351596 La Gioconda {281} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/18/2006 Debut: Danny Tidwell Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351598 Faust {727} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/19/2006 Debut: Darina Takova |
| [Met Performance] CID:351602 La Gioconda {282} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/21/2006 |
[Met Concert/Gala] CID:351955  Anna & Rolando Celebrate the Met Metropolitan Opera House; 04/03/2007 Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356929 Luisa Miller {87} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/29/2018 Debut: Alexander Vinogradov Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356933 Luisa Miller {88} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/02/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356939 Luisa Miller {89} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/06/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356942 Luisa Miller {90} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/09/2018 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356946 Metropolitan Opera Premiere Cendrillon {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/12/2018 Debuts: David Leigh, Petr Nekoranec, Lianne Coble-Dispensa, Sara Heaton, Christina Thomson Anderson, Rosalie Sullivan, Barbara de Limburg Broadcast/Streamed |
[Met Performance] CID:356947  Luisa Miller {91} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/2018 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356952 Cendrillon {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/2018 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356954 Luisa Miller {92} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/18/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356957 Cendrillon {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/20/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356958 Luisa Miller {93} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356959 Tosca {960} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356961 Cendrillon {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/24/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356963 Tosca {961} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/26/2018 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:356965 Cendrillon {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/28/2018 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:356967 National Council Grand Finals Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 04/29/2018 Taped for future Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356968 Tosca {962} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/30/2018 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:356973 Cendrillon {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/03/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356975 Tosca {963} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/04/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356978 Cendrillon {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356979 Tosca {964} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/08/2018 Debut: Najmiddin Mavlyanov |
| [Met Performance] CID:356983 Cendrillon {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/11/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:356985 Tosca {965} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/12/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357063 Il Trittico {75} Il Tabarro {81} Suor Angelica {75} Gianni Schicchi {139} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/23/2018 Debuts:Brian Michael Moore, YI Li, Jessica Faselt, Sharon Azrieli, Leah Hawkins, Kristina Mkhitaryan Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:357064 Il Trittico {76} Il Tabarro {82} Suor Angelica {76} Gianni Schicchi {140} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/26/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357068 Il Trittico {77} Il Tabarro {83} Suor Angelica {77} Gianni Schicchi {141} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/30/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357073 Il Trittico {78} Il Tabarro {84} Suor Angelica {78} Gianni Schicchi {142} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/05/2018 |
| [Met Performance] CID:357076 Il Trittico {79} Il Tabarro {85} Suor Angelica {79} Gianni Schicchi {143} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/08/2018 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:357081 Il Trittico {80} Il Tabarro {86} Suor Angelica {80} Gianni Schicchi {144} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/12/2018 Debut: Elena Stikhina |
| [Met Performance] CID:357085 Il Trittico {81} Il Tabarro {87} Suor Angelica {81} Gianni Schicchi {145} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/15/2018 Debut: Sharmay Musacchio |
| [Met Performance] CID:357431 La Traviata {1035} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/26/2020 Debut: Barton Cowperthwaite |
| [Met Performance] CID:357434 La Traviata {1036} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/29/2020 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:357435 National Council Grand Finals Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 03/01/20 Winners Gabrielle Beteag, Blake Denson, Jonah Hoskins, Alexandra Shiner, Denis Vélez, Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:357439 La Traviata {1037} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/05/2020 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:357443 La Traviata {1038} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/09/2020 |
