Manuel Pujol
Chorus Master
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Manuel Pujol, who made his debut at Oper Frankfurt in 2024 working on the new production of Macbeth, takes up the post of Chorus Master at Oper Frankfurt in April 2026, working on the new productions of Turandot and Rossini's Tancredi. He held the same post with the State Opera Chorus in Stuttgart from 2018/19 until March 2026, during which time the Chorus was voted »Chorus of the Year« in 2019 and 2020 by critics from Opernwelt magazine. His many productions in Stuttgart included Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Parsifal, Otello, world premieres including Der rote Wal / The Red Whale and experimental productions such as Florentina Holzinger's SANCTA and La Fest, a baroque evening. Before going to Stuttgart he was Chorus Master and Kapellmeister in Dortmund and Görlitz, leading productions of La bohème, Nabucco and Die Zauberflöte, amongst others. Manuel Pujol received a scholarship from Germany's Dirigentenforum from 2010-2014 and won the 1st German Chorus Master Prize in 2014. During this time he also appeared in concert with the RIAS Chamber Chorus, and the NDR and MDR in Leipzig's radio choruses.