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Constantin Trinks
Conductor
Upcoming projects with Constantin Trinks include his debut at the Hugarian State Opera with Parsifal and at the Teatro Carlo Felice Genova in Don Giovanni. He will return to the Vancouver Symphony and George Enescu Philharmonic orchestras as well as a new production Imperial Ball at both the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Theater an der Wien’s Johann Strauss Festival, and Lortzing’s Regina at Oper Leipzig.
His 2024/25 season included highlights as conducting Claus Guth’s production of Die Frau ohne Schatten, returning to Leipzig Opera for Siegfried, Deutsche Oper for Lohengrin and Sofia Opera for Tanhauser. Constantin Trinks conducted as well Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Munich Chamber Orchestra, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra with whom he also conducted a recording project of Wilhelm Petersen and The Bruckner Orchester Linz. As an extension of his operatic work, he conducted symphonic concerts with orchestras of Gothenburg Opera (Ravel Mother Goose, Strauss Till Eulenspiegel) and Teatro di San Carlo.
In 2026, Constantin also returns to Bayerische Staatsoper to conduct Don Giovanni, continuing his close relationship with the theatre which has seen him leading Fidelio, Die Fledermaus, Lohengrin, Parsifal, Les contes d’Hoffmann, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and Così fan tutte. He also conducted Arabella which toured to the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris.
In 2024, Constantin Trinks had a successful debut at Glyndebourne Festival, conducting André Barbe & Renaud Doucet’s production of Die Zauberflöte with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
He has also appeared at Royal Opera House London (Don Giovanni), Oper Köln (La bohème, Rusalka), Staatsoper Hannover (Tristan und Isolde, La Juive), Leipzig Oper (Lohengrin, La Traviata), Theater an der Wien (Fiery Angel, Euryanthe), Royal Swedish Opera (Die Walküre, Madama Butterfly), Norwegian Opera (La Traviata), Seattle Opera (The Turn of the Screw), Teatro dell’Opera di Roma (Die lustige Witwe), Teatro di San Carlo (Tristan und Isolde, Don Giovanni), Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Der fliegende Holländer), New National Theatre Tokyo (Le nozze di Figaro, Salome), Opernhaus Zürich (The Turn of the Screw), Opéra du Rhin Strasbourg (Salome), Opéra National de Paris (Die Zauberflöte).
Constantin Trinks award-winning discography includes the world premiere recording of Petersen 3 with Frankfurt Radio Symphony on Hänssler Profil label, which received an OPUS Klassik award for Symphonic Recording of the Year in 2023. His live recording of Rott 1 with Mozarteum Orchestra, also on Hänssler Profil, received an ECHO Klassik award in 2017. He has also recorded repertoire including the piano concertos of Beethoven, Brahms, Pfitzner and Braunfels, Mozart’s Symphonies 32 and 29, Weber’s Euryanthe and Weinberger’s Schwanda, der Dudelsackpfeifer with ensembles including Vienna Radio Symphony, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
Constantin Trinks studied conducting at the Conservatory of his hometown with Wolf-Dieter Hauschild and Kazushi Ono. He studied piano with Günter Reinhold. He joined the Saarländisches Staatstheater in 2002 as Kapellmeister, ascending within a few years into the position of interim Music Director (2006-2009). Between 2009-2012, Trinks was Music Director at the Staatstheater Darmstadt where his productions included not only his first critically acclaimed Der Ring des Nibelungen, but also Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Parsifal, Fidelio, Aida and the world premiere of Orff’s Gisei (available on DVD) in combination with De temporum fine comoedia.
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