Asher Fisch
Conductor

A native of Jerusalem, Asher Fisch made his U.S. debut in 1995 conducting Wagner’s Fliegende Holländer at Los Angeles Opera, and has conducted many operas in the U.S., including Mozart’s Magic Flute, Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera, Verdi’s Macbeth at Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Janácek’s Kát’a Kabanová at Houston Grand Opera. Maestro Fisch made his Seattle Opera debut in 2003 with Wagner’s Parsifal, an opera he has also conducted at Vienna Staatsoper, Dresden’s Semperoper, and Berlin Staatsoper. In October 2007, Fisch was named Seattle Opera’s principal guest conductor, and most recently led Wagner’s Fliegende Holländer. He is the former music director of the New Israeli Opera. He has recently conducted Wagner’s Siegfried and Götterdämmerung and Verdi’s Falstaff at Dresden’s Semperoper. His recording of the entire Ring cycle with Melba Recordings has won prizes and critical acclaim. Fisch’s many European engagements include conducting for Teatro alla Scala, Bayerische Staatsoper, and Paris Opéra-Bastille. He has also conducted the Munich Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Dresden, Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, Orchestre National de France, Japan’s NHK Symphony, and such leading North American orchestras as Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. This year Maestro Fisch debuted with Berlin Philharmonic.