Hänsel und Gretel
Royal Academy of Music
"Johann Stuckenbruck's conducting, impressively, seemed very much of a piece with the seriousness of the production... the greater freedom to which the third act proceeded further signalled a musicodramatic strategy."
Mark Berry, 2024
Don Pasquale
Glyndebourne
"The orchestra, conducted by Johann Stuckenbruck, were lively and high-spirited in their embracement of the piece... it was as if they were another player on the stage."
Mark Davoren, 2021
La cambiale di matrimonio
Royal Academy of Music
"The score and orchestra sprang and sparkled in true Rossinian style under the baton of Johann Stuckenbruck."
Opera Magazine, 2023
Biography
Music Director of l’Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, British-American conductor Johann Stuckenbruck is a rising star on the podium known for his technical excellence, versatility, and musical vision.
With his nomination as Music Director of l’Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (OSSLSJ), Stuckenbruck will begin his tenure in the 2025-26 season as the third Music Director in the
orchestra’s history. Among his engagements with OSSLSJ, Johann will make guest appearances this coming season at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, the Opéra National de Paris, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Siletz Bay Music Festival, and the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra.
Previous seasons in the opera house have included multiple appearances at Glyndebourne. In the 2021-22 Season, Stuckenbruck conducted the world premiere of Glyndebourne’s award-winning commission Pay the Piper and conducted Don Pasquale on the Glyndebourne tour. He has also assisted Glyndebourne music director Robin Ticciati on festival productions of Kát’a Kabanová and The Wreckers, including the subsequent performance at the BBC Proms. Stuckenbruck has also worked at Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Opera North, Opera de Tenerife, the Royal Academy of Music, and gave a critically acclaimed performance of Kurt Weill’s rare opera The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken at the Bloomsbury Theatre.
In the concert hall, Stuckenbruck has appeared regularly with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the San Diego Symphony, and the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra. Stuckenbruck has also conducted the Orchestre National de Bretagne, the Hallé, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears, the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, Salomon Orchestra, Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté.
Stuckenbruck has given numerous world premieres, including operas by Lewis Murphy, Joana Lee, Cecilia Livingston, Anna Appleby, Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, and Ailie Robertson, and has collaborated on symphonic works with Ian Cusson, Ana Sokolovic, Maxime Goulet, Julien Bilodeau, Carlos Simon, Nancy Ives, and Samy Moussa.
Stuckenbruck graduated with distinction in Orchestral Conducting from the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Sian Edwards and participated in masterclasses with visiting conductors Martyn Brabbins and Mark Stringer. Abroad, he received mentorship from Daniele Gatti, Marin Alsop, Giancarlo Guerrero, Arvo Volmer, and Neil Thompson. Upon graduation, Stuckenbruck went on to assist Sir Mark Elder, Rafael Payare, Robin Ticciati, Speranza Scappucci, and Bernard Labadie in both opera and concert. In 2023, Stuckenbruck was conferred with an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) for his significant contributions to the musical landscape.
The Tsar Has His Picture Taken
Bloomsbury Theatre
"Johann Stuckenbruck directs his large, virtuoso orchestra with inspirational drive, maintaining strict, rhythmic unanimity between stage and pit."
Opera Magazine, 2019
Fauré/Bruch/Poulenc
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra
"Stuckenbruck showed tremendous ability with the orchestra and paid close attention to the needs of the soloist too, resulting in a thrilling performance."
Herts Advertiser, 2022
Hänsel und Gretel
Royal Academy of Music
"We hear every note and nuance of Humperdinck's colourful score, played impressively by the Royal Academy Sinfonia... Johann Stuckenbruck balances all these elements impeccably."
Susan Elkin, 2024
