General Music Director
Mittelsächsisches Theater Freiberg


Former Assistant Conductor
San Francisco Opera




CONTACT
Dacian Predan-Hallabrin
dacian@predan-hallabrin.com


REPRESENTATION
Eastern Europe & Italy

Mexican-born conductor José Luis Gutiérrez has served as General Music Director (GMD) at the Mittelsächsisches

Theater Freiberg since the 2025/26 season, after previously shaping the house’s musical profile as First Kapellmeister.

His repertoire spans from classical opera to modern symphonic works, with critics frequently highlighting his musical

versatility and collaborative leadership style.

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Recent and upcoming highlights include his debut with the Gürzenich Orchestra at the Cologne Opera conducting

Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, his debut with NDR Radio Philharmonic Hannover, as well as returns to the Deutsche Sta-

atsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and to the Lakes Area Music Festival in Minnesota.

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In Mexico, he will conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de las Artes as well as the Mexican National Orchestra. In

2027, he will serve as assistant conductor for the production of Tosca at the San Francisco Opera. He previously drew

significant attention in November 2024 with his debut at the Stuttgart State Opera, conducting Barrie Kosky’s legend-

ary production of The Magic Flute at the invitation of GMD Cornelius Meister.

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Gutiérrez was engaged by the San Francisco Opera in 2023, where he served as assistant to Sir Donald Runnicles and

Roberto Kalb during the company’s anniversary season, contributing to the world premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s

El último sueño de Frida y Diego and Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten.

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His extensive opera repertoire spans numerous productions, including Dido and Aeneas, Don Giovanni, The Magic

Flute, Fidelio, Der Waffenschmied, The Barber of Seville, Don Pasquale, Rigoletto, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Car-

men, Die Fledermaus, Pagliacci, Gianni Schicchi, Hänsel und Gretel, Frau ohne Schatten, Frau Luna, Cendrillon, The

Tsarevich, The Count of Luxembourg, The Csárdás Princess, Countess Maritza, La voix humaine, The Telephone, and

The Consul.

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In addition to his work in Freiberg, he has made guest appearances at theaters such as the Landestheater Coburg

and the Staatstheater Meiningen. He is also deeply committed to contemporary music, regularly collaborating with

ensembles like the Tiroler Ensemble für Neue Musik.

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José Luis Gutiérrez graduated with honors in conducting from the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium under Dorian Keil-

hack and is currently pursuing his Master’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg.

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He received further artistic guidance through the Carlos Miguel Prieto Conducting Program at the OAcademy and in

masterclasses with Kenneth Kiesler. His musical roots lie