Nathalie Stutzmann in Atlanta

Nathalie Stutzmann is a French contralto and conductor, born in Suresnes in 1965. She is known for her interpretations and recordings of Bach, Handel and Schubert, including Schubert’s song cycles, while her conducting work encompasses symphonic music and opera. In 2009, she founded the chamber orchestra Orfeo 55 and led it in concerts and recordings of Baroque and Classical repertoire. She made her conducting debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2021 in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, then became music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 2022. Her 2023 Bayreuth Festival debut came with Wagner’s Tannhäuser.