Patrick Francis Chestnut
Conductor & Deputy Choral Director
Born in California, pianist and conductor Patrick Francis Chestnut studied piano, cello and jazz at Indiana University in Bloomington and attended various master classes. He worked as a conductor with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, was assistant conductor at the Western Opera Theater San Francisco and conductor in residence at the Opera Camerata in Pittsburgh. After an engagement in the opera studio of the San Francisco Opera and a stay in Perugia (Italy), he moved to Bremerhaven as a repetiteur with conducting duties in 1993 and was repetiteur and Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Saarbrücken from 1994 to 1997. This was followed by engagements in Koblenz, Mainz and Detmold and freelance work as a conductor and pianist. In 2008 Patrick Francis Chestnut was engaged as a repetiteur at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, since the 2018/19 season he has been deputy choral director. Here he has conducted "The Magic Flute" (Mozart), "Rigoletto" (Verdi), "L'elisir d'amore" (Donizetti), "Puss in Boots" (Montsalvatge), "The Csárdás Princess" and "The Circus Princess" (Kálmán), as well as "Trouble in Tahiti" (Bernstein), "Der Graf von Luxemburg" (Lehár), "Hänsel und Gretel" (Humperdinck), "Gulliver's Travels" (Resch), "Geisterritter" (Reynolds), "Die Fledermaus" (J. Strauss) as well as the ballet evenings b.24 and b.25 "Il barbiere di Siviglia" (Rossini), "Lucia di Lammermoor" (Donizetti), Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld" and Verdi's "La traviata". In the 2023/24 season Patrick Francis Chestnut will take over the musical direction of "Comedian Harmonists - Best of", "Orpheus in the Underworld" and Ronchetti's "The Flying Classroom" as well as the choral direction of Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman", Bock's "Anatevka", "La traviata", Bellini's "I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Romeo and Juliet)", Rossini's "La Cenerentola", Eggert's "Iwein Löwenritter", "Il barbiere di Siviglia" and Puccini's "Madama Butterfly".
Tue 10.06.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf – Foyer
18:00 - 18:45
Opera Workshop Opera
Sun 15.06.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Premiere Opera
Wed 18.06.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Circle of Friends-Premiere Opera
Sat 21.06.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Afterwards: Nachgefragt
Sun 29.06.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Opera
Tue 01.07.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Fri 04.07.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Tue 08.07.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Fri 11.07.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
For the last time this season Opera
Fri 02.05.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Premiere Opera
Sat 10.05.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Sun 18.05.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 17:30
Opera
Fri 27.06.2025
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:00
Premiere Opera
Sun 06.07.2025
Theater Duisburg
18:30 - 21:00
For the last time this season Opera
Thu 30.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Revival Opera
Sun 02.02.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Opera
Sun 09.02.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Opera
Sat 15.02.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Sun 23.02.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Opera
Wed 19.03.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Fri 28.03.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
For the last time this season Opera
Thu 16.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Revival Opera
Sat 18.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Sat 25.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Fri 31.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Sun 16.02.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 17:30
Opera
Thu 20.02.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Thu 27.02.2025
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:00
Revival Opera
Fri 07.03.2025
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Thu 17.04.2025
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:00
For the last time this season Opera
Thu 05.12.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Revival Opera
Fri 20.12.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Sat 28.12.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Sat 11.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Fri 17.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
For the last time this season Opera
Fri 20.09.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Revival Opera
Sun 22.09.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:15
Opera
Fri 27.09.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Opera
Sat 05.10.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Opera
Sat 02.11.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Opera
Thu 07.11.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
Opera
Sat 23.11.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:00 - 20:45
Opera
Wed 11.12.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:15
For the last time this season Opera
Sun 16.06.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 20:45
Premiere Opera
Fri 21.06.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:45
Circle of Friends-Premiere Opera
Sun 23.06.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 17:15
Family card Opera
Sat 29.06.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:45
Opera
Wed 03.07.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:45
Opera
Sat 06.07.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:45
For the last time this season Opera
Thu 23.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:45
Revival Opera
Sun 26.01.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 17:15
Opera
Sat 01.02.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:45
Opera
Sat 01.03.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:45
Opera
Sun 16.03.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 20:45
Opera
Sat 05.04.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:45
For the last time this season Opera
Fri 24.05.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 20:45
Revival Opera, Concert
Sun 23.06.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
20:00 - 21:15
Opera, Concert
Thu 04.07.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 20:45
For the last time this season, Family card Opera, Concert
Sat 18.05.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Premiere Opera
Sun 26.05.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Circle of Friends-Premiere Opera
Wed 29.05.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Fri 31.05.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Sun 02.06.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 18:00
Opera
Sat 08.06.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Sat 15.06.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Pay what you want! Opera
Tue 18.06.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Sat 22.06.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Sun 30.06.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Opera
Tue 02.07.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
For the last time this season Opera
Mon 14.10.2024
Theater Duisburg – Opernfoyer
18:00 - 18:45
Opera Workshop Opera
Fri 18.10.2024
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:30
Premiere Opera
Sun 27.10.2024
Theater Duisburg
18:30 - 21:30
Opera
Thu 31.10.2024
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Sat 09.11.2024
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:30
Opera
Sun 24.11.2024
Theater Duisburg
15:00 - 18:00
Opera
Afterwards: Nachgefragt
Sun 01.12.2024
Theater Duisburg
18:30 - 21:30
For the last time this season Opera
Fri 07.06.2024
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Thu 20.06.2024
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:00
Revival Opera
Wed 26.06.2024
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Fri 28.06.2024
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:00
For the last time this season Opera
Fri 25.10.2024
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:00
Revival Opera
Sun 03.11.2024
Theater Duisburg
18:30 - 21:00
Opera
Thu 21.11.2024
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Fri 29.11.2024
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Thu 26.12.2024
Theater Duisburg
18:30 - 21:00
Opera
Sun 19.01.2025
Theater Duisburg
18:30 - 21:00
Opera
Fri 28.02.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Revival Opera
Sun 02.03.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 17:30
Opera
Sun 09.03.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:00
Opera
Fri 14.03.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Sun 06.04.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:00
Opera
Tue 15.04.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
Opera
Mon 21.04.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:00
Opera
Fri 25.04.2025
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:00
For the last time this season Opera