Klaas-Jan de Groot is a Dutch conductor and chorus master. Since the beginning of the season 2022-2023 he is the chorus director of the Aalto-Theater in Essen. He regularly works with the Netherlands Radio Chorus (Groot Omroepkoor). He has been assistant chorus master at the Bayreuther Festspiele every year since 2018. Klaas-Jan de Groot has been assistant chorus master with Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam from 2016-2022. Besides assisting Ching-Lien Wu he also prepared the DNO chorus for several productions and projects. He conducted various concerts/performances with Opera Zuid as well as the Orchestra of the 18th Century. In May 2023 he started to work with the NDR Vokalensemble in Hamburg. From season 2025-2026 onwards he will be the new chorus director of Opernhaus Zürich.
Upcoming:
Aalto Theater Essen - Season 2023-2024
Chorus master for new productions of Macbeth, My fair lady, Geisterritter, Fausto and Wozzeck.
And revivals of Lucrezia Borgia, La Bohème, Tosca, Aida, Tristan & Isolde, Cosi fan tutte.
Nederlandse Reisopera
Conductor. Messiah - Handel, sing along event Consensus Vocalis - VU orkest
Christmas concert chorus of Aalto Theater Essen
Conductor. Various Christmas musicOpera chorus and Essener Philharmoniker
NDR Vokalensemble
Chorus master with NDR Vokalensemble. Orphée aux enfers - Offenbach. NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, conducted by Marc Minkowski.
Netherlands Radio Choir - Groot Omroepkoor
Chorus master Mass no. 3 in f minor `Great` - Bruckner Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sascha Goetzel.
Netherlands Radio Choir - Groot Omroepkoor
Chorus master La damnation de Faust - Berlioz Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karina Canellakis.