Hilary Griffiths
Hilary Griffiths is a British conductor based in Germany. He has served as chief conductor of the Theater Oberhausen, the Theater Regensburg, the Eutiner Festspiele, the State Opera Prague, and the Wuppertal Opera.
He has performed world premieres of contemporary operatic works by Salvatore Sciarrino and Thea Musgrave. Hilary Griffiths is notable for his preference to conduct operas entirely from memory, as "it allows one to concentrate better on the orchestra and the stage".
As an opera instructor, Griffiths has taught and conducted student productions at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Mannheim, the University of Music and performing arts Graz (2022), and the University of Georgia (2025).
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