Zsolt Hamar is from the 2012/2013 season General Music Director of the Hessisches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden. The Hungarian conductor made his debut on September 8th leading a new production of Aida.

In his first season Mr. Hamar will conduct another three opera premieres: Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti, Ariadne in Naxos by Richard Strauss and The Fall of Mahagony by Kurt Weill. He will also take over from the earlier repertoire Verdi's La Traviata and Wagner's Lohengrin,  and will conduct five concerts in the symphonic series presented by the orchestra of the Staatstheater.