We are delighted to welcome conductor Yves Abel to the Crescendi Artists roster!
Crescendi Artists will serve as the sole and exclusive manager for Maestro Abel in the Nordic countries (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland), and as non-exclusive manager in selected other territories, excluding Italy, Spain, and the USA.
Widely recognized as one of the world’s most versatile conductors, Yves Abel is equally at home in opera and symphonic repertoire, with a breadth that spans from the Baroque to contemporary music.
A regular guest with the world’s greatest orchestras and opera companies, Yves Abel has been the Principal Conductor of San Diego Opera since the 2020/21 season. In April 2025, General Director David Bennett announced the extension of Abel’s contract through 2032, news described as “as important as the operas for the upcoming season.”
Recent highlights include La traviata, Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, and Salome at the San Diego Opera; Carmen at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and at the Wiener Staatsoper; Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 with Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice; Norma and Roberto Devereux at Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla; Tosca in Hong Kong; Roméo et Juliette at the Savonlinna Opera Festival; Macbeth at the Seoul Arts Center; Otello at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; Lucrezia Borgia at Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Roméo et Juliette in San Francisco; and Samson et Dalila at Chorégies d’Orange.
Upcoming engagements include I pagliacci and Il barbiere di Siviglia in San Diego; Turandot at the Savonlinna Opera Festival; Roméo et Juliette at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto; Carmen at the Wiener Staatsoper; Dialogues des Carmélites at Teatro Regio di Torino (house debut in the 2025/26 season); La damnation de Faust at Opernhaus Zürich (house debut in the 2025/26 season); La fille du régiment at the Royal Ballet and Opera in London; Armida at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and a concert with Filarmonica Toscanini in Parma (featuring Ciardelli’s Brano inedito (5/10′) (new commission), Bruch’s Fantasia scozzese, op.46 and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, op. 36).
We look forward to this exciting collaboration and to supporting Maestro Abel’s remarkable international career.
