David Wroe
Music Director/Conductor
New Jersey Festival Orchestra

NEW YORK TIMES  - Tommasini

LA FARSA AMOROSA;  Lincoln Center, New York.

… ….But the star of this show was the conductor, David Wroe, who led a performance of bristling energy and sharp detail.

ANACLASSE (FRANCE)

David Wroe conducts l’Orchestre Symphonique de l’Opéra de Toulon with Gautier Capuçon

….Led by guest conductor David Wroe, the orchestra was full of energy, but also with finesse….David Wroe and the Orchestra left a stunning impression that blossomed in the fabulous Larghetto, endowing it with an impressive power…yet respectful of the Enlightenment model…the little Gavotte that made you smile delighing the hearts of every one there…..

GRAMOPHONE  Jeremy Nicholas

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Suite, Concerto in F.

L’Orchestre National de Lille/David Wroe  Bruno Fontaine, piano.

TransArt  label. (DDD)

….In the Porgy and Bess Suite they [David Wroe/L’Orchestre National de Lille] came into their own with an idiomatic, well recorded performance worthy of the composer.

NEW YORK TIMES - Steve Smith

An unfamiliar rescue tale from a familiar composer

….Teatro Grattacielo celebrated its 15th anniversary at Avery Fisher Hall…with Il Piccolo Marat, Mascagni’s 14th opera, heard in its United State Premiere. ….The strongest impression was made by David Wroe, who drew an urgent, polished performance from the orchestra.

OPERA NEWS  Eric Myers

L’Incantessimo and L’Oracolo – Avery Fisher Hall

What a difference the right conductor can make. Most of us who only knew Leoni’s verismo one-act shocker from Richard Bonynges’ 1975 Decca recording had been disappointed by the work. It seemed like a lackluster affair….That was proven November 13th when David Wroe conducted a fiery concert at Avery Fisher Hall….that forced one to make a complete reevaluation. L’Oracolo is no masterpiece, but in the right hands it can be an effective, atmospheric thriller with moments that anticipate Turandot.

BERKSHIRE EAGLE Andrew Pincus.

Tanglewood triumphs – Wroe, Yo Yo Ma highlight banner weekend.

[with the Boston Symphony Orchestra]…. The performance put new life into an old workhorse. In both the symphony [Dvorak 9th] and Barber’s “School for Scandal” Overture, which opened the program, Wroe was a passionate, imaginative advocate….  Ideas can change, the talent is there.”

ALBANY TIMES  Peter Haley.

Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor, soloist delight thousands at Tanglewood.

Maestro Wroe, the assistant conductor of the BSO , has clear-cut ideas of what he wants. A finely tuned conducting style, imbued with electrifying energy, creates an aura of absolute security. There are no loose ends.  Wroe details every nuance, managed to avoid being overly fussy. The results were stunning…. The BSO was nothing short of stupendous as they responded to Wroe’s demands of highly accelerated tempi, relaxing just enough between rushes, to create a feeling of breathless grandeur.

Mr. Wroe is Music Director of the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, and Principal Conductor at Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice. From 2000-2014 he was a Principal Conductor with New York City Opera,  and from 1993-5 Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Orchestras conducted include Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, L’Opera de Toulon, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, L’Orchestre National de Lille, L’Ensemble de Paris Opera de Toulon, L’Orchestre National des Pay de La Loire,  Neue Brandenberg, Nova Scotia, Jerusalem, L’Orchestre Lamoureux with cellist Mstislav Rostropovitch, New Jersey, Kansas City, Harrisburg, Huntsville, Delaware and De Moines Symphonies, New York City Ballet,  Das Loh-Orchester Sondershausen, and numerous tours of Austria with Vorarlberg Symphony and at the Bregenz Frühlings Festival.

Preferred in Asia, Mr. Wroe conducted the Taiwan National Symphony, Pusan and Daegu  Philharmonic, Macau, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guiyang, Hangzhou and Taipei Symphony Orchestras.

Maestro Wroe has recorded with L’Orchestre National de Lille and broadcast recordings throughout Central Europe with the Austrian Broadcasting Authority (ORF), with the Vorarlberg Symphony.

He served as Resident Conductor at Oper der Stadt Heidelberg, Principal Conductor at Opera Delaware, Music Director of Opera Teatro Gratticielo in NY, and opened for the newly formed Fresno International Grand Opera. With Anna Moffo, he was Judge for the Metropolitan Opera National Council, New Jersey Regional Auditions.

In addition to his long time collaboration with the 3 Irish Tenors, Maestro Wroe’s cross-over genre partnerships include, Kristin Chenoweth, Mannheim Steamrollers, Michael Bolton, Natalie Merchant, Joan Rivers, Don Rickles, Bob Newhart, Jackie Evancho and Celtic Thunder to name but a few.