Appointed as PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR at the Mainz Opera in 2020, Daniel Montané is sought after for both his vast experience and sensitivity at the operatic podium. Having achieved a conducted repertoire of around 60 titles, he has been guest at first range Opera Houses and Festivals, such as the Dresden Semperopera, Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Peralada Festival and La Coruña Festival in Spain, the Nuremburg State Opera, the Kassel National Theatre, the Mannheim National Theatre, Opera House Lübeck, the Bolshoi Theatre Minsk or Thessaloniki’s „Megaron“, Opéra de Toulon or Cape Town Opera.

His new productions during the season 2023/24 have been CARMEN and LE VILLI & I PAGLIACCI, ending with his celebrated interpretation of DER ROSENKAVALIER in Mainz. He has also been invited to conduct the new production of MANON LESCAUT at the Teatro Cervantes in Málaga, where he earned once again the applause from the audience and the critics.

Other recent productions include LA TRAVIATA, SIMON BOCCANEGRA, MANON LESCAUT, NABUCCO, ADRIANA LECOUVREUR, DIE FLEDERMAUS, COSÌ FAN TUTTE or THE RAKE’S PROGRESS at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and at the Mainz State Theatre.

Born in Barcelona, Daniel studied Composition and Conducting at the Graz University of Arts and graduated with „cum laude” in 2003. Immediately he became Music Assistant at the „Gran Teatre del Liceu “ and that same year was awarded the First Price of the „Competition for Young Conductors “, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada.

Since making his opera debut in 2004 with „Les Contes d’Hoffmann“ at the Chemnitz Opera, where he conducted the Robert Schumann Philharmonics , Daniel Montané immediately was invited to the above mentioned Opera Houses and regularly conducted renowned orchestras such as the Bremen Philharmonics, the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbrücken, the Nuremburg Philharmonics, the Philharmonic Orchestra Altenburg-Gera, the Thessaloniki Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, the Orchestra Sinfonica della Fondazione Tito Schipa and many others.

Daniel Montané has performed several Gala Concerts and worked with first range singers such as Matti Salminen, Carlos Álvarez, Deborah Polaski, Sonia Ganassi, Sondra Radvanovsky or Fiorenza Cedolins.

Between 2007 and 2012 Montané was First Conductor at the Bremen Opera House. Especially worth mentioning are his successes with LE GRAND MACABRE, RIENZI in his new production with Katherina Wagner, DER FLIEGENDER HOLLÄNDER, NABUCCO, MAOMETTO II, NORMA, TURANDOT, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, TOSCA, AIDA, LA CENERENTOLA, MAZZEPPA and EUGEN ONEGIN or TURN OF THE SCREW, among many others.

From 2013 to 2015 he was Principal Conductor at the Theatre Ulm. Among his premieres with the with the Ulm Philharmonic Orchester we highlight DER ROSENKAVALIER, MEDÉE, OTELLO or PETER GRIMES, as well as his many Symphonic Concerts.

Moreover, in the coming years he made his debut with the renowned Bruckner Orchestra in Linz, became a permanent guest at the Bolshoi Theatre in Minsk, conducted gala concerts in Sotchi or a symphony concert at the Gasteig in Munich. Daniel Montané regularly performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, where he could be seen with RIGOLETTO, WERTHER, MANON LESCAUT, MADAMA BUTTERFLY or LUCIA DE LAMERMOOR. He also appeared with BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA at the Lübeck Opera House, with DON PASQUALE at the Opera of Cape Town or RIGOLETTO at the Opéra de Toulon.

Parallel to his operatic activity, he appears regularly at the podium of symphonic concerts: some highlights included a Mozart evening with the prestigious Pianist Robert Levin, the 5. Symphony Sibelius, 1. Symphony Shostakovich, Music for strings, percussion and celesta by Bártok, other El sombrero de tres picos by Falla.

Future projects include DER ROSEKAVALIER at the State Opera Mainz as well as a Gala Concert at the Grand Teatre del Liceu and his debut at the Teatro Real in Madrid.