Ramón Tebar

Spanish conductor Ramón Tebar has built an international career spanning the opera house and concert stage. He is currently Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of Opera Naples and Artistic Director of Spain’s Arantzazu Festival. His previous leadership positions include Music Director and Artistic Director of both the Orquesta de Valencia and Florida Grand Opera, Music Director of the Palm Beach Symphony and Santo Domingo Festival, and Principal Guest Conductor of Valencia’s Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía.

In September 2026, Tebar made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting Puccini’s La bohème, leading the company’s complete run of thirteen September and October performances. The milestone forms part of a season spanning both opera and the concert stage, with operatic debuts at Stuttgart State Opera and Teatro La Fenice, and symphonic engagements with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo, Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, and Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie.

A regular guest at the Vienna State Opera, Tebar has conducted productions including Madama Butterfly, La bohème, Turandot and Don Pasquale. His operatic career has also taken him to San Francisco Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg State Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Teatro Colón, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Royal Swedish Opera, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Opéra national de Lorraine, Gothenburg Opera, Savonlinna Festival, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro Regio Torino, and the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, among others. His repertoire ranges from Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti to Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Massenet and contemporary opera.

Equally established on the concert platform, Tebar has led many of Spain’s principal orchestras, including the Spanish National Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony, RTVE Orchestra, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Madrid Symphony, and Basque National Orchestra. Internationally, he has worked with ensembles including the Philharmonia in London, Prague Philharmonia, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Münchener Kammerorchester, St. Petersburg Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Szczecin Philharmonic, and Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana. His symphonic repertoire extends from Bach, Mozart and Beethoven through Brahms, Bruckner and Mahler to contemporary composers including John Adams and Anna Clyne.

Throughout his career, Tebar has collaborated with internationally renowned singers and instrumentalists and has developed a particular commitment to artistic leadership, young-artist development and the building of musical institutions. His discography includes recordings for Decca, Universal, Phono Classical and Unitel Classica, and his work has also been featured in the television documentary series This Is Art, produced for Spanish television in collaboration with the BBC.

Born in Valencia, Tebar first gained national attention after winning the Spanish National Youth Orchestra’s conducting competition. He was later noted by President Barack Obama as the first Spanish conductor appointed Artistic and Music Director of an American opera company. His honors include Florida Grand Opera’s Henry C. Clark Conductor of the Year Award and the Cross of Officer of the Order of Civil Merit, awarded by King Felipe VI of Spain in 2015.