Harry Ogg

Press

• Rusalka

  Düsseldorf, Deutsche Oper am Rhein

  Jun 2025 - Jul 2025

  • ...the brilliantly performing symphony orchestra under the brisk, enthusiastic conductor Harry Ogg received bravos and ovations. He perfectly captures Dvořák's dance-like, at times Czech folk-influenced sound. And he glows from within.

    • Westdeutsche Zeitung
    • 16 June 2025

  • Musically... the Rusalka performance in Düsseldorf is to be unequivocally / wholeheartedly recommended. The Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Harry Ogg, plays Dvořák's composition with the right amount of force, without overpowering the singers.

    • Der Opernfreund
    • 17 June 2025

• Der fliegende Holländer

  Düsseldorf, Deutsche Oper am Rhein

  Jan 2025 - Apr 2025

  • Special praise is due to the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, which, under the direction of Harry Ogg, played very delicately and transparently despite the relatively large instrumentation – five double basses could be seen in the pit – and maintained its melodiousness even in the stormy passages, without letting tension and, when needed, power wane. All in all, a musically top-class and extremely satisfying performance.

    • Der Opernfreund
    • 24 January 2025

  • Harry Ogg conducted the score with verve and energy, allowing more playful aspects of the music to come to the fore where the plot twists conjured up by Vasily Barkhatov’s production made this relevant, thus complementing this engaging and successful production and performance.

    • Seen and Heard
    • 29 January 2025

• Don Giovanni

  Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Duisburg

  May 2025 - May 2025

  • In the half-raised orchestra pit, the Duisburg Philharmonic sits in a semicircle and delivers the many subtleties and effects of this music with great joy. This is certainly due in part to the Rheinoper Kapellmeister Harry Ogg, who conducts the entire piece with power, transparency, and considerable stylistic assurance.

    • Rheinische Post
    • 20 March 2025

• Concerto Köln

  Cologne Philharmonic Hall

  Feb 2025

  • Conductor Harry Ogg as a highly energetic and inspiring source of power

    • Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
    • 03 February 2025

• Bruckner Orchestra Linz

  Linz, Austria

  Apr 2024

  • Harry Ogg and the Bruckner Orchestra also played their part here, carrying their very young colleague with more than just a hand and accompanying her with absolute attentiveness and a finely balanced sound. These qualities were also evident in the Enigma Variations, which were interpreted in an exceptionally appealing and multi-layered manner. Harry Ogg avoided clichéd interpretative traditions and followed the score very closely in his reading, presenting Elgar as a subtle sound magician. [TRANSLATION]

    • OÖNachrichten
    • 12 April 2024

  • Great guest conductor! It was easy to sympathise with the guest conductor Ogg. With his unobtrusive, yet temperamental character, he quickly warmed to our orchestra. The dramatic flourishes of an accomplished opera conductor could not be ignored, but his emotional relationship to English music, with its often hidden expressive depth, was also convincing. [TRANSLATION]

    • Volksblatt
    • 12 April 2024

• Paris Conducting debut

  Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

  • 'A total, complete success, especially since the young British conductor [...] Harry Ogg, whom I did not know, was for me a revelation, leading an OCP in magnificent form.' [TRANSLATION]

    • Le Blog de Jean Pierre Rousseau

• Madama Butterfly

  Duisburg, Deutsch Oper am Rhein

  Jul 2023 - Sep 2023

  • Conducted by Harry Ogg, together with the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the sound and finesse of Puccini's score unfolds beautifully.

    • WAZ
    • 26 August 2023

• Düsseldorf New Years Concert

  Düsseldorf Symphoniker

  Jan 2024 - Jan 2024

  • The Briton is blessed with charm, sensitivity and an excellent command of the German language: the best prerequisites for the balancing act between light entertainment and high art. Even a popular hit like Georges Bizet's "Carmen" suite doesn't sound like oom-pah music under his direction. With Ogg, panache is happily combined with elegance, with a truly artistic feel for the esprit and colours of a score. This particularly benefits the French part of the programme: Maurice Ravel's "Alborada del gracioso" is a celebration of Spanish colour, despite its explosive rhythms. Under the pattering of the castanets and percussion, it is as if the orchestra has been transformed into a large flamenco guitar.

    • Rheinische Post
    • 03 January 2024

• “The Strangers” Frank Pesci

  Oper Köln

  Sep 2023 - Oct 2023

  • The Gürzenich Orchestra under the direction of the young conductor Harry Ogg once again demonstrates its class and manages to retain the necessary lightness of the jazz-inspired features of the work, while at the same time facing up to the delicate demands of New Music with great accuracy.

    • Der Opernfreund
    • 06 October 2023

  • Decisive to the result was the solid leadership of the young conductor Harry Ogg, who directs the 16 talented instrumentalists of the Gürzenich Orchester and all the performers in their frequent movements with exemplary precision from the centre of the hall.

    • GIORNALE DELLA MUSICA
    • 16 October 2023

  • THE MASSIVE sonic density of the orchestral fabric, unravelled with precision by Harry Ogg, often forced the performers, including Martin Koch, leader of the 'law and order' faction, and David Howes, police inspector, into a sometimes stentorian and monotone declamation.

    • COLONIA
    • 07 October 2023