Guido Rumstadt is a symphonic, operatic and choral conductor from Heidelberg, Germany. He completed his studies at conservatories in Karlsruhe, Hamburg, and Salzburg, working with Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, Klauspeter Seibel and Christoph von Dohnanyi. In his early 20s, he began working as Solorepetitor in Mainz, followed by posts in Karlsruhe and Wiesbaden. In 1983 he founded the Schloßfestspiele Zwingenberg, with performances of Weber’s Der Freischütz, which remained the heart of the festival for 19 years, along with other Romantic operas other works and productions.

From 1993-98, Rumstadt was 1st Kapellmeister at Frankfurt am Main Opera before being named Generalmusikdirector of the Opera in Regensburg. From 2007 to 2023, Mo. Rumstadt served as 1st Kapellmeister at the State Opera in Nuremberg. He has conducted countless performances to critical acclaim, premiering new productions of Verdi’s Otello and Il Trovatore, Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, and Halévy’s La Juive, as well as larger operatic works, including Strauss’s Elektra, Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tristan & Isolde, and Der Ring des Nibelungen.

In 2009 Rumstadt was awarded the Professorship for Orchestral Conducting at the Musikhochschule in Nuremberg. Since 2014 he has been Artistic Director of one of Bavaria’s largest choral ensembles, the Hans Sachs Choir. As a guest conductor, Guido Johannes Rumstadt has appeared at Theatre La Monnaie in Brussels, English National Opera, Opera North in Leeds, festivals of Buxton and Wexford, Reis Opera Netherlands, Opera de Nice, the Grand Theatre in Geneva, Opera de Tours et de Rouen, and a long and fruitful collaboration with the Opera in Nantes, France. He has conducted at the Norske Opera in Oslo, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera of Cologne, Rheinoper in Düsseldorf, and the Hannover Staatsoper.

In the United States, he conducted productions of Verdi’s Rigoletto and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the New York City Opera, Minnesota Opera’s productions of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, and for Seattle Opera, the complete Ring cycle. Additionally, he has performed at the Glimmerglass and Wolf Trap Festivals.

Guido Johannes Rumstadt lives in Germany with his wife Eva and their four children.