Asher Fish , conductor, was born in Israel. He was the music director of the Israeli Opera from 1998 to 2008 and currently serves as the principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra. His vast operatic repertoire includes The Ring of the Nibelung , Tristan und Isolde , Tannhäuser , Lohengrin , Parsifal , The Flying Dutchman (Wagner), Werther (Messena), La Bohème , Manon Lescaut , Turandot (Puccini), The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach), Rosenkavalier , Arabella , Capriccio (R. Strauss), Carmen (Bizet), Othello , The Force of Destiny , Falstaff , Un ballo masquerade (Verdi), Andrea sicca , Fedora (Giordano), Fidelio (Beethoven), Adriana Lecuberre (Chile) and more. He regularly conducts at the opera houses of Munich, Vienna, Bologna, Naples, Turin, Dresden, Madrid, Tokyo and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He also conducts many symphony orchestras all over the world. At the Israeli Opera, he conducted many productions, including Electra , Ariadne on Naxos (R. Strauss), Wozzeck (Berg), Journey to the End of the Millennium (Berdanashvili), Norma (Bellini), Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky), Samson and Delilah (Saint-Saëns), Attila , Don Carlo (Verdi), Rusalka (Dvořák), Trittico (Puccini), and more.
In the Israeli Opera he conducted:
The Dialogues of the Carmelites (2024)
Journey to the End of the Millennium (2008) – Tour of the Rome Opera House
The Power of Destiny (2008)
The Trittico (2007)
Ariadne on Naxos (2007)
Falstaff (2007)
Rosenkavalier (2006)
Don Carlo (2006)
The Love Potion (2005) – Tour of the German Opera, Berlin
Samson and Delilah (2005)
Journey to the End of the Millennium (2005)
Wotzek (2005)
Rusalka (2004)
Attila (2004)
La Traviata (2003) – Tour to Wiesbaden
Aida (2003)
Eugene Onegin (2003)
Carmen (2002)
The Bat (2001)
Othello (2001)
Norma (2001)
The Power of Destiny (2001)
Electra (2000)
Turandot (2000)
Tosca (1999)
The Prodigal (1999)
The Marriage of Figaro (1997)
Paliachi (1995)
Cavalleria Rusticana (1995)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1994)
The Love of Three Oranges (1992)
Eugene Onegin (1992)
Don Pasquale (1991)
La Traviata (1991)
The Drugged Bride (1991)
In the Ring of Strangulation (1990; 1992)
Hansel and Gretel (1990)
The Medium (1990)
The Kidnapping from the Harem (1990)
That’s What They All Do (1990)
The Love Potion (1989)
La Boheme (1987; 1989; 1993)
