Anthony Negus is one of the leading Wagnerian conductors of our day. He is the Music Director of Longborough Festival Opera where in 2024 he conducted three enthusiastically received cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen and Die Walküre (directed by Amy Lane); acclaimed performances of the 2013 Ring (directed by Alan Privett); Tannhäuser (directed by Privett); Tristan und Isolde (directed by Carmen Jakobi); and Der fliegende Holländer, Die Zauberflöte, Ariadne auf Naxos and Pelléas et Mélisande. The London Wagner Society awarded Anthony the Goodall Award for ‘his devotion to the works of Richard Wagner’.
For Melbourne Opera: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (2025, directed by Suzanne Chaundy) for which he received the OperaChaser Award for Outstanding Conductor in 2026; two acclaimed Ring cycles (2023, directed by Chaundy); Siegfried, Die Walküre, Rheingold, Fidelio, Der fliegende Holländer, and Tristan und Isolde for which he won the coveted Green Room Award for best conductor.
Elsewhere, Der fliegende Holländer (St. Endellion Festival), Un ballo in maschera (Chelsea Opera Group), Der fliegende Holländer (Grange Park Opera with Sir Bryn Terfel and Rachel Nicholls), Die Walküre (ENO); Lulu (Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano e Trento, Italy); Beethoven with the George Enescu Orchestra in Bucharest; Parsifal, Der fliegende Holländer in Lübeck; a performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for Glyndebourne Festival; Parsifal with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at the Wellington Festival.
For Welsh National Opera he has conducted more than 150 performances. He assisted Pierre Boulez on Pelléas et Mélisande, and Sir Reginald Goodall on Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal and The Valkyrie.
Anthony read Music at Christ Church Oxford. He made his conducting debut in Wuppertal with d’Albert’s Tiefland, and worked as an assistant conductor at Bayreuth Festival and in Hamburg.