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Philip Eisenbeiss

Philip Eisenbeiss full picPhilip Eisenbeiss only ever had one real ambition: to become an opera singer. But scores of frustrated voice coaches convinced him to abandon this aspiration. Today he is a partner at a leading Hong Kong based executive search firm, where he runs the Wealth Management practice. He started his career in journalism and spent nearly a decade in banking. He was born in Germany and holds degrees in history and international relations from Columbia University.

Philip’s first book Bel Canto Bully: the life and times of the legendary opera impresario Domenico Barbaja (Haus Publishing) has become one of the most talked-about books on opera, to his own and his publisher’s enormous surprise. An eponymous music CD featuring selections from operas commissioned by Barbaja was issued by Naxos Music.

His book has been published in Italian (Il Padrino del Belcanto, EDT) and German (Domenico Barbaja: Schillernder Pate des Belcanto; Sieveking).

Philip is also a Board Director of Opera Hong Kong, the city’s leading opera company, and regularly writes and lectures about opera.

Living in Asia for over twenty years, Philip will fly anywhere for a good opera. The airlines love him. He no longer sings.

Contributed Posts
Jul 1, 2017 Paris, Texas & Pearls
Wim Wenders directs Bizet’s Pearl Fishers in Berlin
Jun 25, 2017 Jonas Kaufmann’s Otello at Royal Opera House
Mar 18, 2017 Nearly a Meisterstueck: Kaspar Holten’s Meistersinger von Nuernberg
Mar 5, 2017 Movers and Shakers of the Music World
Bartolomeo Merelli – Eagle of the Impresarios
Feb 9, 2017 Siegfried: Year Three of a Musical Marathon
Feb 2, 2017 Don Carlo at La Scala: Men in charge
Jan 8, 2017 Musical Giants of the 20th Century: Spinto Tenor
Nov 27, 2016 Movers and Shakers of Music World
The God among Impresarios: Alessandro Lanari (1787-1852)
Nov 20, 2016 Musical Giants of the 20th Century: Opera Voices
Oct 15, 2016 Cutting through the crosses: Yoncheva brings London’s Norma to life