Ivor Bolton

Other work with period ensembles has included collaboration with the Dresdner Festspielorchester (Dresden Festival Orchestra), which began in 2012.

In February 2014, the Teatro Real in Madrid named Bolton its next music director, effective from the 2015–16 season, with an initial contract of five years.

[7] In June 2015, the Sinfonieorchester Basel announced the appointment of Bolton as its next chief conductor, as of the 2016–17 season, with an initial contract of 4 years.

In addition, he has conducted commercial recordings of Handel's Theodora from the Salzburg Festival, Mayr's Medea in Corinto from Munich, Janáček's Jenůfa from the Teatro Real Madrid, Cavalli's Ercole amante from the Netherlands Opera, and Mozart's Zaide and La finta giardiniera from Salzburg.

Bolton was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to music.