Philippe Auguin (born 19 February 1961,[1] Nice, France) is a French conductor.
[2] In 2005, Auguin conducted the first complete cycle of Der Ring des Nibelungen to China at the International Beijing Music Festival,[3] with the Staatstheater Nürnberg.
Auguin first conducted at Washington National Opera in 2009, as an emergency substitute for the company's then-music director, Heinz Fricke.
[5] He held the post through the 2017-2018 season, and took the title of music director emeritus upon his departure from the company.
In other media, Auguin recorded with the Vienna Philharmonic several opera sequences used in the film Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.