Giuseppe Finzi holds degrees in Piano (Conservatorio Piccinni in Bari),
in Orchestra Conducting and Chamber Vocal Music (Conservatorio Verdi in
Milan) and a Master in Conducting (Accademia Chigiana in Siena).
After a long experience in the music staff of the Teatro alla Scala,
where he worked alongside Riccardo Muti and the most important names of
the international scene, Giuseppe Finzi started his career of conductor
making his debut in 2003 with Tosca, which was followed by
productions of La Traviata, L'Elisir d'amore, Madama Butterfly,
Rigoletto, Carmen and Così fan tutte (the latter at the
Piccolo Teatro in Milan with the soloists and the orchestra of the
Accademia del Teatro alla Scala).
In 2008 he made his debut at the San Francisco Opera, conducting La
Bohème, and began an important collaboration with this opera house,
becoming Resident Conductor from 2011 to 2015. During the seasons at the
San Francisco Opera he conducted, amongst the other: Aida, Turandot,
Entführung aus dem Serail, Faust, La Fanciulla del West, Carmen, Tosca,
Rigoletto, La Traviata, Madama Butterfly as well as series of
symphonic concerts. In the latter seasons he conducted new productions of
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Bohéme and Don Pasquale with
great success both of critics and public.
In 2012, Carmen at the Deutsche Oper Berlin marked his German
debut and the beginning of an international career followed by The
Nutcracker and L’Elisir d’Amore at the Teatro San Carlo in
Naples; new productions of Idomeneo at the Theater Lübeck; Rigoletto
at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Madama Butterfly at the
Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari; the return to the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Carmen,
that he also conducted in Menorca; Il Barbiere di Siviglia and La
Fille du Régiment at the Liceu in Barcelona; Il Barbiere di
Siviglia at the La Maestranza in Sevilla; Turandot at the
Bregenz Festival; Nabucco at the Opéra de Monte Carlo; Les
Pêcheurs de perles, Pagliacci and Il Tabarro at the Korean
National Opera.
Most recently, he conducted: Ernani at the Teatro Lirico di
Cagliari; Rigoletto in Tenerife; Il Trovatore in Menorca;
Simon Boccanegra in Essen; La Forza del destino in concert
version in La Coruña; La Bohème at Oper Köln, in Essen, and on
tour in Oman with Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Madama Butterfly in
Madrid, San Sebastián, Essen, Cosenza, and Málaga; Turandot in
Darmstadt, Prague, Steinbruch, and Palma de Mallorca; Tosca at
Oper Köln; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Turin; Il Turco in
Italia in Liège; La Cenerentola in a new production in
Ancona; Lucia di Lammermoor in Essen; Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de
perles at the Opéra de Nice; Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci
in Genoa; Lehár’s Die Lustige Witwe at the Teatro Lirico di
Cagliari and in Genoa; and La Ciociara by Marco Tutino, presented
in its European premiere at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari.
Among the engagements for the 2025-26 season: Macbeth
at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa.
August 2025