Giuseppe
Finzi holds degrees in Piano (Conservatorio N. Piccinni in Bari), in
Orchestra Conducting and Chamber Vocal Music (Conservatorio G. 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-Milano
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-Naples; new productions of Idomeneo at
the Theater Lübeck; Rigoletto at
the Teatro Massimo-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 of
Barcelona; Il barbiere di Siviglia
at the La Maestranza in Sevilla; Turandot at
the Bregenz Festival; Nabucco
at the Opéra in Monte Carlo; Les
Pêcheurs de perles, Pagliacci e Il
Tabarro at the Korean National Opera.
Recently he conducted the European
Première of La
Ciociara, contemporary opera by Marco Tutino, at the
Teatro Lirico in Cagliari Madama Buttrfly at
the Aalto-Musiktheater in Essen and a new production of
Rossini's La Cenerentola
in Ancona Les pêcheurs de perles at the Nice Opéra. Other recent engagements included: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci in Genoa; Turandot in Darmstadt; Madama Butterfly in Madrid and San Sebastian; La Bohème in Essen and on tour in Oman with the Opera in Montecarlo; Rigoletto in Tenerife; Die Lustige Witwe and a series of concert at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari; Turandot in Steinbruch; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Turin; Lucia di Lammermoor in Essen.
Plans include a series of concerts in Sevilla, La
Bohème, Madama Butterfly and revivals of Lucia di Lammermoor in Essen, Il Turco in Italia in Liège, Ernani in Cagliari.
January 2022