Michele Spotti (1993) is the Musical Director of Marseille's Opera House
and Philharmonic Orchestra and has been appointed by the Deutsche Oper
Berlin as the next Principal Guest Conductor starting from the 2026/2027
season. The French Ministry of Culture has also awarded him the title of
"Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres," one of the highest honors
bestowed upon individuals who distinguish themselves in artistic creation
and promotion.
His most recent engagements include returns to the Arena Opera Festival
and the Deutsche Oper with Rigoletto, at the Paris Opera with Les
Brigands, at Les Arts in Valencia with a new production of the
diptych L'heure espagnole/Gianni Schicchi; debuts at Maggio
Fiorentino with Norma, San Carlo in Naples with Simon
Boccanegra, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma with Die Zauberflöte,
Wiener Staatsoper with La fille du régiment, Semperoper Dresden
with La bohème, Bunka Kaikan Tokyo with the Tokyo Philharmonic
Orchestra and Juan Diego Flórez.
In 2025/26 season, in addition to numerous appointments in Marseille,
which include Wagner's Das Rheingold - he conducts for the first
time Falstaff at Festival Verdi in Parma, a new production of L'italiana
in Algeri at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, a concert with the
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne alongside Beatrice Rana. In May 2026, he
makes his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York with La
traviata.
Among his professional partnerships are directors like Robert Wilson,
Damiano Michieletto, Barrie Kosky, Laurent Pelly, Pier Luigi Pizzi and
institutions such as the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Komische Oper
Berlin, Staatsoper Hannover and Stuttgart, Théâtre du Capitole of
Toulouse, Theater Basel, Teatro Massimo of Palermo, Teatro Comunale di
Bologna, Wexford Opera Festival, Rossini Opera Festival, MITO
SettembreMusica and Festival della Valle d'Itria. Offenbach's Barbe-bleue
DVD (Opus Arte), recorded at the Opéra de Lyon, was honored with the
Diapason D'or award.
Musical Director of the Orchestra Filarmonica di Benevento, Michele
Spotti also enjoys a busy concerts schedule. Among the others: Orchestra
Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI; National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra;
Orchestre national d'Ile-de-France; Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini; Teatro
Regio Torino's orchestra; Orchestra Haydn; Gstaad Festival Orchestra.
Michele Spotti graduated first in violin and then in orchestral
conducting under the guidance of Daniele Agiman at the “Giuseppe Verdi”
Conservatory in Milan. He then continued his studies at the Haute École de
Musique in Geneva, at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival Academy, as well as in
Italy. At the age of twenty Spotti made his debut conducting Le Nozze
di Figaro at Teatro Mancinelli in Orvieto. A key moment was his
encounter with Alberto Zedda, for whom he became assistant in Rossini's Ermione
at the Opéra de Lyon in 2016.
September 2025