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Valentina Peleggi

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Valentina Peleggi

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Valentina Peleggi is Music Director of the Richmond Symphony (Virginia, USA) since 2020. She has conducted leading orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and Orchestra Nazionale della RAI. Deeply committed to opera, she has led productions of Semiramide, Le Comte Ory, Rigoletto, Carmen, and La Bohème across Europe and South America. Her acclaimed recording of a cappella works by Villa Lobos was released by Naxos in 2021. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, she has worked with Bruno Campanella and Daniele Gatti. From 2005 to 2015 she was the Principal Conductor and Music Director of the University Choir in Florence and remains their Honorary Conductor, receiving a special award from the Government in 2011 in recognition of her work there.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia
Seattle Opera

05/05/2024

"Sul podio, Valentina Peleggi ha diretto l’orchestra non solo con precisione e maestria, ma anche con profondità espressiva, in particolare per quanto riguarda la resa timbrica e dinamica."

(Viviana Coppo, OperaClick)

"Assisted by the infectious melodies, conductor Valentina Peleggi keeps the singers’ voices front and center."

(Gemma Alexander, Seattle Times)

"Valentina Peleggi, who displayed Florentine subtlety in her lively tempi, intuitive phrasing, and overall command of the orchestra. Starting with a spirited overture, she maintained an appropriately Italianate character in each aria and ensemble and brought out the absolute best from the orchestra, all the way to the end."

(Erica Miner, LA Opus)

"From the very first moment under Valentina Peleggi’s direction in her Seattle Opera debut, she marks every note, every interval… because of the careful shading and attention paid to every note… similar attention was paid to the text… "

(Keith Dorwick, British Theatre Guide)

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