Marcello Giordani - Chevalier René Des Grieux

An extraordinarily versatile artist, Marcello Giordani has a repertory which encompasses a wide and diverse range of roles, spanning from the Bel Canto operas of Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini and the lyricism of French operatic repertoire, to the more dramatic roles of Verdi, Puccini and Berlioz and, most recently, the popular Verismo operas of Mascagni and Leoncavallo: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. Mr. Giordani has established his international career, performing regularly at Teatro alla Scala, Metropolitan Opera in New York, Covent Garden in London, Opernhaus in Zürich, Wiener Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris, Liceu in Barcelona, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro Bellini in Catania, Arena di Verona, Festival Pucciniano in Torre del Lago, working with the world’s leading conductors including Marco Armiliato, Daniele Gatti, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Antonio Pappano and Georg Solti.

Future plans include: Tosca in Cincinnati and Budapest; La Fanciulla del West in Charlotte. On the concert side Mr. Giordani will perform series of concerts in Moscow and on tour in USA.

Marco Armiliato - conductor

One of the leading names in the international operatic scene, Marco Armiliato is regular guest in the most prestigious theaters in the world. His recording of Verismo arias with Renée Fleming for Decca won a Grammy Award in 2010.

His recent engagements include: Anna Bolena, Ernani, Aida, Francesca da Rimini, Rigoletto, Tosca, La Sonnambula, Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, Trovatore(Metropolitan Opera); Tosca, Rigoletto, La Traviata,Turandot, La Bohème(Bavarian State Opera); Aida, Tosca and Madama Butterfly (Arena di Verona); La Traviata, Andrea Chénier and Tosca (Vienna State Opera); Madama Butterfly (Chicago) and La Fille du Régiment (Paris Opera). Recently he conducted a new production of La Traviata at Opernhaus in Zurich; new production of Faust at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin; Elisir d’Amore, La Traviata, Simon Boccanegra, Don Carlo and La Bohème at the Wiener Staatsoper; Lucia di Lammermoor at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.

Plans for 2016/2017 season include: Manon Lescaut (concert version) at the Salzburg Festival; Otello and La Fanciulla del West in Zurich; La Traviata, Andrea Chénier and a lyric concert in Munich; Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Real in Madrid; Rigoletto in Chicago; L’Elisir d’amore, Don Pasquale, Turandot, Aida, Il Trovatore(new production), La Fanciulla del West, Otello, Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Wiener Staatsoper; concert gala with the Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden; La Bohème, Manon Lescaut, Aida and Alfano’s Cyrano de Bergerac at the Metropolitan in New York where he also will conduct several important productions in next seasons.