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                                     Paolo Carignani - Conductor 
                                        Paolo Carignani graduated in 
                                        Composition, Organ and Piano from the G. Verdi Music Conservatory in Milan and 
                                        studied Orchestral Conducting with Alceo Galliera. His vast repertoire spans from Donizetti to Puccini, Rossini to Strauss 
                                        and Verdi, and has brought him to conduct on the world's most prestigious 
                                        stages, such as the Wiener Staatsoper, Berliner Staatsoper Deutsche Oper Berlin, 
                                        Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Opera House-Covent Garden, Opéra Bastille in Paris, 
                                        Opernhaus Zurich, Concertgebouw and Royal Opera House in Amsterdam, Metropolitan 
                                        Opera in New York, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and opera houses in 
                                        Brussels, Antwerpen and Oslo, as well as Italy's major opera houses. 
                                        Future plans: Die Fledermaus at the Bayerische 
                                        Staatsoper in Munich; Tosca in Toronto; Simon Boccanegra, La Traviata, 
                                        Nabucco, Andrea Chénier in Vienna; Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Falstaff, 
                                        Otello in Munich; Otello in Zurich; Rigoletto in Strasbourg;
                                        Turandot in New York. |  
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                                     Gezim Myshketa - Biscroma Strappaviscere/Venanzio 
                                        Young 
                                        Albanian baritone Gezim Myshketa is one of the most interesting artists of his 
                                        generation. After his debut as Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, he won the 
                                        As.Li.Co. competition in 2006, making his role debut as Leporello in Don 
                                        Giovanni, and the "Francesco Paolo Tosti" Competition in Ortona in 2008. 
                                        Interesting collaborations have followed with prestigious theaters and 
                                        festivals, such as: Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Sferisterio in Macerata, Palm 
                                        Beach Opera, Abao Olbe in Bilbao, Opéra de Montpellier, Teatro Filarmonico in 
                                        Verona and Teatro Verdi in Trieste.                                     
                                        Future plans: Carmen 
                                        (Escamillo) in Novara; La Bohème in Trieste; and La Gazza Ladra in 
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  Paolo Rumetz - Direttore del teatro/Frank
 
                                        Highlights of his successful career 
                                        include: Un Giorno di Regno, Madama Butterfly and Il Processo 
                                        at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Falstaff (title role) in Salzburg, 
                                        Bologna, Rovigo, Bolzano and Trento; L’Elisir d’Amore (Dulcamara) at the 
                                        Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; Don Quixote in Trieste; Il Turco 
                                        in Italia (Don Geronio) in Rome; L’Italiana in Algeri (Taddeo) in 
                                        Lisbon; and a prestigious stage debut at the Zurich Opernhaus in Il Turco in 
                                        Italia opposite Cecilia Bartoli and Ruggero Raimondi (recorded for Dynamic). 
                                        In Zurich, he also performed I Quatro Rusteghi, Falstaff, La 
                                        Forza del Destino and Il Segreto di Susanna. 
                                     
                                        Future plans: L’Amico Fritz (Davide) at the 
                                        Teatro Verdi in Trieste; and Il Turco in Italia in Leipzig. |  | 
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