Paolo Carignani - conductor

With a vast repertory that spans from Donizetti to Puccini, Rossini to Strauss and Verdi, Mr. Carignani has collaborated with the world's most prestigious theatres, such as the Wiener Staatsoper, Berliner Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Opera House-Covent Garden, Opéra National in Paris, Zurich Opernhaus, Concertgebouw and Royal Opera House in Amsterdam, Metropolitan Opera in New York, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and opera houses in Brussels, Antwerp and Oslo as well as Italy's major opera houses. Paolo Carignani has just gained great success conducting Guillaume Tell in Amsterdam, La Traviata and Nabucco in Vienna, Giovanna d’Arco at the Salzburg Festival with Placido Domingo and Anna Netrebko, Il Trovatore in Munich and Nabucco at the New National Theatre in Tokyo.

His future plans include: La  Traviata, Macbeth, Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Norma at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich; Tosca, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, Andrea Chénier and La Fanciulla del West at the Wiener Staatsoper; Tosca at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; Carmen in Toronto; Les Vêpres Siciliennes in Copenhagen; Pagliacci at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari; Turandot in Bregenz; Simon Boccanegra in Antwerp; Caterina Cornaro at the Festival de Radio France in Montpellier and a series of concerts in Florence with the Orchestra della Toscana. After the success gained in Tokyo conducting Nabucco (New National Theatre) and various symphonic concerts (with the Kioi Sinfonietta), Mr. Carignani will return to Japan conducting a series of concerts in Tokyo with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. M° Carignani will return to Strasbourg conducting L’Amico Fritz and he will be engaged in important productions at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.