Paolo Olmi - conductor
Paolo Olmi
studied under Massimo Pradella and Franco Ferrara in Rome.
Since making his operatic debut in 1986 at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna he has
conducted in many of the major concert halls and opera throughout the world
including Europe, North and South America, Australia and Asia. His huge
repertoire includes all Verdi's operas and masterpieces by Rossini, Puccini,
Ponchielli, Giordano, Donizetti, Bellini, Mozart, Cilea, Gounod, Kurt Weil. He
teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Highlights of his
recent performances are: La Gioconda at the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Falstaff,
Verdi's Jerusalem, Adriana Lecouvreur, Guillaume Tell and
series of concerts recorded by EMI Classic at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; L'Elisir
d'Amore, Un Ballo in Maschera and L'Italiana in Algeri at the
Opéra de Bordeaux; Aida, Lucia di Lammermoor and La Traviata at
the Savonlinna Opera Festival; L'Italiana in Algeri in Nancy and
Bologna; Cavalleria Rusticana and Zanetto in Lecce; Don
Pasquale in Toulouse; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in Jerusalem and
Ravenna, live broadcast by RAI (Italian national television); Verdi’s Otello
at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm .
Amongst his future plans it is worth mentioning La Traviata in
Toulon and Aida in Massy.
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