Antonio Pappano

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Antonio Pappano (2010)

Sir Antonio Pappano (born December 30, 1959 in Epping ) is a British conductor and pianist. He has been music director of the Royal Opera House , London since 2002 and since 2005 in the same position with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

life and career

Antonio Pappano was born in Epping, north of London, to an Italian singing teacher and grew up in Bridgeport , Connecticut, USA. He received piano lessons from Norma Verrilli for over twelve years, studied composition with Arnold Franchetti and was trained as an orchestra conductor by Gustav Meier . At the age of 21 he began as a rehearsal pianist at the New York City Opera . Pappano attracted the attention of Daniel Barenboim as a pianist and conductor and became his assistant at the Bayreuth Festival . He worked in Barcelona and Frankfurt, including as assistant to Michael Gielen . In 1987 he conducted the Norwegian Opera for the first time , made his operatic debut there with La Bohème , and in 1990 he became music director there.

From 1992 to 2002 he was music director of the Brussels Opera House . In 1999 he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in a new production of Lohengrin . From 1997 to 1999 he was the first guest conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra . In 1999 he was appointed music director at the Royal Opera House, which he took up in 2002. In 2005 he took over as chief conductor of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia , which under his direction has returned to its old level, which had suffered from the permanent vacancy of 30 orchestral positions.

Pappano worked previously with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , the Philadelphia Orchestra , the Cleveland Orchestra , the Boston Symphony Orchestra , the New York Philharmonic , the London Symphony Orchestra , the Philharmonia Orchestra , the Munich Philharmonic , the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra together .

Pappano is considered a specialist in Italian opera: in 2013 he conducted Verdi's opera Don Carlos in Salzburg in a production by Peter Stein . In the performance sung in Italian, Pappano has taken over parts from the French original version, in some cases even material that could not be played at the premiere of the work in Paris. In the spring of 2015 he conducted Verdi's Aida in Rome in concert performances with Anja Harteros and Jonas Kaufmann in the main roles, who made their role debuts there.

Prizes and awards

  • 2003: Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera
  • 2003: ECHO Klassik "Concert Recording of the Year": Sinfonia Concertante (S. Prokofiev), with London Symphony Orchestra, Han-Na Chang
  • 2004: Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award in the conductor category
  • 2005: Premio Abbiati
  • 2006: ECHO Klassik “Opera recording of the year”: Tristan and Isolde (R. Wagner), with Nina Stemme, Placido Domingo, ROH Covent Garden
  • 2008: Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • 2011: Knight Bachelor
  • 2012: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • 2012: Queen Elizabeth II gives him the suffix Sir
  • 2013: Distinguished Musician Award, London
  • 2013: International Opera Award (London), as Conductor of the Year
  • 2014: ECHO Klassik “Soloist recording of the year / vocals”: ​​Songs (B. Britten), with Ian Bostridge
  • 2015: 100th laureate of the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Metal
  • 2016: ECHO Klassik "Conductor of the Year"
  • 2016: Annual award for AIDA's studio recording (2015) at the German Record Critics Award

Discography (selection)

literature

Web links

Commons : Antonio Pappano  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Don Carlo 2013 in: Archives of the Salzburg Festival
  2. Manuel Brug: "Advance into the absolute premier class" , Die Welt , January 23, 2015.
  3. ISM Distinguished Musician Award, 2013 ( Memento from November 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ ISM Musicians
  5. Knights Bachelor in: The London Gazette , September 30, 2011, Supplement 1
  6. Italy honors Sir Antonio Pappano. In: Klassik.com . May 14, 2012 .;