Giancarlo Del Monaco
Giancarlo Del Monaco (born December 27, 1943 in Venice ) is an internationally active Italian opera director .
Life
Giancarlo Del Monaco was born the son of tenor Mario Del Monaco and made his debut as a director in Syracuse / Sicily in 1964 with the opera Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns , in which his father interpreted the title role. He then worked internationally as an assistant director (by Wieland Wagner , Günther Rennert and Walter Felsenstein ) and director. He also worked on a number of productions at German city theaters.
In 1983 he staged Turandot at the Hamburg State Opera , this version is still played today.
In 1991 he brought out La fanciulla del West at the Metropolitan Opera , after which he directed Stiffelio , Madama Butterfly , Simon Boccanegra and La forza del destino .
He was also the head and artistic director of opera houses and festivals, including the Staatstheater Kassel (1980 to 1982), the Macerata Opera Festival (Italy, 1986 to 1988), the Bonn Opera (1992 to 1997) and the Opéra de Nice / France (1997 to 2001).
Since 2009 he has been the artistic director of the opera festival in Tenerife .
He is in a relationship with the 41 years younger Croatian opera singer Lana Kos .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Program 2019 of the Hamburg State Opera, accessed on October 17, 2018.
- ↑ Ljubavna priča Lane i Giancarla: Ljude jako zanima što zajedno rade muškarac od 72 godine i žena kojoj je 31 ... (Croatian), accessed on June 1, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Del Monaco, Giancarlo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian director and theater manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |