
Person
Antonio Pappano
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- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- Dec 30, 1956
- From
- Epping, Essex, England, UK
Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. In 1992, Pappano became music director of La Monnaie, the Belgian Royal Opera House, a post he held until 2002. In that year, he was named the music director of the Royal Opera House (ROH), Covent Garden. At Covent Garden, Pappano and Kasper Holten, the ROH Director of Opera, shared responsibility for production. His current ROH contract runs through to 2017, and was extended until 2023. Pappano was the youngest conductor to lead the orchestra of the ROH, accompanying both the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet. In 2015 he received a Gold Medal from the Royal Philharmonic Society
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Ennio

Tosca

Carmen

Verdi: Don Carlos

BBC Proms

The Barber of Seville

Kaufmann's Otello at the Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House: Tosca

Les Troyens

Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro

Manon Lescaut

Das Rheingold - Royal Opera House

Cecilia Bartoli & Friends

The Minotaur

Royal Opera House: Andrea Chernier

Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly

Royal Opera House: La Traviata

Il Trittico - Royal Opera House