Antonio Pappano
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
| Known For | Sound |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.589 |
| Birthday | 1956-12-30 |
| Place of Birth | Epping, Essex, England, UK |
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2007
Carmen
6.2/6
Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci bring rare erotic intensity to the drama of Don José and Carmen in this darkly passionate reading of one of...
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Carmen
2015
Król Roger
0/0
The story concerns the enlightenment of the Christian King Roger II by a young shepherd who represents pagan ideals. Kasper Holten’s production (The...
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Król Roger
2008
The Minotaur
6/1
This staging of Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Minotaur features John Tomlinson, Johann Reuter, Christine Rice, and Andrew Watts in the main roles. S...
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The Minotaur
2016
Norma: Live from the Royal Opera House
0/0
The priestess Norma loves Pollione, leader of the occupying force suppressing her people, and has borne two children by him. But Pollione’s love has w...
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Norma: Live from the Royal Opera House
2015
Giordano: Andrea Chernier
10/1
“Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it’s hard to imagine him bettered. His striking looks make him very much the Romantic a...
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Giordano: Andrea Chernier
2013
The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra
0/0
The Italian Character: a film within music and about music. The Italian character is the story of one of the most renowned orchestras in the world, en...
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The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra
2017
The ROH Live: Otello
7/2
On a June night in 2017, opera lovers thronged to the Royal Opera House in London to hear tenor Jonas Kaufmann, recently acclaimed by The Daily Telegr...
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The ROH Live: Otello
2016
The ROH Live: Norma
0/0
The priestess Norma loves Pollione, leader of the occupying force suppressing her people, and has borne two children by him. But Pollione’s love has w...
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The ROH Live: Norma
2017
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
9/1
Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of dashing American officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her romantic idyll shattered when he deserts her shortly...
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
1996
Verdi: Don Carlos
9.2/2
Luc Bondy's 1996 production of Don Carlos was staged, recorded and filmed at the Chatelet in Paris. These seven performances were blessed with an all-...
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Verdi: Don Carlos
2011
Tosca
9/2
The star singers in this revival of the 2006 production were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel; the Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestr...
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Tosca
2001
Tosca
6.4/7
Benoit Jacquot's acclaimed 2002 film of Puccini's opera stars Angela Gheorghiu in the title role, with Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi and the Chorus...
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Tosca
2012
Les Troyens
0/0
After the destruction of Troy, the Trojan warrior Énée sets out on a journey to found a new dynasty. He meets Didon, Queen of Carthage, and falls in l...
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Les Troyens
2008
Don Carlo - ROH
0/0
Rolando Villazón Triumphantly Returns To The Stage As Don Carlo In The 2007/2008 Royal Opera House'S Producton Of Don Carlo. National Theatre director...
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Don Carlo - ROH
2019
The ROH Live: The Queen of Spades
0/0
The dark world of Tchaikovsky’s penultimate operatic masterpiece Queen of Spades hinges on obsession, greed, and a secret in winning at cards… In 2005...
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The ROH Live: The Queen of Spades
2012
Puccini: Il Trittico
0/0
Il tabarro is a tale of jealousy and murder between Michele, his young wife Giorgetta and her lover Luigi, set aboard a barge on the Seine. Suor Ange...
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Puccini: Il Trittico
2009
La Traviata
7/1
Renée Fleming has matured into one of the finest sopranos around at the moment, a true star with a sparkling personality and a velvet-toned voice that...
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La Traviata
2020
Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
0/0
Live from Covent Garden will celebrate ballet and opera in programmes of dance and music, curated by artistic directors of the Royal Opera House: Anto...
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Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
2013
Verdi: Don Carlo
0/0
Verdi wrote this five act opera with a French Libretto for the Paris opera. Premiere 1867. Then there are three versions of this opera, the French 186...
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Verdi: Don Carlo
2019
Pappano's Greatest Arias
0/0
Antonio Pappano, music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, explores the greatest arias in the genre through a mix of workshops and archi...
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Pappano's Greatest Arias
2019
Cecilia Bartoli & Friends
6/1
Portrait of an exceptional musical talent and one of opera’s biggest stars, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli. With interviews from her illustrious friend...
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Cecilia Bartoli & Friends
2010
Opera Italia
0/0
Series tracing the history of Italian opera presented by Antonio Pappano, conductor and music director at the Royal Opera House.
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Opera Italia
2022
Ennio
8.325/295
A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-...
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Ennio
2021
RCO: Pappano conducts Beethoven & Schumann
0/0
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RCO: Pappano conducts Beethoven & Schumann
2009
The Barber of Seville
4.2/2
23-year-old Gioachino Rossini completed his masterpiece IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA incredibly quickly – legend has it in just 13 days – which Rossini att...
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The Barber of Seville
2023
Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold
0/0
When a precious hoard of gold is stolen from the river Rhine, it unleashes a chain of destructive events, pitting gods and mortals against one another...
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Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold
2013
Les Vêpres siciliennes
0/0
The French have occupied Sicily, and Hélène is held hostage by Montfort, the French governor, who has had her brother executed. She turns to the parti...
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