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Antonio Pappano
Born 1956-12-30Epping, 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
Screen work
Movies & roles
Siegfried - Royal Ballet & Opera HouseSelf - ConductorDie Walküre - Royal Opera HouseSelf ConductorThe Alchemy of the PianoSelfVerdi: Messa da RequiemSelf - ConductorDas Rheingold - Royal Opera HouseSelf - ConductorEnnioSelfPappano e la Messa di Gloria di PucciniRoleRCO: Pappano conducts Beethoven & SchumanndirigentGala del Belcanto - Omaggio al melodramma di Bellini e DonizettiRoleLive from Covent Garden - Royal Opera HousePianoConcerto Pappano-BollaniRoleCecilia Bartoli & FriendsselfPappano's Greatest AriasSelfRoyal Opera House: The Queen of SpadesRolePappano a Mosca con Santa CeciliaRoleBerlioz: Grande Messe des MortsRolePappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Rachmaninov-SibeliusRoleKaufmann's Otello at the Royal Opera HouseConductorRoyal Opera House: Madama ButterflyConductorRoyal Opera House: NormaHimself - ConductorBellini: NormaConductorRoyal Opera House: Andrea ChernierConductorPappano's Classical VoicesHimselfKról RogerRole