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Antonio Pappano

Dec 30, 1956 (68 years old) in 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

Known For

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Ennio
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Tosca
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Tosca
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Carmen
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The ROH Live: The Queen of Spades
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Les Troyens
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
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Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold
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The ROH Live: Otello
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Don Carlo - ROH
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