| SUMMER 2024Season openings, debuts and new productions Hamburg, Bilbao,Cologne, Lyon, Naples, RomeWelcome back, dear friends! I’m writing to you from Frankfurt, where I’ve just completed a successful run of Rossini’s Otello, the same place where, starting on 22nd June, I will be tackling Verdi’s opera of the same name—a significant and thrilling challenge for a conductor. This will be my last production for a few months, as I’ve decided to take the summer off to recharge after an intense period and, most importantly, to spend time with my family. In the meantime, I’d like to update you on my upcoming schedule (more announcements will follow soon). I’ll be back on the podium starting in September when I’ll conduct Carmen at the Staatsoper Hamburg. The following month I will open the new season at Bilbao Opera with a new production of an opera I dearly love, Don Pasquale (after my debut at the Liceu in Barcelona just a few months ago, I’m delighted to be back in Spain, a country that holds a special place in my heart). After that, I’ll be conducting three more new productions in Germany, France and Italy: Cologne for Nabucco; Lyon for Madama Butterfly with Ermonela Jaho as Cio-Cio-San; and, in February 2025, I will have the honour of making my house debut at Teatro San Carlo with Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, featuring Nadine Sierra and Javier Camarena in the title roles. This opera has never been performed before in Naples, which makes this debut even more special.The upcoming season will also include orchestral concerts in various Italian cities, something I am looking forward to immensely. Last, but most definitely not least, I will make my “home” debut conducting Rossini’s Italiana in Algeri at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. This is a moment I’ve been anticipating for a long time, and it holds a deeply personal significance for me so I hope to see many of you there. Stay tuned! It will be a season packed with new theatres, productions and debuts.But for now, I wish you all a wonderful summer — see you soon! |
| FRANKFURTOtello (Verdi) 22 JUNE – 12 JULY 2024 Oper FrankfurtHAMBURGCarmen 24 SEPT – 10 OCT 2024 Staatsoper HamburgCOLOGNENabucco1 DEC 2024 – 1 JAN 2025 Oper Köln |