Antonio Pappano

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Biography

Born: 1959; England  
Antonio Pappano is one of the most exciting opera conductors to emerge in the 1990s, enjoying an astonishingly fast rise to the top of his profession.

He was born in London of Italian parents. His main musical education was in the United States, where he studied piano with Norma Verilli, composition with Arnold Franchetti, and conducting with Gustav Maier. His work with the Lyric Opera of Chicago led to his becoming an assistant to Daniel Read more Barenboim in preparing for that maestro's Bayreuth productions of Tristan, Parsifal, and a complete Ring cycle.

His operatic conducting debut was at the Norwegian Opera, leading quickly to an appointment as music director there. He was soon noted for his English National Opera, the San Francisco Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Berlin Staatsoper, and Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris. At the age of thirty-two (1992) he was appointed Music Director of Théâtre Royale de la Monnaie, where he is responsible for both opera and concert performances.

He made a spectacular debut at the Vienna Staatsoper in 1993, replacing Christoph von Dohnanyi at the last minute to lead a new production of Wagner's Siegfried.

He was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has also conducted the Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre de Lyon, the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Cleveland Orchestra.

He records for the EMI Classics label. His album of Puccini's La Rondine won two Grammophone Awards ((Best Opera Recording and Record of the Year), as well as the French Choc du Monde de la Musique, two Diapason d'Or awards, the USA Critics' Award, and the German Deutsche Schallplattenkritik award.

In March, 1999, at the age of thirty-nine, he was announced to assume the role of Music Director of Britain's Royal Opera Housek Covent Garden following the planned retirement of Bernard Haitink in 2002. Read less

Featured Antonio Pappano CDs & DVDs:

Amor - Strauss: Opera Scenes & Lieder / Dessay, Pappano
Amor - Strauss: Opera Scenes & Lieder / Dessay, Pappano
Release Date: 11/02/2004   Label: Virgin Classics  
Catalog: 45705   Number of Discs: 1
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Wagner: Love Duets / Domingo, Voigt, Pappano, Covent Garden
Wagner: Love Duets / Domingo, Voigt, Pappano, Covent Garden
Release Date: 08/15/2000   Label: Emi Classics  
Catalog: 57004   Number of Discs: 1
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Wagner: Scenes From The Ring / Domingo, Pappano, Et Al
Wagner: Scenes From The Ring / Domingo, Pappano, Et Al
Release Date: 05/07/2002   Label: Emi Classics  
Catalog: 57242   Number of Discs: 1
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Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Pappano, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Pappano, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Release Date: 04/23/2013   Label: Emi Classics  
Catalog: 167422   Number of Discs: 2
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Massenet: Werther / Pappano, Villazon, Koch, Iversen, Nakamura
Massenet: Werther / Pappano, Villazon, Koch, Iversen, Nakamura
Release Date: 04/03/2012   Label: Deutsche Grammophon  
Catalog: 4779340   Number of Discs: 2
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    Maxim Vengerov: 5 Classic Albums
    Maxim Vengerov: 5 Classic Albums
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 844352 Release Date: 07/09/2013   Number of Discs: 5
    Composer:  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Edouard Lalo,  Camille Saint-Saëns,  Maurice Ravel  ... 
    Performer:  Maxim Vengerov,  Yevgeni Voskoboinikov,  Alexander Gourvich,  Yevgeni Cheskis  ... 
    Conductor:  Mstislav Rostropovich,  Antonio Pappano,  Mikhail Parkhomovsky
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Virtuosi
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    The Verdi Edition: 12 Great Operas [17-DVD Set]
    The Verdi Edition: 12 Great Operas [17-DVD Set]
    Label: Opus Arte   Catalog: 1105 Release Date: 06/25/2013   Number of Discs: 17
    Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi
    Performer:  Gwynne Howell,  Peter Hoare,  Bryn Terfel,  Kenneth Tarver  ... 
    Conductor:  Bernard Haitink,  Carlo Rizzi,  Edward Downes,  Antonio Ros-Marbá  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus,  Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra  ... 
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    Puccini: Tosca / Gheorghiu, Kaufmann, Terfel, Pappano
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 758159 Release Date: 05/21/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Giacomo Puccini
    Performer:  Zheng Zhou,  Bryn Terfel,  Jonas Kaufmann,  Angela Gheorghiu  ... 
    Conductor:  Antonio Pappano
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
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    Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Pappano, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
    Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Pappano, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 167422 Release Date: 04/23/2013   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Gioachino Rossini
    Performer:  Marina Rebeka,  Sara Mingardo,  Francesco Meli,  Alex Espostio
    Conductor:  Antonio Pappano
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus,  Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra
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    Massenet: Werther / Pappano, Alagna, Gheorghiu
    Massenet: Werther / Pappano, Alagna, Gheorghiu
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 359542 Release Date: 03/26/2013   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Jules Massenet
    Performer:  Angela Gheorghiu,  Thomas Hampson,  Patricia Petibon,  Jean-Paul Fouchécourt  ... 
    Conductor:  Antonio Pappano
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra,  Tiffin Children's Choir
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    50 Best Verdi
    50 Best Verdi
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 338302 Release Date: 02/26/2013   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi
    Performer:  Placido Domingo,  Rolando Villazón,  Renato Bruson,  Nicolai Gedda  ... 
    Conductor:  Riccardo Muti,  Marcello Viotti,  Giuseppe Patané,  Julius Rudel  ... 
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    Puccini: Messa Di Gloria; Preludio Sinfonico; Crisantemi
    Puccini: Messa Di Gloria; Preludio Sinfonico; Crisantemi
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 33301 Release Date: 02/26/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Giacomo Puccini
    Conductor:  Antonio Pappano
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    Essential Choral
    Essential Choral
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 234422 Release Date: 01/22/2013   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Antonio Vivaldi,  Johann Sebastian Bach,  George Frideric Handel,  Gregorio Allegri  ... 
    Performer:  Gerald Finley,  David Bell,  Robert Tear,  John Shirley-Quirk  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner,  Sir David Willcocks,  Sir Charles Mackerras,  Stephen Cleobury  ... 
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    Essential Opera Divas
    Essential Opera Divas
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 234522 Release Date: 01/22/2013   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  George Frideric Handel,  Antonio Vivaldi,  Christoph W. Gluck,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  ... 
    Performer:  Arleen Augér,  Patrizia Ciofi,  Véronique Gens,  Margaret Price  ... 
    Conductor:  Richard Hickox,  Fabio Biondi,  Christophe Rousset,  Riccardo Muti  ... 
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    Rolando Villazon Sings Verdi
    Rolando Villazon Sings Verdi
    Label: Virgin Classics   Catalog: 357112 Release Date: 01/22/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi
    Performer:  Rolando Villazón
    Conductor:  Marcello Viotti,  Michel Plasson,  Antonio Pappano
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra
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    Verdi: The Great Operas [35-CDs]
    Verdi: The Great Operas [35-CDs]
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 167452 Release Date: 01/22/2013   Number of Discs: 35
    Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi
    Performer:  Anne Edwards,  Matteo Manuguerra,  Nicolai Ghiaurov,  Renata Scotto  ... 
    Conductor:  Riccardo Muti,  James Levine,  Tullio Serafin,  Antonio Pappano  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ambrosian Opera Chorus,  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus  ... 
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    Classical 2013
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 79914 Release Date: 11/19/2012   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Georges Bizet,  Giacomo Puccini,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Jake Heggie  ... 
    Performer:  Angela Gheorghiu,  Hyun-Jung LIM,  Joyce DiDonato,  Vilde Frang  ... 
    Conductor:  Simon Rattle,  Marco Armiliato,  Patrick Summers,  Eivind Gullberg Jensen  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ensemble Matheus,  English Concert,  Les Violons du Roy  ... 
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    Wagner - The Great Operas [36-CD Set]
    Wagner - The Great Operas [36-CD Set]
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 973359 Release Date: 11/06/2012   Number of Discs: 36
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Peter Schreier,  Siv Wennberg,  René Kollo,  Janis Martin  ... 
    Conductor:  Heinrich Hollreiser,  Otto Klemperer,  Bernard Haitink,  Rudolf Kempe  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Leipzig Radio Chorus,  Dresden Staatskapelle,  Dresden State Opera Chorus  ... 
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    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Cello Concerto / Brunello, Pappano, Accademia Di Santa Cecilia
    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Cello Concerto / Brunello, Pappano, Accademia Di Santa Cecilia
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 14102 Release Date: 10/22/2012   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Antonín Dvorák
    Performer:  Mario Brunello
    Conductor:  Antonio Pappano
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra
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    Puccini: Tosca / Gheorghiu, Kaufmann, Terfel, Pappano
    Puccini: Tosca / Gheorghiu, Kaufmann, Terfel, Pappano
    Label: Emm/Emm   Catalog: 04063 Release Date: 10/22/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Giacomo Puccini
    Performer:  Jeremy White,  Hubert Francis,  Lukas Jakobski,  Angela Gheorghiu  ... 
    Conductor:  Antonio Pappano
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
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    30 Years At La Monnaie/De Munt
    30 Years At La Monnaie/De Munt
    Label: Cypress (Canada)   Catalog: 8603 Release Date: 10/09/2012   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Richard Wagner,  Richard Strauss,  Modest Mussorgsky,  Giuseppe Verdi  ... 
    Performer:  José Van Dam,  Scot Weir,  Catherine [Soprano Vocals] Malfitano,  Bart Ravache  ... 
    Conductor:  Sylvain Cambreling,  John Pritchard,  Antonio Pappano,  Michael Schoenwandt  ... 
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    Russian Treasures
    Russian Treasures
    Label: Virgin Classics   Catalog: 02572 Release Date: 09/25/2012   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Alexander Borodin,  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,  Modest Mussorgsky,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky  ... 
    Performer:  Mikhail Pletnev,  Gautier Capuçon,  Steven Isserlis,  Natalie Dessay  ... 
    Conductor:  Paavo Järvi,  André Cluytens,  Armin Jordan,  Sir Charles Mackerras  ... 
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    Rachmaninov: Complete Piano Concertos / Andsnes, Pappano, Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony
    Rachmaninov: Complete Piano Concertos / Andsnes, Pappano, Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 19385 Release Date: 09/18/2012   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Sergei Rachmaninov
    Performer:  Leif Ove Andsnes
    Conductor:  Antonio Pappano
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,  London Symphony Orchestra
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    Puccini: Il Trittico / Pappano, Gallo, Demuro, Westbroek, Larsson
    Puccini: Il Trittico / Pappano, Gallo, Demuro, Westbroek, Larsson
    Label: Opus Arte   Catalog: 1070 Release Date: 07/31/2012   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Giacomo Puccini
    Performer:  Ermonela Jaho,  Anna Larsson,  Irina Mishura,  Lucio Gallo  ... 
    Conductor:  Antonio Pappano
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
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    Puccini: Il Trittico / Pappano, Gallo, Demuro, Westbroek, Larsson [blu-ray]
    Puccini: Il Trittico / Pappano, Gallo, Demuro, Westbroek, Larsson [blu-ray]
    Label: Opus Arte   Catalog: 7102 Release Date: 07/31/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Giacomo Puccini
    Performer:  Ermonela Jaho,  Anna Larsson,  Irina Mishura,  Eva-Maria Westbroek  ... 
    Conductor:  Antonio Pappano
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
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    Voices Of German Opera
    Voices Of German Opera
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 40497 Release Date: 07/31/2012   Number of Discs: 5
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Carl Maria von Weber,  Heinrich Marschner  ... 
    Performer:  Natalie Dessay,  Edda Moser,  Kurt Moll,  Walter Berry  ... 
    Conductor:  Louis Langrée,  Wolfgang Sawallisch,  Berislav Klobucar,  Rudolf Moralt  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,  Bavarian State Opera Orchestra,  Berlin Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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    Voices Of Italian Opera
    Voices Of Italian Opera
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 40509 Release Date: 07/31/2012   Number of Discs: 5
    Composer:  Vincenzo Bellini,  Gaetano Donizetti,  Gioachino Rossini,  Giuseppe Verdi  ... 
    Performer:  Maria Callas,  Edita Gruberova,  Margherita Carosio,  Francesco Meli  ... 
    Conductor:  Tullio Serafin,  Kurt Eichhorn,  Anatole Fistoulari,  Evelino Pidò  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra,  Munich Radio Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra  ... 
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    Classical 2012
    Classical 2012
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 001675702 Release Date: 05/08/2012   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Sergei Rachmaninov,  Georges Bizet,  Giovanni Battista Pergolesi  ... 
    Performer:  Cecilia Bartoli,  Lang Lang,  Andrea Bocelli,  Anna Netrebko  ... 
    Conductor:  Myung-Whun Chung,  Antonio Pappano,  Gustavo Dudamel,  Marco Armiliato  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  I Fagiolini
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    Opera 2012
    Opera 2012
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 001675802 Release Date: 05/08/2012   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Giuseppe Verdi,  Vincenzo Bellini,  Umberto Giordano  ... 
    Performer:  Joyce DiDonato,  Andrea Bocelli,  Anna Netrebko,  Jonas Kaufmann  ... 
    Conductor:  Kazushi Ono,  Zubin Mehta,  Fabio Luisi,  Antonio Pappano  ... 
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    Massenet: Werther / Pappano, Villazon, Koch, Iversen, Nakamura
    Massenet: Werther / Pappano, Villazon, Koch, Iversen, Nakamura
    Label: Deutsche Grammophon   Catalog: 4779340 Release Date: 04/03/2012   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Jules Massenet
    Performer:  Alain Verhes,  Darren Jeffery,  Audun Iversen,  Eri Nakamura  ... 
    Conductor:  Antonio Pappano
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
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