Giacomo Sagripanti Joins Gran Teatre del Liceu’s ‘Tosca’

By Francisco Salazar

The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced that Giacomo Sagripanti will conduct some performances of “Tosca.”

The company said that due Maestro Henrik Nánási has suffered an injury to his left shoulder and, in order not to burden it, Sagripanti will take over the performances on Jan. 5, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, and 20.

Nánási will still conduct performances on Jan. 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, and 19.

Sagripanti is a well-known Italian conductor who has performed with the Festival della Valle d’Itria, Semperoper in Dresden, Teatro La Fenice, Opernhaus Zürich, Bolshoi Theatre, Opéra de Paris, Teatro de La Maestranza in Sevilla and the Rossini Opera Festival, among others.

“Tosca” opens on Jan. 4 and is set to star Maria Agresta, Emily Magee, Monica Zanettin, Sondra Radvanovsky, Michael Fabiano, Antonio Corianò, Vittorio Grigolo, Željko Lučić, and George Gagnidze.

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