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Daniele Gatti

Jun 12, 2025

Daniele Gatti Named Music Director of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Daniele Gatti has been named Music Director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. The conductor will begin his tenure in 2026 during the 88th Festival del Maggio and will serve for an initial three years through June 30, 2029. In a statement, General Director Carlos Fuortes said, “I am particularly pleased to announce this appointment. Daniele Gatti is one of the {…}

May 26, 2025

Daniele Gatti Cancels All Future Performances with Teatro alla Scala

Daniele Gatti has canceled all his upcoming performances at the Teatro alla Scala. According to the Italian press, Gatti, who was considered the favorite to become the new Music Director of La Scala, decided to cancel his engagements with the theater after Myung-Whun Chung was named Music Director. His next engagement with the company would have been Debussy’s “Pelléas et {…}

Jan 31, 2025

Teatro alla Scala 2024-25 Review: Falstaff

(Photo: Brescia – Amisano © Teatro alla Scala) There is no other title in operatic history that was created with as little expectation as “Falstaff.” Giuseppe Verdi concluded that he had composed everything he was meant to in life and stopped writing for several years. It wasn’t until 1880 that his wife, Giuseppina Strepponi, pointed out that to close his {…}

Jul 7, 2023

Daniele Gatti Named Staatskapelle Dresden’s Chief Conductor

The Staatskapelle Dresden has named Daniele Gatti the new Chief Conductor. The Saxon Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Barbara Klepsch and Daniele Gatti signed a corresponding contract in Dresden that will begin on August 1, 2024 and will last six years through July 31, 2030. In a press statement, Klepsch added, “I am happy that after the vote {…}

Sep 1, 2022

Bayreuth Festival Announces Return of Two Conductors in Coming Seasons

(Photo by Pablo Faccinetto) Katharina Wagner has announced that conductors Semyon Bychkov and Daniele Gatti will be making their returns to the Bayreuth Festival in the coming years. In an official release, the director of the famed institution noted that Gatti would be returning in 2025 to lead a production “Die Meistersinger” while Bychkov would lead a new “Tristan und {…}

Jun 22, 2022

Staatskapelle Dresden Announces New Chief Conductor

The Staatskapelle Dresden has announced a new Chief Conductor. Daniele Gatti will succeed Christian Thielemann in autumn 2024. The news comes after the musicians of the Staatskapelle Dresden voted unanimously for the Italian conductor. Gatti is currently the Music Director of the Orchestra Mozart, Artistic Advisor of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and Chief Conductor of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale {…}

Dec 15, 2021

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma 2021-22 Review: Julius Caesar

(Photo: Fabrizio Sansoni) In 2005, Vlaamse Opera premiered the first part of the Giorgio Battistelli’s Shakespeare trilogy, “Richard III,” to widespread acclaim. It has since gone on to receive a number of productions across Europe, although it had to wait until 2018 to receive its Italian premiere at Venice’s La Fenice. OperaWire was present for the occasion, and for what {…}

Sep 28, 2021

Daniele Gatti Leads Verdi’s Messa di Requiem in Parma

On Oct. 2, the Festival Verdi is set to present the Messa da Requiem which will be dedicated to the composer Sylvano Bussotti, who recently died. Daniele Gatti will conduct the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai and the coro del Teatro Regio di Parma. Maria Agresta, Elīna Garanča, and John Relyea will make their Teatro Regio di Parma debuts alongside {…}

Jul 2, 2021

Daniele Gatti Named Music Director of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Daniele Gatti has been named Music Director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Alexander Pereira announced the news during a press conference which also announced the 2021-22 season. Gatti will succeed Zubin Mehta who will continue with the Maggio Musicale as Music Director Emeritus. Pereira noted that both Mehta and Gatti will conduct the same number of productions and that a {…}

Apr 30, 2021

Criticism on Fridays: The Italian Theatres Reopen

(Photo: Finn Hackshaw) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most essential topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. Last week, like many people in Italy, I wondered if the country would switch to a yellow zone and public events and outdoor cafes would be allowed {…}

Dec 18, 2020

Danielle Gatti & Carmela Remigio Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s Mozart/Beethoven Concert

The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to stream a concert featuring the music of Mozart and Beethoven on Dec. 19. The concert will be streamed at 7 p.m. local time on the company’s YouTube page and official website. Daniele Gatti will conduct the Orchestra of the Opera di Roma and Carmela Remigio will perform Mozart’s “Ah! fuggì il traditor!” {…}

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