Daniele Rustioni Leads Opéra De Lyon's 2018 Festival In Works By Verdi

Daniele Rustioni leads the Opéra National de Lyon's 2018 Festival in three operas by Giuseppe Verdi, March 16 through April 6, 2018. In celebration of Rustioni's first season at the Opéra de Lyon's principal conductor, Opéra de Lyon has dedicated its annual festival to the works of Verdi, which have played an essential role in Rustioni's career. The 2018 Festival explores themes of power, politics, corruption, and hope with three of Verdi's less-often performed operas: Macbeth, the 1867 Paris Version of Don Carlos sung in the original French, and Attila. Rustioni will conduct the Opéra de Lyon Orchestra and Chorus in all the festival performances.

The festival begins on March 16 with a revival of Ivo van Hove's production of Verdi's Macbeth, which premiered at Opéra de Lyon in 2012. Baritione Elchin Azizov sings the title role with soprano Susanna Branchini as Lady Macbeth, bass Roberto Scandiuzzi as Banco, and tenor Arseny Yakovlev as Macduff. The following evening, March 17, Rustioni conducts the premiere of Christophe Honoré's new production of the 1867 Paris version of Verdi's Don Carlos sung in the original French by an impressive international cast, including Sergey Ramonvsky as Carlos, Michele Pertusi as Philippe II, Stéphane Degout as Rodrigue, Sally Matthews as Elisabeth de Valois, Eve-Maud Hubeaux as Princess Eboli, and Roberto Scandiuzzi as The Grand Inquisitor. On March 18, Rustioni conducts a one-night-only concert version of Verdi's 1846 Attila, a co-production with the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, starring Dmitry Ulyanov in the title role, Tatiana Serjan as Odabella, Alexey Markov as Ezio, and Riccardo Massi as Foresto. In the course of three weeks, Rustioni will conduct all 16 performances of these three remarkable scores.

In October 2017, Daniele Rustioni inaugurated his tenure as Opéra de Lyon's new Principal Conductor leading an innovative new staging of Britten's War Requiem directed by Yoshi Oida. Internationally, Rustioni has been engaged by many of the world's major opera houses including Bayerischer Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro La Fenice, Royal Opera House (London), Opéra Bastille, Opernhaus Zürich, Stuttgart, Teatro Regio Torino, and the Bolshoi Theatre. In April 2017 he made his critically acclaimed debut at the Metropolitan Opera conducting Verdi's Aida, and was immediately invited back for future engagements. In addition to his position with Opéra de Lyon, Rustioni has been the Music Director of the Orchestra della Toscana since 2014, which he will lead on a 5-city Italian tour in May 2018. Also that month Maestro Rustioni returns to the Barbican Centre to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a program of works by Ravel, Respighi, Federico Ghedini and Mohammed Fairouz.

Daniele Rustioni Leads the Opéra de Lyon 2018 Festival

Verdi's Macbeth

March 16 21, 25, 27, 31; April 3, 5

Conductor Daniele Rustioni

Director Ivo van Hove

Sets and Lighting Jan Versweyveld

Costumes Wojciech Dziedzic

Video Tal Yarden

Macbeth Elchin Azizov

Lady Macbeth Susanna Branchini

Banco Roberto Scandiuzzi

Macduff Arseny Yakovlev

Médecin Patrick Bolleire

Malcolm Louis Zaitoun

Orchestra, Chorus and Studio of Opéra de Lyon

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Verdi's Don Carlos

Five-Act Paris Version, 1967

Sung in French

March 17, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30; April 2, 6

Conductor Daniele Rustioni

Director Christophe Honoré

Sets Alban Ho Van

Costumes Pascaline Chavanne

Lights Dominique Bruguière

Choreography Ashley Wright

Philippe II Michele Pertusi

Don Carlos Sergey Romanovsky

Rodrigue Stéphane Degout

The Grand Inquisitor Roberto Scandiuzzi

A Monk Patrick Bolleire

Elisabeth de Valois Sally Matthews

Princess Eboli Eve-Maud Hubeaux

Orchestra, Chorus and Studio of the Opéra de Lyon

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Verdi's Atilla

Concert Opera

A co-production with the Théâtre des Champes-Élysées

March 18

Conductor Daniele Rustioni

Attila Dmitry Ulyanov

Ezio Alexey Markov

Odabella Tatiana Serjan

Foresto Riccardo Massi

Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra de Lyon

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About Daniele Rustioni

At the age of 34, Daniele Rustioni is one of the most compelling conductors of his generation in both the symphonic and the operatic spheres.

In the 2017 - 18 season, Maestro Rustioni began his tenure as the Principal Conductor of the Opéra National de Lyon. He is also the Principal Conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana, a position he has held since 2014.

Maestro Rustioni inaugurated his tenure as Principal Conductor of the Opéra National de Lyon with a new and innovative staging of Britten's War Requiem by Yoshi Oida in October 2017. In March and April 2018 he will lead productions of Verdi's Macbeth, directed by Ivo van Hove; a new production of the five-act version of Verdi's Don Carlos directed by Christophe Honoré; and a concert performance of Verdi's Attila as part of Opéra National de Lyon's Verdi Festival .

In December 2017, Maestro Rustioni returned to Opernhaus Zürich with a new production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Other operatic engagements in the 2017 - 2018 season see Maestro Rustioni conducting for the first time Der Freischütz in Stuttgart, leading a new production of La bohème at the Bolshoi and returning to Teatro Regio Torino to conduct Don Giovanni.

Maestro Rustioni has been engaged by many of the major international opera houses including Bayerischer Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Regio Torino, Teatro La Fenice, Royal Opera House (London) and Opéra Bastille. In April 2017 he made his critically acclaimed debut at the Metropolitan Opera, which immediately invited him for future engagements.

Alongside his celebrated career as an opera conductor, Maestro Rustioni is in-demand worldwide as a versatile conductor of symphonic repertoire. Maestro Rustioni's international orchestral engagements this season and include his debut with the RTE Symphony Orchestra in Dublin in January 2018 and performances with the Staatsorchester Stuttgart and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester in April 2018. He continues his work with the Orchestra della Toscana in a 5-city tour throughout the Tuscan region and beyond in May 2018. Also that month Maestro Rustioni returns to the Barbican Centre to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a program of Ravel, Respighi, Federico Ghedini and Mohammed Fairouz.

Maestro Rustioni has made regular appearances in Japan since his debut with Madama Butterfly at the Nikkikai Opera in 2014 followed by symphonic concerts with the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. In May 2018, he returns to lead concerts with the Osaka Philharmonic and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.

Maestro Rustioni already boasts an extensive and varied discography. Recently, he conducted a critically lauded recording of Bellini's first opera Adelson e Salvini for Opera Rara with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, released in 2017. A multi-year three recording project with Sony Classical dedicated to the works of the 20th-century Italian symphonic and opera composers was inaugurated with the recent release of works by Federico Ghedini. The next two recordings will feature composers such as Petrassi and Casella. His most recent project is the first recording of Wolf-Ferrari's Violin Concerto on Deutsche Grammophon with Francesca Dego and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

In 2013 he received the International Opera Award for Best Newcomer of the Year.

WEBSITE: www.danielerustioni.com

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