Orchestra

From the 2020-2021 season, Fabio Luisi (Honorary conductor since 2012) has been the protagonist of numerous concerts dedicated to the great European Romantic symphonic repertoire – with a specific focus to the composer Anton Bruckner – whose work has been intertwined by Luisi with a exploratory journey of Luciano Berio’s symphonic work since 2022 (considering the centennial birth anniversary of the composer from Oneglia, which will be celebrated in 2025).

In 2021, Donato Renzetti (Director Emeritus since 2022) conducted the first modern performance of Bianca e Fernando by Vincenzo Bellini in the version of “Genova, 1828”, as part of a larger project for the rediscovery of Genoese musical civilization promoted by the Theatre. rom the 2020-2021 season, as a regular guest of the Theatre, he has conducted numerous concerts dedicated to the discovery of European musical forms from the XX century.

In 2022, Riccardo Minasi was appointed Music director.

Numerous illustrious recordings were realized at Opera Carlo Felice theatre, in particular of opera productions, for labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Sony, TDK, Rai-Trade, Nuova Era Records, Arthaus Musik, Dynamic, Bongiovanni, Denon / Nippon Columbia and BMG- Memories.

Such an high artistic level has been consolidated over the years, allowing the Theatre to take part in very prestigious events such as the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto (2013, 2020), the Ravello Festival (2014, 2019) and the Festival di musica sacra Anima Mundi di Pisa (2015), and to perform in important national and international venues such as the Parco della Musica in Rome (2015), the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan (2012), the Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome (2012), the Teatro dal Verme in Milan (2014, 2019, 2021) the Royal Opera House of Muscat (2015, 2017, 2019) the Astana Opera (2017), the Marinsky Concert Hall (2019), the Basilica di S. Francesco d’Assisi for the Christmas Concert of 2020, broadcast in Eurovision by RAI.

Latest update: June 2022