Antonio Pappano

Biography

Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. In 1992, Pappano became music director of La Monnaie, the Belgian Royal Opera House, a post he held until 2002. In that year, he was named the music director of the Royal Opera House (ROH), Covent Garden. At Covent Garden, Pappano and Kasper Holten, the ROH Director of Opera, shared responsibility for production. His current ROH contract runs through to 2017, and was extended until 2023. Pappano was the youngest conductor to lead the orchestra of the ROH, accompanying both the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet. In 2015 he received a Gold Medal from the Royal Philharmonic Society

Known For

BBC Proms

Ennio

Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro

Tosca

Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold

Bellini: Norma

Royal Opera House: Tosca

Cecilia Bartoli & Friends

All Movies (44)

• The Alchemy of the Piano2024 · as Self
• Verdi: Messa da Requiem2024 · as Self - Conductor
• Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold2023 · as Conductor
• Ennio2022 · as Self
• Pappano e la Messa di Gloria di Puccini2022
• RCO: Pappano conducts Beethoven & Schumann2021 · as dirigent
• Gala del Belcanto - Omaggio al melodramma di Bellini e Donizetti2021
• Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House2020 · as Piano
• Concerto Pappano-Bollani2020
• Cecilia Bartoli & Friends2019 · as self
• Pappano's Greatest Arias2019 · as Self
• Royal Opera House: The Queen of Spades2019
• Pappano a Mosca con Santa Cecilia2019
• Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts2019
• Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Rachmaninov-Sibelius2018
• Kaufmann's Otello at the Royal Opera House2017 · as Conductor
• Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly2017 · as Conductor
• Royal Opera House: Norma2016 · as Himself - Conductor
• Bellini: Norma2016 · as Conductor
• Royal Opera House: Andrea Chernier2015 · as Conductor
• Pappano's Classical Voices2015 · as Himself
• Król Roger2015
• Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Sciarrino - Bach2015
• Les Vêpres siciliennes2013 · as Conductor
• The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Verdi: Don Carlo2013 · as Conductor - Self
• Verdi - Don Carlo2013 · as Conductor
• Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Puccini-Strauss-Rachmaninoff2013
• Les Troyens2012 · as Conductor
• Pappano's Essential Tosca2012 · as Music Director, The Royal Opera
• Puccini: Il Trittico2012
• Royal Opera House: Tosca2011 · as Self - Conductor
• MacBeth2011 · as Self - Conductor
• Opera Italia2010 · as Himself
• Royal Opera House: La Traviata2009 · as Self - Conductor
• The Barber of Seville2009 · as Conductor
• Don Carlo - ROH2008 · as Conductor
• The Minotaur2008 · as Conductor
• Carmen2007 · as Conductor
• Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro2006 · as Self - Conductor
• Die Walküre2005 · as self
• Tosca2001 · as Conductor
• Verdi: Don Carlos1996 · as Conductor
• Antonio Pappano spielt und erklärt Rachmaninoffs Sinfonie Nr. 2— · as Dirigent

All TV Shows (1)

• BBC Proms1947 · as Conductor