Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959 in London, England) is a British conductor. His family has origins near Naples. At age 13, his family moved to Connecticut, USA. He worked in Barcelona and Frankfurt, and served as an assistant to Michael Gielen.^[1] December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... A conductor conducting a band at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... The Bay of Naples Naples (Italian: , Neapolitan: Nàpule, from Greek Νεάπολη < Νέα Πόλις Néa Pólis New City) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of the Campania region and the Province of Naples. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (Catalan) Ciudad Condal (Spanish) Postal code 08001-08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... Main Station Frankfurt Frankfurt International Airport For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ... Michael Gielen (born July 20, 1927) is an Austrian conductor and composer. ...

From 1992-2002, Pappano was music director of La Monnaie, the Belgian Royal Opera House. In 1999, he was named music director for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as of 2002. La Monnaie (Dutch: De Munt) is an opera house in Brussels. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is a performing arts venue in London. ... Covent Garden is a district in central London and within the easterly bounds of the City of Westminster. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Recently he has been working his way through the operas that are part of Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner, with stars that have included Plácido Domingo, but, with the Covent Garden orchestra and chorus, he has also conducted a new David McVicar staging of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro from the harpsichord to widespread acclaim. His reputation as accessible yet charismatic and as someone who can work with even the most prima of donnas is helping him to build a formidable reputation in London and the opera world. His recordings include the following operas: Valkyrie Warrior Maiden by artist Arthur Rackham (1912) Der Ring des Nibelungen, commonly translated into English as The Ring of the Nibelung or The Nibelungs Ring, is a series of four epic music dramas based loosely on figures and elements of Germanic paganism, particularly from the Icelanders sagas and... Wilhelm Richard Wagner (Leipzig, May 22, 1813 – Venice, February 13, 1883) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo [1] (born January 21, 1941) [2] is a world-famous Spanish operatic tenor, well-known for his versatile, strong voice that is possessed of a ringing and clear tone throughout its range. ... David McVicar (1967, Glasgow) is a Scottish opera and theatre director. ... Le Nozze di Figaro, is a comic opera composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Beaumarchais. ... Harpsichord in the Flemish style A harpsichord is any of a family of European keyboard instruments, including the large instrument currently called a harpsichord, but also the smaller virginals, the muselar virginals and the spinet. ...

• Philippe Boesmans: Wintermärchen
• Jules Massenet: Manon, Werther
• Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico, La Bohème, La Rondine, Tosca
• Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo, Il Trovatore
• Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Antonio Pappano is the youngest conductor to lead London's prestigious opera (and ballet) orchestra and chorus. As well as directing the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, he was previously director of the Den Norske Opera (Norwegian National Opera) where his role as Sjefdirigent has been taken by Olaf Henzold. He has also been principal guest conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. As a pianist, he was a rehearsal accompanist at the New York City Opera by the age of 21, after his family moved to Connecticut, USA when he was 13. As a pianist as well as a conductor, he attracted the attention of fellow pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, whose assistant he became at the Bayreuth Festival. He has also conducted at the English National Opera (ENO), the San Francisco Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Berlin State Opera (Berlin Staatsoper). Philippe Boesmans (17 May 1936 - ) is a Belgian composer. ... Jules (Émile Frédéric) Massenet (May 12, 1842 - August 13, 1912) was a French composer. ... Manon is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. ... Werther is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, based on the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe. ... Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire[1]. Some of his melodies, such as O mio babbino caro... Il trittico (The Triptych) is the title to a collection of three one-act operas, Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi, by Giacomo Puccini. ... La bohème[1] is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de Bohème by Henri Murger. ... A poster for the Italian premiere. ... Original poster Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardous drama, La Tosca. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome). ... Don Carlos is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. ... Il trovatore (The Troubadour) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare and Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play El Trobador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. ... Wilhelm Richard Wagner (Leipzig, May 22, 1813 – Venice, February 13, 1883) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde) is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the romance by Gottfried von Strassburg, which in turn was based on the story of Tristan and Isolde as told in French by Thomas of... The Norwegian National Opera (Norwegian: Den Norske Opera) is the first fully professional company for opera and ballet in Norway. ... Fredric R. Mann Auditorum (he:Hichal Hatarbot), home of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra The Leonard Bernstein Plaza in front of the Mann Auditorum The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisreelit) is the leading symphony orchestra in Israel, and one of the top orchestras... The New York City Opera (NYCO) is New York Citys second opera company (after the Metropolitan Opera). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Daniel Barenboim conducting. ... Bayreuth Festspielhaus, as seen in 1882 The annual Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany is devoted principally (but not exclusively) to performances of operas by the 19th century German composer Richard Wagner. ... The London Coliseum, home of the English National Opera English National Opera (ENO), located at the Coliseum Theatre on St. ... San Francisco Opera (SFO) is the second largest opera company in North America. ... The Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. ... Berlin State Opera (in German: Staatsoper Berlin) is a prominent German opera company. ...

Antonio Pappano is also Music Director of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome in his parents' homeland Italy (he was born in Epping, near London) and conducts regularly with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The Orchestra dellAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is a one of the best-known orchestras in Italy. ... High Street in Epping Epping is a market town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex in the United Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that London (orchestra) be merged into this article or section. ... The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, based in Chicago, Illinois, is one of the leading orchestras in the world. ... The Berlin Philharmonic rehearsing in the Berliner Philharmonie. ... Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest in Dutch) is the best known and most respected symphonic orchestra in the Netherlands, and is generally considered to be among the worlds finest. ...

In December 2006, The Independent reported that Pappano had renewed his contract with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden^[2].

References

• Maeckelbergh, Lucrèce. Antonio Pappano: Con Passione. Snoeck, September 2006, ISBN 90-5349-527-4.

External links

• Biography at ROH Covent Garden Web-site
• Web page on Pappano from Bridgeport Central High School