Young Italian conductor Giovanni Reggioli has already established an impressive international career having conducted Falstaff in Sydney and Caracas, Carmen, La Bohème and Don Giovanni at the Washington Opera, Un Giorno di Regno at the Caramoor International Music Festival of New York, Un Ballo in Maschera and Turandot in Quebec City, as well as I Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana for Port Opera.
He has served as assistant conductor and vocal coach at the New York City Opera, Juilliard Opera Center, the Maggio Musicale, Florence, the Donizetti Festival, Bergamo, the Barga Opera Festival and the Settimana Musicale Senese at the Accademia Chigiana, Siena working with such celebrated conductors as Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Chailly, Gerard Schwarz, Julius Rudel, Bruno Bartoletti, Edoardo Muller and Peter Maag. He has led the Metropolitan Opera, Washington Opera and Los Angeles Opera orchestras, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of Saint Luke's, the Orchestra Filarmonica Mediterranea and the Orchestra Filarmonica di Sanremo.
Recent highlights include Maestro Reggioli's 2005 debut at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome where he conducted Aida, appearances at the Washington Opera for I Vespri Siciliani and Madama Butterfly for Opéra de Québec. He most recently conducted Bluebeard's Castle and Gianni Schicchi for Washington Opera.
Working with Placido Domingo, Giovanni Reggioli has served as head coach and music administrator for the Washington Opera's Vilar Young Artist Program since 2001. During his tenure there, he has conducted the "Operalia Gala", featuring Placido Domingo, and the Washington Opera Gala, televised for PBS, working alongside Valery Gergiev.
A versatile musician, Maestro Reggioli has accompanied in recital such renowned opera singers as Renata Scotto, Shirley Verrett, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Rolando Paneraï, Anna Moffo, Carlo Bergonzi and Jennifer Larmore.
He was the recipient of the conducting scholarship at the Laboratorio Lirico di Alessandria in Italy and the Bruno Walter Memorial Scholarship at the Juilliard School in New York in 1991, 1992, and 1993. During his 6-year tenure (1995-2001) as Assistant Conductor at the Metropolitan Opera where he worked with James Levine, he was responsible for music preparation for Falstaff.
Forthcoming engagements in the 2006/2007 season include a return to Opera Australia for La Traviata and Il Trovatore .
Giovanni Reggioli is represented by Intermusica in Europe.
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