Carlo Rizzi

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Carlo Rizzi holds a long-standing reputation as one of the world’s foremost operatic conductors, in demand as a guest artist at the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals. Equally at home in the opera house and the concert hall, his vast repertoire spans everything from the foundation works of the operatic and symphonic canon to rarities by Bellini, Cimarosa and Donizetti to Giordano, Pizzetti and Montemezzi. Combining a deep expertise in the vocal art with theatrical flair and the practical collaborative skills honed over decades of experience in the world’s finest theatres, he is acclaimed by singers and audiences alike as a master of the operatic craft. Born in Milan, Rizzi studied at the city’s conservatoire, and following his graduation was employed as a repetiteur at the legendary Teatro alla Scala. He launched his conducting career in 1982 and has now performed over a hundred operas, with a broad repertoire that is rich in Italian works in addition to the major titles of Mozart, Wagner, Strauss, Britten, Mussorgsky, Martinů and Janáček. Since 2019 Rizzi is Music Director of Opera Rara, the UK-based company devoted to resurrecting and returning to the repertoire undiscovered and undervalued works from opera’s celebrated and neglected composers, and since 2015, he has been Conductor Laureate of the Welsh National Opera, following his tenure as Music Director (1992-2001 and 2004-2008) during which he was widely credited with overseeing  a dramatic increase in the company’s artistic standards and international profile. He also has held longstanding relationships with the Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and his career has seen him leading numerous productions at the most distinguished operatic addresses including the Opera National de Paris, Teatro Real Madrid, the Rossini Opera Festival of Pesaro, the Netherlands Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the New National Theatre Tokyo, Zürcher Oper, Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, Brussels. 2023/24 he conducts revivals of La bohème and Un ballo in maschera at the Metropolitan Opera, I vespri siciliani and La fanciulla del West at the Wiener Staatsoper, Otello at the Seoul Arts Centre, and a new production of Il trittico for Welsh National Opera.

Performances with Carlo Rizzi

Saison 2024-25
Sat
21 Dec
19:00 — 22:00
Giuseppe Verdi
Oper Main Stage

with Dmitry Korchak, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Nina Minasyan, Ivo Stanchev, Monika Bohinec, Conductor: Carlo Rizzi

Rigoletto

Cast at Saturday 21. December 2024

Herzog von Mantua

Sparafucile

Il Conte di Monterone

Il Conte di Ceprano

La Contessa di Ceprano

Ein Page der Herzogin

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Pierre Audi

Bühne und Kostüme

Christof Hetzer

Licht

Bernd Purkrabek

Dramaturgie

Bettina Auer
Available tickets

Saturday 21. December 2024

Area 1 255 €
Area 1

255 €

Area 2 209 €
Area 2

209 €

Area 3 180 €
Area 3

180 €

Area 4 122 €
Area 4

122 €

Area 5 94 €
Area 5

94 €

Area 6 69 €
Area 6

69 €

Area 7 45 €
Area 7

45 €

Area 8 30 €
Area 8

30 €

Area 9 18 €
Area 9

18 €

Standing room
Standing room

Wed
25 Dec
19:00 — 22:00
Giuseppe Verdi
Oper Main Stage

with Dmitry Korchak, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Nina Minasyan, Ivo Stanchev, Monika Bohinec, Conductor: Carlo Rizzi

Rigoletto

Cast at Wednesday 25. December 2024

Herzog von Mantua

Sparafucile

Il Conte di Monterone

Il Conte di Ceprano

La Contessa di Ceprano

Ein Page der Herzogin

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Pierre Audi

Bühne und Kostüme

Christof Hetzer

Licht

Bernd Purkrabek

Dramaturgie

Bettina Auer
Available tickets

Wednesday 25. December 2024

Area 1 242 €
Area 1

242 €

Area 2 198 €
Area 2

198 €

Area 3 165 €
Area 3

165 €

Area 4 113 €
Area 4

113 €

Area 5 89 €
Area 5

89 €

Area 6 65 €
Area 6

65 €

Area 7 42 €
Area 7

42 €

Area 8 29 €
Area 8

29 €

Area 9 17 €
Area 9

17 €

Standing room
Standing room

Ö1 U27
Sun
29 Dec
18:30 — 21:30
Giuseppe Verdi
Oper Main Stage

with Dmitry Korchak, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Nina Minasyan, Ivo Stanchev, Monika Bohinec, Conductor: Carlo Rizzi

Rigoletto

Cast at Sunday 29. December 2024

Herzog von Mantua

Sparafucile

Il Conte di Monterone

Il Conte di Ceprano

La Contessa di Ceprano

Ein Page der Herzogin

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Pierre Audi

Bühne und Kostüme

Christof Hetzer

Licht

Bernd Purkrabek

Dramaturgie

Bettina Auer
Available tickets

Sunday 29. December 2024

Area 1 242 €
Area 1

242 €

Area 2 198 €
Area 2

198 €

Area 3 165 €
Area 3

165 €

Area 4 113 €
Area 4

113 €

Area 5 89 €
Area 5

89 €

Area 6 65 €
Area 6

65 €

Area 7 42 €
Area 7

42 €

Area 8 29 €
Area 8

29 €

Area 9 17 €
Area 9

17 €

Standing room
Standing room

Zyklus »Verdi«

Ticket information

Saison 2024/2025

Zentrale Werke des italienischen Komponisten Giuseppe Verdi vereint in einem Zyklus. Sie erhalten einen umfassenden Einblick in das musikalische Schaffen und die zeitlose Bedeutung des Komponisten für die Opernwelt.

15. Oktober 2024: MACBETH
29. Dezember 2024: RIGOLETTO
2. Februar 2025: IL TROVATORE
20. März 2025: DON CARLO

Mon
06 Jan
19:00 — 21:45
Giacomo Puccini
Oper Main Stage

with Elena Pankratova, Jörg Schneider, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Michael Fabiano, Selene Zanetti, Conductor: Carlo Rizzi

Turandot

Cast at Monday 6. January 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Bühne

Etienne Pluss

Kostüme

Ursula Kudrna

Choreographie

Sommer Ulrickson

Licht

Olaf Freese

Video

rocafilm

Dramaturgie

Konrad Kuhn
Available tickets

Monday 6. January 2025

Area 1 232 €
Area 1

232 €

Area 2 190 €
Area 2

190 €

Area 3 153 €
Area 3

153 €

Area 4 108 €
Area 4

108 €

Area 5 86 €
Area 5

86 €

Area 6 62 €
Area 6

62 €

Area 7 39 €
Area 7

39 €

Area 8 29 €
Area 8

29 €

Area 9 16 €
Area 9

16 €

Standing room
Standing room

U27
Fri
10 Jan
19:00 — 21:45
Giacomo Puccini
Oper Main Stage

with Elena Pankratova, Jörg Schneider, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Michael Fabiano, Selene Zanetti, Conductor: Carlo Rizzi

Turandot

Cast at Friday 10. January 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Bühne

Etienne Pluss

Kostüme

Ursula Kudrna

Choreographie

Sommer Ulrickson

Licht

Olaf Freese

Video

rocafilm

Dramaturgie

Konrad Kuhn
Available tickets

Friday 10. January 2025

Area 1 232 €
Area 1

232 €

Area 2 190 €
Area 2

190 €

Area 3 153 €
Area 3

153 €

Area 4 108 €
Area 4

108 €

Area 5 86 €
Area 5

86 €

Area 6 62 €
Area 6

62 €

Area 7 39 €
Area 7

39 €

Area 8 29 €
Area 8

29 €

Area 9 16 €
Area 9

16 €

Standing room
Standing room

Abo 6

Ticket information

Saison 2024/2025

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

22. November 2024: IL RITORNO D’ULISSE IN PATRIA
10. Jänner 2025: TURANDOT
21. Februar 2025: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
07. März 2025: BALLETT: DIE KAMELIENDAME
04. April 2025: IOLANTA

Mon
13 Jan
19:00 — 21:45
Giacomo Puccini
Oper Main Stage

with Elena Pankratova, Jörg Schneider, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Michael Fabiano, Selene Zanetti, Conductor: Carlo Rizzi

Turandot

Cast at Monday 13. January 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Bühne

Etienne Pluss

Kostüme

Ursula Kudrna

Choreographie

Sommer Ulrickson

Licht

Olaf Freese

Video

rocafilm

Dramaturgie

Konrad Kuhn
Few tickets left
Available tickets

Monday 13. January 2025

Area 1 232 €
Area 1

232 €

Area 2 190 €
Area 2

190 €

Area 3 153 €
Area 3

153 €

Area 4 108 €
Area 4

108 €

Area 5 86 €
Area 5

86 €

Area 6 62 €
Area 6

62 €

Area 7 39 €
Area 7

39 €

Area 8 29 €
Area 8

29 €

Area 9 16 €
Area 9

16 €

Standing room
Standing room

Abo 13

Ticket information

Saison 2024/2025

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
 

09. September 2024: LA TRAVIATA
04. November 2024: MADAMA BUTTERFLY
13. Jänner 2025: TURANDOT
24. Februar 2025: BALLETT: DIE KAMELIENDAME
17. März 2025: L’ELISIR D’AMORE

Fri
17 Jan
19:00 — 21:45
Giacomo Puccini
Oper Main Stage

with Elena Pankratova, Jörg Schneider, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Michael Fabiano, Selene Zanetti, Conductor: Carlo Rizzi

Turandot

Cast at Friday 17. January 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Bühne

Etienne Pluss

Kostüme

Ursula Kudrna

Choreographie

Sommer Ulrickson

Licht

Olaf Freese

Video

rocafilm

Dramaturgie

Konrad Kuhn
Available tickets

Friday 17. January 2025

Area 1 232 €
Area 1

232 €

Area 2 190 €
Area 2

190 €

Area 3 153 €
Area 3

153 €

Area 4 108 €
Area 4

108 €

Area 5 86 €
Area 5

86 €

Area 6 62 €
Area 6

62 €

Area 7 39 €
Area 7

39 €

Area 8 29 €
Area 8

29 €

Area 9 16 €
Area 9

16 €

Standing room
Standing room

Abo 5

Ticket information

Saison 2024/2025

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

18. Oktober 2024: COSÌ FAN TUTTE
17. Jänner 2025: TURANDOT
21. März 2025: L’ELISIR D’AMORE
11. April 2025: BALLETT: PATHÉTIQUE
23. Mai 2025: NORMA

Mon
20 Jan
19:00 — 21:45
Giacomo Puccini
Oper Main Stage

with Elena Pankratova, Jörg Schneider, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Michael Fabiano, Selene Zanetti, Conductor: Carlo Rizzi

Turandot

Cast at Monday 20. January 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Bühne

Etienne Pluss

Kostüme

Ursula Kudrna

Choreographie

Sommer Ulrickson

Licht

Olaf Freese

Video

rocafilm

Dramaturgie

Konrad Kuhn
Available tickets

Monday 20. January 2025

Area 1 232 €
Area 1

232 €

Area 2 190 €
Area 2

190 €

Area 3 153 €
Area 3

153 €

Area 4 108 €
Area 4

108 €

Area 5 86 €
Area 5

86 €

Area 6 62 €
Area 6

62 €

Area 7 39 €
Area 7

39 €

Area 8 29 €
Area 8

29 €

Area 9 16 €
Area 9

16 €

Standing room
Standing room

Ö1
Zyklus »Puccini«

Ticket information

Saison 2024/2025

Vier zentrale Werke der Operngeschichte vereint im Puccini-Zyklus. Die zum Klassiker gewordene Zeffirelli-Inszenierung von La bohème und der Publikumsliebling Tosca gepaart mit der Neuproduktion von Turandot aus 2023 und Madama Butterfly aus 2020.

28. Oktober 2024: LA BOHÈME
11. November 2024: MADAMA BUTTERFLY
20. Jänner 2025: TURANDOT
14. Mai 2025: TOSCA