Marco Armiliato

© Johannes Ifkovitz

Marco Armiliato comes from from Genoa and studied piano and conducting. He is unquestionably one of the most important opera conductors of our time and, accordingly, is a regular guest at the world's most prestigious opera houses. His career began with his debut at Teatro La Fenice with »Il barbiere di Siviglia,« followed by a performance at the Vienna State Opera with »Andrea Chénier« a year later. His collaboration with Luciano Pavarotti in various concert projects further propelled his career, leading him to repeatedly conduct at renowned venues such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Bavarian State Opera, London's Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra national de Paris, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opernhaus Zürich, Teatro Real in Madrid, Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Regio in Turin, Arena di Verona, and the Opera in Rome.

Since his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1998, he has conducted numerous works, including »Andrea Chénier,« »Anna Bolena,« »Il trovatore,« »La Bohème,« »Stiffelio,« »Madama Butterfly,« »Tosca,« »Sly,« »Aida,« »Ernani,« »Turandot,« »Rigoletto,« »Cyrano de Bergerac,« »Francesca di Rimini,« »La Fille du régiment,« »La rondine,« »La sonnambula,« and »Lucia di Lammermoor.« Recent highlights have included »Otello« at the Zurich Opera, »Madama Butterfly« in Madrid and Muscat, »Adriana Lecouvreur« at the Salzburg Festival, »Tosca« at the Bavarian State Opera, »La traviata« in Verona, »Rigoletto« at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, »La bohème,« »Turandot,« and »Macbeth« at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as concerts in Orange and Grafenegg. His upcoming engagements will take him to Zurich, Verona, Naples, Munich, and New York.

At the Vienna State Opera, he has led new productions of »Samson et Dalila« and »Il trovatore« in recent years, along with a variety of works from the Italian and French repertoire (Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano, Gounod, Massenet), various galas and festive concerts, and the opening of the Vienna Opera Ball in 2019. Marco Armiliato is an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera.

 

 

Performances with Marco Armiliato

Saison 2024-25
Fri
09 May
Giacomo Puccini
Oper Main Stage

with Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna, Gabriele Viviani, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Tosca

Cast on Friday 9. May 2025

Floria Tosca

Mario Cavaradossi

Baron Scarpia

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Margarethe Wallmann

Bühne und Kostüme

Nicola Benois
Mon
12 May
Giacomo Puccini
Oper Main Stage

with Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna, Gabriele Viviani, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Tosca

Cast on Monday 12. May 2025

Floria Tosca

Mario Cavaradossi

Baron Scarpia

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Margarethe Wallmann

Bühne und Kostüme

Nicola Benois
Wed
14 May
Giacomo Puccini
Oper Main Stage

with Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna, Gabriele Viviani, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Tosca

Cast on Wednesday 14. May 2025

Floria Tosca

Mario Cavaradossi

Baron Scarpia

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Margarethe Wallmann

Bühne und Kostüme

Nicola Benois
Sat
17 May
Giacomo Puccini
Oper Main Stage

with Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna, Gabriele Viviani, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Tosca

Cast on Saturday 17. May 2025

Floria Tosca

Mario Cavaradossi

Baron Scarpia

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Margarethe Wallmann

Bühne und Kostüme

Nicola Benois
Sun
18 May
Giuseppe Verdi
Oper Main Stage

with Luca Salsi, Krassimira Stoyanova, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Piotr Beczała, Dmitry Ulyanov, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Il Trovatore

Cast on Sunday 18. May 2025

Regie

Daniele Abbado

Bühnenbild

Graziano Gregori

Kostüme

Carla Teti

Licht

Alessandro Carletti

Regiemitarbeit

Boris Stetka

Bühnenbild-Mitarbeit

Angelo Linzalata
Wed
21 May
Giuseppe Verdi
Oper Main Stage

with Luca Salsi, Krassimira Stoyanova, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Piotr Beczała, Dmitry Ulyanov, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Il Trovatore

Cast on Wednesday 21. May 2025

Regie

Daniele Abbado

Bühnenbild

Graziano Gregori

Kostüme

Carla Teti

Licht

Alessandro Carletti

Regiemitarbeit

Boris Stetka

Bühnenbild-Mitarbeit

Angelo Linzalata
Sat
24 May
Giuseppe Verdi
Oper Main Stage

with Luca Salsi, Krassimira Stoyanova, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Piotr Beczała, Dmitry Ulyanov, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Il Trovatore

Cast on Saturday 24. May 2025

Regie

Daniele Abbado

Bühnenbild

Graziano Gregori

Kostüme

Carla Teti

Licht

Alessandro Carletti

Regiemitarbeit

Boris Stetka

Bühnenbild-Mitarbeit

Angelo Linzalata
Tue
27 May
Giuseppe Verdi
Oper Main Stage

with Luca Salsi, Krassimira Stoyanova, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Piotr Beczała, Dmitry Ulyanov, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Il Trovatore

Cast on Tuesday 27. May 2025

Regie

Daniele Abbado

Bühnenbild

Graziano Gregori

Kostüme

Carla Teti

Licht

Alessandro Carletti

Regiemitarbeit

Boris Stetka

Bühnenbild-Mitarbeit

Angelo Linzalata
Fri
30 May
Giuseppe Verdi
Oper Main Stage

with Luca Salsi, Krassimira Stoyanova, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Piotr Beczała, Dmitry Ulyanov, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Il Trovatore

Cast on Friday 30. May 2025

Regie

Daniele Abbado

Bühnenbild

Graziano Gregori

Kostüme

Carla Teti

Licht

Alessandro Carletti

Regiemitarbeit

Boris Stetka

Bühnenbild-Mitarbeit

Angelo Linzalata
Sat
31 May
Georges Bizet
Oper Main Stage

with J'Nai Bridges, Freddie De Tommaso, Florina Ilie, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Carmen

Cast on Saturday 31. May 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Szenische Einstudierung

Joan Anton Rechi

Bühne

Alfons Flores

Kostüme

Mercè Paloma

Licht

Alberto Rodriguez Vega
Tue
03 Jun
Georges Bizet
Oper Main Stage

with J'Nai Bridges, Freddie De Tommaso, Florina Ilie, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Carmen

Cast on Tuesday 3. June 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Szenische Einstudierung

Joan Anton Rechi

Bühne

Alfons Flores

Kostüme

Mercè Paloma

Licht

Alberto Rodriguez Vega
Fri
06 Jun
Georges Bizet
Oper Main Stage

with J'Nai Bridges, Freddie De Tommaso, Florina Ilie, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Carmen

Cast on Friday 6. June 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Szenische Einstudierung

Joan Anton Rechi

Bühne

Alfons Flores

Kostüme

Mercè Paloma

Licht

Alberto Rodriguez Vega
Wed
11 Jun
Gioachino Rossini
Oper Main Stage

with Edgardo Rocha, Marco Filippo Romano, Patricia Nolz, Bryn Terfel, Stefan Astakhov, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Cast on Wednesday 11. June 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung und Bühne

Kostüme

Victoria Behr

Licht

Carsten Sander
Fri
13 Jun
Gioachino Rossini
Oper Main Stage

with Edgardo Rocha, Marco Filippo Romano, Patricia Nolz, Bryn Terfel, Stefan Astakhov, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Cast on Friday 13. June 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung und Bühne

Kostüme

Victoria Behr

Licht

Carsten Sander
Mon
16 Jun
Gioachino Rossini
Oper Main Stage

with Edgardo Rocha, Marco Filippo Romano, Patricia Nolz, Bryn Terfel, Stefan Astakhov, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Cast on Monday 16. June 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung und Bühne

Kostüme

Victoria Behr

Licht

Carsten Sander
Thu
19 Jun
Gioachino Rossini
Oper Main Stage

with Edgardo Rocha, Marco Filippo Romano, Patricia Nolz, Bryn Terfel, Stefan Astakhov, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Cast on Thursday 19. June 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung und Bühne

Kostüme

Victoria Behr

Licht

Carsten Sander