Nicola Luisotti

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Nicola Luisotti, Principal Guest Conductor of Teatro Real Madrid, served as Music Director of Teatro di San Carlo from 2012 to 2014 and as Music Director of the San Francisco Opera from 2009 to 2018. Since his debut in 2005, he has conducted over 40 operas and concerts there, including the world premiere of Marco Tutino’s La Ciociara, commissioned by the San Francisco Opera, as well as Salome, Lohengrin, Don Carlo, and the Mozart-Da Ponte Trilogy. In 2018, he was awarded the San Francisco Opera Medal for his outstanding artistic achievements.

Recent engagements include his debut at the Liceu in Barcelona with La forza del destino, Mefistofele at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Aida at the Berlin State Opera, and performances of Adriana Lecouvreur, Madama Butterfly, and Rigoletto at Teatro Real. Additionally, he conducted Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 with the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana and the Stuttgart State Orchestra, as well as concerts with the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, the Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice, ABAO Olbe, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, and the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice.

His conducting has also been celebrated at the Vienna State Opera, La Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Paris Opéra, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro Regio in Turin, the Bavarian State Opera, and the opera houses in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Dresden, Hamburg, Valencia, Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto (Canadian Opera Company), Zurich, and the Suntory Hall in Tokyo.

In 2010, Nicola Luisotti received the 39th Premio Puccini Award on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of La fanciulla del West at the Metropolitan Opera. Other honors include the Premio Opera XXI Barcelona (2020) and the Premio Teatro Real Madrid (2021).

Upcoming engagements include Attila at Teatro Real, Tosca at the Hamburg State Opera and Berlin State Opera, Rigolettoat Teatro Regio di Torino, and symphonic concerts with the Stuttgart State Orchestra.

Performances with Nicola Luisotti

Saison 2024-25
Sun
12 Jan
18:30 — 21:30
Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo
Oper Main Stage

with Elīna Garanča, Luciano Ganci, Elena Zaremba, Adam Plachetka, Conductor: Nicola Luisotti

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci

Cast at Sunday 12. January 2025

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci

Turiddu

Luciano Ganci * *instead of Jonathan Tetelman

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung, Bühne und Kostüme

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Pagliacci

Canio (Pagliaccio)

Nedda (Colombina)

Tonio (Taddeo)

Beppo (Arlecchino)

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung, Bühne und Kostüme

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Change of cast on this date
Available tickets

Sunday 12. January 2025

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
15 Jan
18:30 — 21:30
Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo
Oper Main Stage

with Elīna Garanča, Jonathan Tetelman, Elena Zaremba, Adam Plachetka, Conductor: Nicola Luisotti

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci

Cast at Wednesday 15. January 2025

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung, Bühne und Kostüme

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Pagliacci

Canio (Pagliaccio)

Nedda (Colombina)

Tonio (Taddeo)

Beppo (Arlecchino)

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung, Bühne und Kostüme

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Available tickets

Wednesday 15. January 2025

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

U27
Sun
19 Jan
18:30 — 21:30
Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo
Oper Main Stage

with Elīna Garanča, Jonathan Tetelman, Elena Zaremba, Adam Plachetka, Conductor: Nicola Luisotti

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci

Cast at Sunday 19. January 2025

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung, Bühne und Kostüme

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Pagliacci

Canio (Pagliaccio)

Nedda (Colombina)

Tonio (Taddeo)

Beppo (Arlecchino)

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung, Bühne und Kostüme

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Available tickets

Sunday 19. January 2025

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
22 Jan
18:30 — 21:30
Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo
Oper Main Stage

with Elīna Garanča, Jonathan Tetelman, Elena Zaremba, Adam Plachetka, Conductor: Nicola Luisotti

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci

Cast at Wednesday 22. January 2025

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung, Bühne und Kostüme

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Pagliacci

Canio (Pagliaccio)

Nedda (Colombina)

Tonio (Taddeo)

Beppo (Arlecchino)

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung, Bühne und Kostüme

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Available tickets

Wednesday 22. January 2025

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