My familiarity with Rigoletto means that I feel a special love for this opera, since it also reminds me of unique moments in my career. I made my debuts at the Parma Verdi Festival in 2001 and at the New York Metropolitan in 2009 with this work.

Brescia’s Teatro Grande sees Madama Butterfly as one of its totems, and it was out of the question not to stage it for the year of Bergamo Brescia Italian Capital of Culture,

It’s an honour to be conducting the Gala Concert, a tribute by the Teatro Regio to its own memorable inauguration, which took place in 1973 with I Vespri siciliani by Verdi,

Just over a year after ‘the three queens’ concerts, in which I presented the project with the finales from the Tudor trilogy, I’m back at the Teatro di San Carlo to conduct Donizetti again.