It is a pleasure to be conducting La Favorite, the work that inaugurated Donizetti Opera 2022, in Bilbao. The opera, which was well received by the audience and by the Italian and international press,

“Una suprema verità d’amore” 

.For the first time, I’m conducting La fanciulla del West, a work which marks a turning point for Puccini, enigmatic and experimental, revolutionary even,

Yesterday, 4th December, the board of directors of the Fondazione Teatro Donizetti appointed me as the new artistic director of the Donizetti Opera festival. It is an exceptional acknowledgement of the work I have been doing since 2017 as music director of the festival devoted to Donizetti,

The Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and I are about to set off on a tour which fills us with pride, in terms of destination (taking in eight important U.K. cities, including London, over a ten-day stay) and in terms of the programmes.