Maurizio Barbacini is one of today’s most sought-after opera conductors. In a distinguished career, he has appeared with many of the world’s great opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera New York, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Komische Oper Berlin.  In addition, he has held positions as Principal Conductor of the Finnish National Opera, Principal Guest Conductor of the Stockholm Opera and Principal Conductor of the Opera Company of Philadelphia.

This season will see his debut at the Spoleto Festival USA with Le Villi and Il Mese Mariano, and Otello at Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti in Modena and at Teatri Comunali in Piacenza.

Engagements in recent seasons have included Madama Butterfly (Dresden Semper Oper); Il Turco in Italia, Madama Butterfly, Don Pasquale and Un Ballo in Maschera (Bavarian State Opera); La traviata, Don Pasquale (Komische Oper Berlin); Turandot (Opera Company of Philadelphia); La bohème, Carmen  (New National Theatre Tokyo); The Rape of Lucretia, Lucia di Lammermoor  (Frankfurt Opera); Il Trovatore (Teatro Verdi Trieste); Manon Lescaut and La bohème  (Paris Opera); La traviata and Aida (Deutsche Oper Berlin); Tosca (Vienna State Opera); La traviata and L’elisir d’amore (Metropolitan Opera New York); Tosca, L’elisir d’amore, Il barbiere di Siviglia and Madama Butterfly (San Francisco Opera); and Manon Lescaut and Falstaff (Cincinnati Opera); Il Turco in Italia (Bayerische Staatsoper); La bohème (New National Theatre); The Rape of Lucretia (Frankfurt Opera); Rigoletto (Deutsche Oper am Rhein) , La bohème and Aida (Basel), La traviata (Theater St. Gallen) and Anna Bolena (Dortmund and Düsseldorf).

Maurizio Barbacini has made a number of recordings, including a disc of opera arias with Denyce Graves and the Munich Radio Orchestra which is available on the RCA Red Seal label.  Before becoming a conductor he enjoyed a successful career as a singer, and sung the role of Gaston in Franco Zeffirelli’s film of La traviata.

Nov 2012.  Please do not use any previously dated biographies.  Please contact IMG Artists if you wish to edit this biography.