Lauded by Il Corriere della Sera for “obtaining powerful and refined colors from the orchestra, taking great care of the beauty of the sound, giving the narration a swift and theatrically effective pace”, praised for his “well focused conducting” (Il Giorno) and for “instilling drama and excitement in every note” (Seen and Heard International), Vincenzo Milletarì is one of the leading conductors of his generation from Italy.

Engagements in the 2023/24 season include Tosca at the Den Jyske Opera of Aarhus; a new production of Il Barbieri di Siviglia at the Royal Swedish Opera, in Stockholm; La Cenerentola at the Norwegian Opera, in Oslo; Rigoletto at the Prague State Opera; and concert performances of Suor Angelica with the Orchestra Sinfonica of Milan. In the symphonic field, he will also make his subscription debut with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and with the Filarmonica de Oviedo. In this season, Milletarì will also return to Tours, France conducting an all-Beethoven program.

Vincenzo Milletarì’s engagements in the 2022/23 season included his debut at the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo with L’aio nell’imbarazzo; Vincenzo also conducted productions of Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Swedish Opera Stockholm, Rigoletto at the Prague State Opera, La bohème at the Göteborg Opera, and Donizetti’s Deux hommes et une femme at the Opéra de Tours. He also led the New Year’s Eve Concert at the Royal Swedish Opera, inaugurated the season of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra, and conducted concerts with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, the Orchestra Regionale della Toscana, and the Tonkünstler Orchestra in Vienna.

In Summer 2023 he made his debut at the Kissinger Sommer Festival conducting the opening concert. Vincenzo Milletarì launched into his career in 2017, immediately collaborating with prestigious opera companies throughout Europe, such as the Royal Danish Opera (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Madama Butterfly), the Royal Swedish Opera (Rigoletto, La traviata, Carmen, Madama Butterfly), the Prague State Opera (Madama Butterfly, and a new production of Rigoletto), the Norwegian Opera Oslo (Rigoletto) and the Bergen Opera (The Merry Widow).

In his native Italy, he led Il trovatore at the Macerata Opera Festival, becoming the youngest conductor ever to have been invited to the prestigious festival. 

Vincenzo is a regular guest since 2018 of the Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano (formerly La Verdi), Filarmonica Toscanini in Parma, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra and the Copenhagen Philharmonic.

Born in Taranto in 1990, Vincenzo Milletarì studied at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory in Milan and at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen, refining his operatic repertoire under the mentorship of Riccardo Muti and Pier Giorgio Morandi, whom he has regularly worked with since 2015.