Antonio Pappano
Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. In 1992, Pappano became music director of La Monnaie, the Belgian Royal Opera House, a post he held until 2002. In that year, he was named the music director of the Royal Opera House (ROH), Covent Garden. At Covent Garden, Pappano and Kasper Holten, the ROH Director of Opera, shared responsibility for production. His current ROH contract runs through to 2017, and was extended until 2023. Pappano was the youngest conductor to lead the orchestra of the ROH, accompanying both the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet. In 2015 he received a Gold Medal from the Royal Philharmonic Society
Ennio
as SelfA portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century,...
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Tosca
as ConductorBenoit Jacquot's acclaimed 2002 film of Puccini's opera stars Angela Gheorghiu in the title...
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Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold
as ConductorWhen a precious hoard of gold is stolen from the river Rhine, it unleashes a chain of...
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Tosca
as ConductorThe star singers in this revival of the 2006 production were Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann...
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Carmen
as ConductorJonas Kaufmann and Anna Caterina Antonacci bring rare erotic intensity to the drama of Don José...
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Les Vêpres siciliennes
as ConductorThe French have occupied Sicily, and Hélène is held hostage by Montfort, the French governor,...
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Cecilia Bartoli & Friends
as selfPortrait of an exceptional musical talent and one of opera’s biggest stars, mezzo-soprano...
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
as ConductorCio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of dashing American officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds...
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The ROH Live: Otello
as ConductorOn a June night in 2017, opera lovers thronged to the Royal Opera House in London to hear tenor...
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Opera Italia
as HimselfSeries tracing the history of Italian opera presented by Antonio Pappano, conductor and music...
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The ROH Live: The Queen of Spades
as uncreditedThe dark world of Tchaikovsky’s penultimate operatic masterpiece Queen of Spades hinges on...
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The Minotaur
as ConductorThis staging of Harrison Birtwistle's opera The Minotaur features John Tomlinson, Johann Reuter,...
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Norma: Live from the Royal Opera House
as Himself - ConductorThe priestess Norma loves Pollione, leader of the occupying force suppressing her people, and...
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The ROH Live: Norma
as ConductorThe priestess Norma loves Pollione, leader of the occupying force suppressing her people, and...
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Verdi: Don Carlos
as ConductorLuc Bondy's 1996 production of Don Carlos was staged, recorded and filmed at the Chatelet in...
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Puccini: Il Trittico
as uncreditedIl tabarro is a tale of jealousy and murder between Michele, his young wife Giorgetta and her...
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The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra
as ProtagonistThe Italian Character: a film within music and about music. The Italian character is the story...
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Les Troyens
as ConductorAfter the destruction of Troy, the Trojan warrior Énée sets out on a journey to found a new...
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Don Carlo - ROH
as ConductorRolando Villazón Triumphantly Returns To The Stage As Don Carlo In The 2007/2008 Royal Opera...
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Giordano: Andrea Chernier
as Conductor“Kaufmann is performing the title role for the first time, and it’s hard to imagine him...
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Verdi: Don Carlo
as Conductor - SelfVerdi wrote this five act opera with a French Libretto for the Paris opera. Premiere 1867. Then...
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The Barber of Seville
as Conductor23-year-old Gioachino Rossini completed his masterpiece IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA incredibly...
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Król Roger
as uncreditedThe story concerns the enlightenment of the Christian King Roger II by a young shepherd who...
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Pappano's Greatest Arias
as SelfAntonio Pappano, music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, explores the greatest...
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La Traviata
as uncreditedRenée Fleming has matured into one of the finest sopranos around at the moment, a true star with...
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