Enrique Mazzola
CONDUCTOR
Music Director: Lyric Opera of ChicagoErster Ständiger Gastdirigent: Deutsche Oper Berlin
Conductor in Residence: Bregenzer Festspiele
Representation: General Management
Biography
Italian conductor Enrique Mazzola is Music Director at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Principal Guest Conductor at Deutsche Oper Berlin. In 2022 he was appointed the first ‘Conductor in Residence’ at the Bregenzer Festspiele, having made his debut there in 2016.
Renowned as an expert interpreter and champion of bel canto opera, he is a specialist in French repertoire and early Verdi. Mazzola was Artistic & Music Director of the Orchestre National d’Île de France from 2012-19 and in 2018 was named a Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres in recognition of his significant contribution to musical life in France.
Plans for his 2022/23 season with Lyric Opera of Chicago include productions of Verdi’s Ernani & Don Carlos, Rossini’s Le comte Ory and a gala performance for the Chicago premiere of Kevin Puts’ The Brightness of Light with Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry. Enrique also conducts symphonic projects with Orchestre National de France, Detroit Symphony and the London Philharmonic Orchestra as well as returning to Opernhaus Zurich (Roberto Devereux), Dutch National Opera (Maria Stuarda), Deutsche Oper Berlin (Massenet’s Hérodiade in concert) and the Bregenzer Festival (Madama Butterfly & Ernani).
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