Evelino Pido (Music Director)
Acclaimed as one of the world’s leading interpreters of the
Italian and French repertoire, Evelino Pidт’s prestigious career has taken him
to the most illustrious opera houses throughout the world, collaborating
with artists, directors and orchestras of the highest calibre.
Recent highlights include La Wally at the Grand
Thйвtre de Genиve, Simon Boccanegra for the Palau de les Arts
Reina Sofia in Valencia with Placido Domingo, Adriana Lecouvreur
at the Wiener Staatoper with Angela Gheorghiu, Guillaume Tell for
La Monnaie, and Norma, a co-production between Opйra National
de Lyon and Thйatre des Champs Elysйes in Paris.
After
studying at Turin Conservatoire, Evelino Pidт completed his training
at the Vienna Academy. It was his appearance at the Melbourne
Festival of the Three Worlds which marked the start of his
international career, leading to invitations to Australia for five
consecutive seasons, including engagements at Sydney Opera House and for
a tour with the ABC Symphony Orchestra. He then made his American
dйbut at Santa Fe Opera in 1993, which led to several return
invitations in subsequent seasons and major engagements at Los Angeles
Opera over the following years. He also made his debut at the Royal
Opera House, Covent Garden in 1993, where his greatly acclaimed
Barbiere di Sevilla led to several return invitations.
He also made appearances at the Festival d’Aix en Provence and
at the Opйra de Paris. In 2008, he made his dйbut
at the Teatro Real in Madrid with Gioconda, and conducted
a new production of Sonnambula at the Metropolitan
Opera, New York in 2009. He has since maintained a strong
relationship with many of these houses. Pidт made his Wiener Staatsoper
debut 2011 with a new production of Anna Bolena starring Anna
Netrebko and subsequently took the Wiener Staatsoper on tour to Japan.
Pidт is equally at home with symphonic repertoire
in which he has wide-ranging and diverse programmes: he has
conducted the major Italian orchestras, including the orchestra of Santa
Cecilia and also notably the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre
Philharmonique de Radio France and the Orchestre de la Suisse
Romande.
In 2012, Evelino Pido received the much coveted Bellini
D’oro prize for best interpreter of the music of Bellini.
His
discography includes a recording of French arias with tenor Vittorio
Grigolo, Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore with the Orchestra and Choir
of the Opйra de Lyon for Decca; a recording of Rossini
Overtures with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; two recordings with Roberto
Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu and Rolando Villazon for EMI; a CD
of arias with Nathalie Dessay and the Concerto Kцln; and
La Sonnambula with Nathalie Dessay for EMI Virgin Classics, which
won a Diapason d’or and is critically acknowledged
as a benchmark recording of this opera.
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