Corrado Rovaris is the Music Director of the Opera Company of Philadelphia, and concurrently serves as the Principal Conductor of the Italian chamber orchestra I Virtuosi Italiani, based in Verona. This season, he also begins his appointment as Music Director of the Artosphere Festival, established in 2011 by the Walton Arts Center.
In the 2011-12 season, Mr. Rovaris conducted the Spanish premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s one-act masterpiece Ainadamar at the Oviedo Opera, which he will revive later this summer at the Santander Festival. At Oviedo, he also conducted David Alden’s production of Britten’s Peter Grimes. Mr. Rovaris leads three productions in Philadelphia this season: Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, and a new co-production (with the Teatro Comunale in Treviso, Italy) of Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio. In Italy, he led Verdi’s Rigoletto at the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste, where he also conducted a symphonic program, in addition to concerts in Milan and Siena. In summer 2012, he will explore two programs of American and Italian Soundscapes with the Artosphere Festival Orchestra. He will also conduct Hasse’s Artaserse at the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, Italy; and a revival of Spontini’s “lost” opera La Fuga in maschera at the Festival Spontini Pergolesi ... read full bio
Corrado Rovaris is the Music Director of the Opera Company of Philadelphia, and concurrently serves as the Principal Conductor of the Italian chamber orchestra I Virtuosi Italiani, based in Verona. This season, he also begins his appointment as Music Director of the Artosphere Festival, established in 2011 by the Walton Arts Center.
In the 2011-12 season, Mr. Rovaris conducted the Spanish premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s one-act masterpiece Ainadamar at the Oviedo Opera, which he will revive later this summer at the Santander Festival. At Oviedo, he also conducted David Alden’s production of Britten’s Peter Grimes. Mr. Rovaris leads three productions in Philadelphia this season: Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, and a new co-production (with the Teatro Comunale in Treviso, Italy) of Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio. In Italy, he led Verdi’s Rigoletto at the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste, where he also conducted a symphonic program, in addition to concerts in Milan and Siena. In summer 2012, he will explore two programs of American and Italian Soundscapes with the Artosphere Festival Orchestra. He will also conduct Hasse’s Artaserse at the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, Italy; and a revival of Spontini’s “lost” opera La Fuga in maschera at the Festival Spontini Pergolesi.
Born in Bergamo, Italy, Mr. Rovaris studied organ and composition at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Milan. A regular guest in several of Italy’s historic opera houses, Mr. Rovaris’ experience includes multiple productions at La Scala, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence), Teatro La Fenice (Venice), Teatro Comunale di Bologna, and Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro). Elsewhere in Europe he has led productions for the Opéra de Lausanne, Opéra de Lyon, Oper Köln and Oper Frankfurt, to name a few places.
Making his US debut in 1999 with the Opera Company of Philadelphia in Le nozze di Figaro, Mr. Rovaris quickly became a company regular, eventually leading to his appointment as the company’s music director in 2004. In October 2008 he conducted the Tucker Gala with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, featuring among other guest soloists Susan Graham and Bryn Terfel. He has also led a number of productions at the Santa Fe Opera, the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Glimmerglass Opera. He has established a close connection with the Curtis Institute of Music, leading a joint Curtis/Opera Company of Philadelphia production of Berg’s Wozzeck in 2009, with plans for joint productions in future seasons.
Symphonically, Mr. Rovaris has led ensembles such as La Scala Filarmonica, Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome), Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and the Orchestra du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Brussels), among others.
Mr. Rovaris has recorded for SONY with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI and cellist Silvia Chiesa, featuring the cello concerti of Nino Rota.
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