Riccardo Chailly headlines the operatic and symphonic offerings for the month of December at the Palau de les Arts
24.11.2012
Valencia (24-11-2012).- Conductor Riccardo Chailly headlines the operatic and symphonic offerings for the month of December at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía.
The Milanese maestro will make his highly anticipated debut leading the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana on December 2nd with La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, the first new production of the Valencian arts center for the 2012-2013 Season, in addition to inaugurating the cycle of symphonic concerts at the Auditori that same month.
The current principal conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester is immersed in rehearsals for Puccini's opera, which is being presented in a production by Turin-born Davide Livermore.
Israeli soprano Gal James (Mimì) and Venezuelan tenor Aquiles Machado (Rodolfo) lead the cast of La Bohème , which also features the voices of the Valencian soprano.
Carmen Romeu (Musetta), the Italians Massimo Cavalletti (Marcello), Gianluca Buratto (Colline), Matteo Peirone (Benoît) and Andrea Snarski (Alcindoro). The artists of the Center de Perfection Plácido Domingo Mattia Olivieri (Schaunard) and Pablo García López (Parpignol) complete the cast.
Chailly also conducts the OCV and the Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana in the first concert of the season at the Valencian cultural venue.
Recognized as one of the great masters of recent decades, he has recently released his 'revolutionary' complete Beethoven cycle with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester.
The recording of the German composer's symphonic work has received critical acclaim, as well as numerous awards, including the prestigious French 'Orphée d'Or' prize for his Ninth Symphony .
The Milanese maestro presents this same work on December 14 and 16 at the Palau de les Arts, with solo voices by Julia Bauer, María José Montiel, Steve Davislim and Rudolf Rosen.
On the 19th of that same month, Maestro Chailly will conduct this concert at the Alicante Provincial Council Auditorium (ADDA).
Riccardo Chailly thus joins the list of great conductors who have directed the Valencian Community Orchestra since its foundation, which includes Valeri Guerguiev, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta and Georges Prêtre.
Riccardo Chailly
Born into a family with a deep musical tradition, Riccardo Chailly studied at the conservatories of Perugia, Rome and Milan, and with Franco Ferrara at the summer courses in Siena.
At the age of 20, he became Claudio Abbado's assistant at La Scala in Milan, where he made his operatic debut in 1978. This success earned him the interest of the world's most important opera houses, such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Covent Garden in London, and the opera houses of Munich and Zurich, among others.
He has conducted the Berlin, London, Munich, New York and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, and the Chicago, Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras.
He made his debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam in 1985, was appointed its principal conductor in 1988, and in 2002, conductor emeritus. He has toured with this ensemble at the most prestigious European festivals.
In September 2005 he became principal conductor of the Gewandhausorchester, as well as music director of the Leipzig Opera.
His recordings have won prestigious awards in Europe, the United States, and Japan. Riccardo Chailly has also received top honors for his career in his native Italy, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
