Overview
Antonio Pappano
Known For
Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold
When a precious hoard of gold is stolen from the...
RCO: Pappano conducts Beethoven & Schumann
Pappano's Greatest Arias
Antonio Pappano, music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent...
Norma: Live from the Royal Opera House
The priestess Norma loves Pollione, leader of the occupying force...
Pappano's Classical Voices
Sir Antonio Pappano explores the great roles and the greatest...
Biography
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