Antonio Pappano
Sound Born Dec 30, 1956 Epping, Essex, England, UK 89 credits
Biography
Sir Antonio Pappano, born on 30 December 1959 in Epping, Essex, is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He served as music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden from 2002 to 2024, becoming its longest-serving music director. From 1992 to 2002, he held the same position at La Monnaie, the Belgian Royal Opera House. Pappano has conducted both opera and ballet productions and was the youngest conductor to lead the Royal Opera House orchestra. Since September 2024, he has been music director of the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2015, he received a Gold Medal from the Royal Philharmonic Society.
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Career timeline
The Alchemy of the PianoVerdi: Messa da Requiem
Royal Opera House: Turandot · ConductorRoyal Opera House 2023/24: Das RheingoldRoyal Opera House: Il Trovatore · Conductor
EnnioRoyal Opera House: Aida · DirectorPappano e la Messa di Gloria di PucciniPappano e la Messa di Gloria di Puccini · ConductorThe Human Voice · Conductor
Gala del Belcanto - Omaggio al melodramma di Bellini e DonizettiGala del Belcanto - Omaggio al melodramma di Bellini e Donizetti · ConductorRCO: Pappano conducts Beethoven & Schumann
Concerto Pappano-BollaniBeethoven: Fidelio · ConductorRoyal Opera House: Fidelio · ConductorLive from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House: The Queen of SpadesRoyal Opera House: The Queen of Spades · ConductorPappano a Mosca con Santa CeciliaRoyal Opera House: La Forza del Destino · ConductorBerlioz: Grande Messe des Morts
Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Rachmaninov-SibeliusLa bohème - ROH · Music Director
Royal Opera House: Madama ButterflyKaufmann's Otello at the Royal Opera HouseRoyal Opera House: La Bohème · Conductor
Royal Opera House: Boris Godunov · ConductorRoyal Opera House: NormaBellini: NormaManon Lescaut · ConductorMassenet: Werther · Conductor
Guillaume Tell · Music DirectorPuccini Manon Lescaut · Music DirectorPappano's Classical VoicesPappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Sciarrino - BachPappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Sciarrino - Bach · Conductor
Manon Lescaut · Conductor
Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Puccini-Strauss-RachmaninoffPappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Puccini-Strauss-Rachmaninoff · ConductorThe Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian OrchestraVerdi: Don CarloVerdi: Don Carlo · Music Director
Puccini: Il TritticoLes TroyensLes Troyens · Music DirectorPappano's Essential Tosca
Royal Opera House: ToscaRoyal Opera House: Tosca · Music DirectorMacBethMacBeth · ConductorRossini - Stabat Mater · Director
Opera Italia
The Barber of SevilleThe Barber of Seville · MusicRoyal Opera House: La TraviataRoyal Opera House: La Traviata · ConductorLulu · Music Director
Don Carlo - ROHDon Carlo - ROH · Music DirectorThe Minotaur
CarmenCarmen · Music Director
Royal Opera House: The Marriage of FigaroRoyal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro · Music DirectorRoyal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro · Conductor
Die Walküre
Faust · Conductor
ToscaTosca · Music Director
Verdi: Don CarlosVerdi: Don Carlos · Music Director
BBC Proms
Full filmography
- The Alchemy of the Piano (2024) as Self
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem (2024) as Self - Conductor
- Royal Opera House: Turandot (2023) Conductor
- Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold (2023) as Conductor
- Royal Opera House: Il Trovatore (2023) Conductor
- Ennio (2022) as Self
- Royal Opera House: Aida (2022) Director
- Pappano e la Messa di Gloria di Puccini (2022)
- Pappano e la Messa di Gloria di Puccini (2022) Conductor
- The Human Voice (2022) Conductor
- Gala del Belcanto - Omaggio al melodramma di Bellini e Donizetti (2021)
- Gala del Belcanto - Omaggio al melodramma di Bellini e Donizetti (2021) Conductor
- RCO: Pappano conducts Beethoven & Schumann (2021) as dirigent
- Concerto Pappano-Bollani (2020)
- Beethoven: Fidelio (2020) Conductor
- Royal Opera House: Fidelio (2020) Conductor
- Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House (2020) as Piano
- Royal Opera House: The Queen of Spades (2019)
- Royal Opera House: The Queen of Spades (2019) Conductor
- Pappano a Mosca con Santa Cecilia (2019)
- Royal Opera House: La Forza del Destino (2019) Conductor
- Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts (2019)
- Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts (2019) Conductor
- Cecilia Bartoli & Friends (2019) as self
- Pappano's Greatest Arias (2019) as Self
- Pappano's Greatest Arias (2019) Writer
- Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Rachmaninov-Sibelius (2018)
- La bohème - ROH (2018) Music Director
- Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly (2017) as Conductor
- Kaufmann's Otello at the Royal Opera House (2017) as Conductor
- Royal Opera House: La Bohème (2017) Conductor
- Royal Opera House: Boris Godunov (2016) Conductor
- Royal Opera House: Norma (2016) as Himself - Conductor
- Bellini: Norma (2016) as Conductor
- Manon Lescaut (2016) Conductor
- Massenet: Werther (2016) Conductor
- Guillaume Tell (2015) Music Director
- Puccini Manon Lescaut (2015) Music Director
- Pappano's Classical Voices (2015) as Himself
- Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Sciarrino - Bach (2015)
- Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Sciarrino - Bach (2015) Conductor
- Royal Opera House: I Due Foscari (2015) Conductor
- Royal Opera House: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci (2015) Conductor
- Royal Opera House: Andrea Chernier (2015) as Conductor
- Król Roger (2015)
- Manon Lescaut (2014) Conductor
- Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Puccini-Strauss-Rachmaninoff (2013)
- Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Puccini-Strauss-Rachmaninoff (2013) Conductor
- The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Verdi: Don Carlo (2013) as Conductor - Self
- Verdi: Don Carlo (2013) Music Director
- Les Vêpres siciliennes (2013) as Conductor
- Les Vêpres siciliennes (2013) Music Director
- Verdi - Don Carlo (2013) as Conductor
- Wagner : Parsifal (2013) Conductor
- Puccini: Il Trittico (2012)
- Les Troyens (2012) as Conductor
- Les Troyens (2012) Music Director
- Pappano's Essential Tosca (2012) as Music Director, The Royal Opera
- Royal Opera House: Tosca (2011) as Self - Conductor
- Royal Opera House: Tosca (2011) Music Director
- MacBeth (2011) as Self - Conductor
- MacBeth (2011) Conductor
- Rossini - Stabat Mater (2011) Director
- Rossini - Stabat Mater (2011) Conductor
- Puccini - Suor Angelica (2011) Conductor
- Opera Italia (2010) as Himself
- The Barber of Seville (2009) as Conductor
- The Barber of Seville (2009) Music
- Royal Opera House: La Traviata (2009) as Self - Conductor
- Royal Opera House: La Traviata (2009) Conductor
- Lulu (2009) Music Director
- Don Carlo - ROH (2008) as Conductor
- Don Carlo - ROH (2008) Music Director
- The Minotaur (2008) as Conductor
- Carmen (2007) as Conductor
- Carmen (2007) Music Director
- Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro (2006) as Self - Conductor
- Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro (2006) Music Director
- Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro (2006) Conductor
- Die Walküre (2005) as self
- Faust (2004) Conductor
- Tosca (2001) as Conductor
- Tosca (2001) Music Director
- Verdi: Don Carlos (1996) as Conductor
- Verdi: Don Carlos (1996) Music Director
- BBC Proms (1947) as Conductor
- Antonio Pappano spielt und erklärt Rachmaninoffs Sinfonie Nr. 2 as Dirigent
- La Valchiria - The Royal Opera Director