Enrique Mazzola is a Spanish-born Italian conductor. He studied at the Giuseppe Verdi

Milan Conservatory The Milan Conservatory, also known as the Conservatorio di Milano and the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, is a Music school, college of music in Milan, Italy. History The conservatory was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan, capital ...

. Renowned as an expert interpreter and champion of

bel canto , )—with several similar constructions (, , , pronounced in English as )—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing, and whose definitions have often been misunderstood. ''Bel canto'' was not only seen as a vocal technique ...

opera and a specialist in French repertoire, Mazzola is in demand worldwide as both an operatic and symphonic conductor. * Between 1999 and 2003, he was the artistic and music director of the

Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte The (International Art Workshop) is an annual international summer school and musical festival for young singers, actors, musicians, conductors and composers. It was set up in Montepulciano, Italy, in 1976 by Hans Werner Henze. Several works rece ...

Montepulciano Montepulciano () is a medieval and Renaissance hill town and ''comune'' in the Italian province of Siena in southern Tuscany. It sits high on a limestone ridge, east of Pienza, southeast of Siena, southeast of Florence, and north of Rome ...

*He served as the artistic and music director of the

Orchestre national d'Île-de-France The Orchestre national d'Île-de-France is a French symphony orchestra with its administrative base in Alfortville. The orchestra, made up of ninety-five permanent musicians, gives around a hundred concerts each season, thus offering Ile-de-France ...

from the 2012/13 to 2018/19 season *He is nominated as principal guest conductor at

Deutsche Oper Berlin The Deutsche Oper Berlin is a German opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. The resident building is the country's second largest opera house (after Munich's) and also home to the Berlin State Ballet. Since 2004, the ...

from the 2018/19 season *As of July 1, 2021, Mazzola is music director of

Lyric Opera of Chicago Lyric Opera of Chicago is an American opera company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in Chicago in 1954, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox (Chicago opera), Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, w ...

*In 2022, he is appointed Conductor in Residence at

Bregenz Festival Bregenzer Festspiele (; Bregenz Festival) is a performing arts festival which is held every July and August in Bregenz in Vorarlberg (Austria). It features a large floating stage which is situated on Lake Constance. History The Festival becam ...

Distinctions

* October 2018: Mazzola was made a '' Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' reflecting his significant contribution to musical life in France. * August 2020: Mazzola has been awarded the ''Grifo Poliziano 2020''. This distinction is reserved for personalities committed to

's and its territory's international reputation and who have realized projects promising growth and development.

Selected discography

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

: Piano Concerto Nr. 1 & Symphony Nr. 5. Cédric Tiberghien (pianist), Enrique Mazzola (conductor).

. Label: NoMadMusic * Bellini /

Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian Romantic composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the ''bel canto'' opera ...

Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano p ...

/ Meyerbeer: Opera Ouvertures. Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre national d'Île-de-France. Label: NoMadMusic *

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Don Pasquale ''Don Pasquale'' () is a Gaetano Donizetti opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts, with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Pavesi's oper ...

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Alessandro Corbelli Alessandro Corbelli (born September 21, 1952) is an Italian baritone opera singer. One of the world's pre-eminent singers specializing in Mozart and Rossini, Corbelli has sung in many major opera houses around the world and won admiration for his ...

(Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina), Nikolay Borchev (Malatesta), Alek Shrader (Ernesto), Mariame Clément (director), Enrique Mazzola (conductor).

Glyndebourne Festival Opera Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England. History Under the supervision of the Christie family, the festival has been held annually since 1934, e ...

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is a British orchestra based in London. One of five permanent symphony orchestras in London, the LPO was founded by the conductors Thomas Beecham, Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a riv ...

: '' Il Duca D'Alba''. Inva Mula, Arturo Chacon Cruz, Franck Ferrari, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna, Maruo Corna, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon *

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Poliuto ''Poliuto'' is a three-act ''tragedia lirica'' (or tragic opera) by Gaetano Donizetti from the Italian language, Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, which was based on Pierre Corneille's play ''Polyeucte'' written in 1641–42. It reflected t ...

''. Mariame Clément (director), Enrique Mazzola (conductor).

* De Falla: '' El amor brujo'', '' El sombrero de tres picos'', ''Fanfare pour une fête''. Esperanza Fernández (cantaora), Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Orchestre national d'Île-de-France. Label: NoMadMusic *

Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse body of work spanning more than six decades, he is considered to be one of the most pro ...

: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2. Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort (pianist), Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra *

Milhaud Darius Milhaud (, ; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions ...

: La Bien-Aimée /

Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of ...

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The Firebird ''The Firebird'' (; ) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, who c ...

''. Rex Lawson (pianist), Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre national d'Île-de-France. Label: NoMadMusic * Meyerbeer: ''

Dinorah ''Dinorah'', originally ''Le pardon de Ploërmel'' (''The Pardon (ceremony), Pardon of Ploërmel''), is an 1859 French opéra comique in three acts with music by Giacomo Meyerbeer and a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. The story takes ...

''. Patrizia Ciofi, Étienne Dupuis, Philippe Talbot, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Chorus and Orchestra of

* Pizzetti: ''Fedra''. Hasmik Papian, Gustavo Porta, Chang Han Lim, Christine Knorren, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon *

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Il Barbiere di Siviglia ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( ) is an ''opera buffa'' (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy '' ...

''. Danielle De Niese (Rosina), Björn Bürger (Figaro), Tailor-Stayton, Enrique Mazzola (conductor).

. Label: Opus Arte (Blu-ray Disc) *

: '' Mosè in Egitto''. Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Bregenzer Festpiele, Wiener Symphoniker. Label: Unitel *

Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( ; ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma, to a family of moderate means, recei ...

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Falstaff Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays ''Henry IV, Part 1'' and '' Part 2'', w ...

''. Festival d’Aix-en-Provence,

Orchestre de Paris The Orchestre de Paris () is a French orchestra based in Paris. The orchestra currently performs most of its concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris. History In 1967, following the dissolution of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du ...

. Label: ArtHaus Musik. *

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (born Ermanno Wolf) (January 12, 1876 – January 21, 1948) was an Italian composer and teacher. He is best known for his comic operas such as ''Il segreto di Susanna'' (1909). A number of his works were based on plays by ...

: '' La vedova scaltra''. Anne-Lise Sollied, Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Francesco Piccoli, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon *"Arabesque": Olga Peretyatko, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). NDR Sinfonieorchester. Label:

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