A SPRING OF DEBUTS FOR MICHELE SPOTTI

From May 5 to 13 he conducts Das Rheingold for the first time, then on May 28 his New York debut with La traviata

The first chapter of Wagner’s famous Der Ring des Nibelungen tetralogy, Das Rheingold, will open a month of major debuts for Michele Spotti. On May 5, the 33-year-old Italian conductor, current Music Director of the Opéra and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, returns to the podium of his French ensemble to take on, for the first time, the work of the German composer, presented through May 13 in a new production directed by Charles Roubaud. Two weeks later comes his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York: on this occasion, he will conduct three performances – May 28 and 31, and June 6 – of Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata, staged in Michael Mayer’s production and featuring Rosa Feola (Violetta Valéry), Liparit Avetisyan (Alfredo Germont), and Amartuvshin Enkhbat (Giorgio Germont) in the leading roles.

“At Marseille I am tackling Wagner’s Das Rheingold for the first time,” says the Italian conductor “It is a step I approach with great respect and a strong sense of responsibility. The Metropolitan Opera is also a crucial debut, and doing it with La traviata, such an iconic title for us Italians, makes it even more meaningful.”

Designated future Principal Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin starting from the 2026/27 season- here he will conduct Lucia di Lammermoor, La traviata, and Don Carlo – Michele Spotti has been awarded the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. His recent engagements include L’italiana in Algeri at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Falstaff at Teatro Regio di Parma, Offenbach’s Les Brigands at the Opéra Garnier in Paris, L’heure espagnole / Gianni Schicchi at Les Arts in Valencia, and La bohème at the Semperoper Dresden, as well as concerts with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France and the Gstaad Festival Orchestra. In the summer he will return to the Arena di Verona to conduct La traviata and Nabucco, and in November to the Bayerische Staatsoper for Die Zauberflöte, while his next Wagnerian debut has recently been announced: Lohengrin, scheduled at the Opéra de Toulouse in January 2027.

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