Conductor Speranza Scappucci
She is one of the most interesting conductors of her generation: a graduate of the famous Julliard School in New York, the Roman regularly stands at the podiums of the most renowned opera houses. Her major successes include concerts at La Scala in Milan and the release of her first album with Warner Classics.
About the Dirigentin
first Italian woman to conduct at Teatro alla Scala in Milan
Italian born Speranza Scappucci, a graduate of the Julliard School and the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia in Rome, is an internationally known conductor who works regularly at major opera houses including the houses in Vienna, Rome, Barcelona, Zürich, Los Angeles and New York. Since She is considered one of the most interesting conductors of her generation on the international scene.
From 2017 to 2022, Speranza Scappucci hold the position of Music Director at Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège.
Speranza Scappucci opened 2022 making history as the first Italian woman to conduct at Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
With Bellinis I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Speranza open the 22/23 season at Opéra national de Paris. This house debut will be followed by her house debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York. Later in the season, Speranza will return to the Canadian Opera Company to conduct Macbeth in Toronto. She will close the season with her return to Opéra Royal de Wallonie to lead the new production of Dialogues des Carmélites. Besides the opera productions, Speranza conducted concerts at La Scala of Milan, at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Paris and will lead the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève as well as the Orchestre National de Lyon.
Besides her operatic engagements, Speranza Scappucci also made a name for herself as a concert conductor. Among the many distinguished orchestras Scappucci has conducted so far are the Los Angeles Philharmonics at Hollywood Bowl, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Arturo Toscanini, the Orchestra Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Vienna Symphonics, the Symphony Orchestra Luzern, the Orchestre national de Lyon, the Orchestre National du Capitole in Toulouse and the Orchestre National d'Ile de France.
In November 2013, her first CD album was released on Warner Classics, Mozart arias with Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and 2016 the CD album of the Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu for Opus Arte with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Her latest recording with Hungarian bassist Ödön Rácz and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra was released in 2019 on Deutsche Grammophon. Speranza Scappucci received the honour of « Chevalier de l'Ordre des arts et des lettres » from the French Republic as well as the Premio Porto Venere Donna, the Premio Margherita Hack, the Premio Vittorio De Sica and the De Sanctis Europe Price from Italy.
