Speranza Scappucci
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Speranza Scappucci (born 9 April 1973 in Rome) is an Italian conductor and pianist. One of four children in her family, her father is a retired Vatican Radio journalist, and her mother is a retired English teacher from the Liceo Mamiani [it]
Scappucci began to learn the piano at age 5. She entered the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia in Rome at age 10, concentrating on piano and chamber music. She graduated with a diploma from the conservatory in 1993. She continued her music studies in the USA at the Juilliard School of Music, in Juilliard's Accompanying Program. At Juilliard, fellow students asked her for assistance in Italian pronunciation, which directed her interest toward opera coaching. From Juilliard, she earned a certificate in piano in 1995, and a Master of Music (M.M.) degree in performance in 1997.
Scappucci worked as a répétiteur and rehearsal pianist for such opera companies as New York City Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Santa Fe Opera, the Music Academy of the West, Glyndebourne Festival Opera (six summer seasons), the Metropolitan Opera, and the Vienna State Opera. She also was an assistant to Riccardo Muti over the course of 8 years at the Salzburg Festival, including work as a harpsichord player, in addition to coaching singers and rehearsing choruses from the piano. Scappucci counts Muti as one of her principal influences and mentors. Her career transitioned into conducting over the course of her work as a répétiteur, without formal academic instruction in conducting.
In 2012, Scappucci made her public opera conducting debut with Yale Opera at the Yale School of Music, with Così fan tutte, her first ever public engagement as an opera conductor, and the first female conductor ever to conduct a Yale Opera production. She returned to Juilliard for her New York City debut as an opera conductor in November 2014. Her conducting debut with Santa Fe Opera was in July 2015.
Outside of the USA, Scappucci made her UK debut as an opera conductor with Scottish Opera in October 2013. At the Vienna State Opera, Scappucci was the fourth-ever female conductor, and the first female Italian conductor, to conduct a production at the Vienna State Opera, for her house debut as conductor in November 2016. In February 2017, she was the first female conductor to direct the orchestra in the annual Vienna Opera Ball, as an emergency substitute for an indisposed Semyon Bychkov.
In March 2017, Scappucci made her first appearance with the Opéra Royal de Wallonie. Based on her work in this production, in April 2017, the Opéra Royal de Wallonie named her its new principal conductor, effective with the 2017-2018 season. This appointment marks her first principal conductorship, and she is the first female conductor to hold this post.
Scappucci made her first commercial recording for Warner Classics, of Mozart arias with soprano Marina Rebeka.
SPERANZA SCAPPUCCI Conductor
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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 2017 she holds the position of Principal Guest Conductor at the Royal Opéra de Wallonie in Liège and is considered one of the most interesting conductors of her generation on the international scene.
This season, she will conduct as Music Director MADAMA BUTTERFLY, LA CENERENTOLA and LA SONNAMBULA at Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liège. With IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, she will debut at Canadian Opera Company Toronto and will return to Vienna State Opera to conduct LE NOZZE DI FIGARO and MADAMA BUTTERFLY. Other upcoming events include IL TRITTICO at Tokyo Spring Festival as well as her debut at Opéra National de Paris with RIGOLETTO. In addition, she will lead symphonic concerts at Bordeaux, Liège, Budapest, Lyon and Paris.
Recently she revisited Zurich Opera House for LA BOHÈME as well as Vienna State Opera for L’ELISIR D’AMORE, LA BOHÈME and LA CENERENTOLA. She conducted Donizetti’s MARIA STUARDA at Théatre des Champs Élysées in Paris, returned to Washington National Opera (TOSCA) and made her long-awaited debut at Semperoper Dresden conducting LA BOHÈME. As Principal Conductor she conducted Verdis MESSA DA REQUIEM, AIDA and I PURITANI at OPÉRA ROYAL DE WALLONIE. Furthermore, she led symphonic concerts at Luzern, Lausanne, San Diego and Vienna.
In the last seasons, she conducted LA SONNAMBULA at the Opera di Roma, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO in Turin as well as ATTILA at Liceu Barcelona. During the Hollywood Bowl season, she gave her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonics. At Opéra Liège she conducted a new production of Verdi’s JERUSALEM, as well as MANON LESCAUT and CARMEN. She debuted at Zurich Opera with LA FILLE DU REGIMENT and conducted IL TURCO IN ITALIA at the ROSSINI OPERA FESTIVAL in Pesaro, concert performances of LA SONNAMBULA at Lincoln Center in a MET Lindemann/Juilliard School production, LA BOHÈME at the Los Angeles Opera, LA CENERENTOLA at Washington National Opera and at Teatro Regio di Torino, a new production of La FILLE DU REGIMENT at Santa Fé Opera, Pergolesi’s STABAT MATER with the Orchestra Regionale della Toscana in Florence. She had great success conducting DON PASQUALE at Vienna State Opera, furthermore, she conducted symphonic concerts with the Holland Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at Concertgebouw Amsterdam, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, a Gala Concert at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and symphonic programs with the Orchestra Toscanini in Parma and Orchestra Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
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.
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Die Römerin und Wahlwienerin Speranza Scappucci dirigiert am Wiener Opernball
https://www.news.at/a/opernball-frau-maestro-takt-scappucci-7999977
Ein Gespräch mit Speranza Scappucci
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMErXI0qPzI
Speranza Scappucci dirigiert L'elisir d'amore und La bohème an der Wiener Staatsoper.
Pagliacci: Qual fiamma....Hi! Stridono lassù- Marina Rebeka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbfE88RL6H0
Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Marina Rebeka Festivala Orkestris- Speranza Scappucci Liepaja 2015
Il Trovatore Leonora's aria "Tacea la notte placida"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtG22-JNKaE
Soprano: Marina Rebeka
Conductor: Janis Liepins Latvian National Opera and Ballet
Marina Rebeka. Lucia di Lammermour. Марина Ребека. Лючия ди Ламмермур
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EslF7S1Izq4
Марина Ребека в опере Доницетти "Лючия ди Ламермур". Латвийская национальная опера. 26 мая 2012 года. Marina Rebeka in "Lucia di Lammermour" of Donizetti. Latvian National opera, Riga. 26 may 2012
Faust: O Dieu! que de bijoux! - Ah! je ris... (Jewel song)-Marina Rebeka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-qdB0rzj98
Charles Gounod: Faust Marina Rebeka
Festivala Orkestris- Speranza Scappucci Liepaja 2015
Marina Rebeka - ROSSINI Bel raggio lusingier (Semiramide)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpQZFJq2E3U
Casta diva (Norma) - Marina Rebeka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEHdWty3EDU
Norma: Marina Rebeka Fiat Cantus ensemble vocal
Orchestre Lamoureux Conductor: Yvan Cassar
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris (2018)
Marina Rebeka - Verdi Gala - I Masnadieri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kII14bup7Qg
Marina Rebeka " Sempre libera "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz8WktwGa4Q
Die 1980 geborene Lettin begann ihr Gesangsstudium in Riga, ging 2002 nach Parma an das Konservatorium Arrigo Boito und schloss ihr Studium 2006 in Rom am Konservatorium St. Cecilia ab. In Italien belegte sie den 1. Preis bei zwei internationalen Gesangswettbewerben. In der Spielzeit 07/08 stand sie als Violetta in „La Traviata" am Theater Erfurt auf der Bühne.
The 1980 born Latvian began her singing studies in Riga, went at the Conservatory Arrigo Boito to Parma in 2002 and 2006 finished her studies in Rome at the St. Cecilia Conservatory. She took the first prize in two international competitions in Italy. In the season 07/08 she was as Violetta in "La Traviata" at the theater Erfurt on the stage.