Principal Conductor of the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar

 

VoceAllOpera Music Director

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Marco ALIBRANDO, born in Messina in 1987, made his debut at the age of just 24 in Florence. Since then, he has built a rapidly developing international career, appearing at leading festivals such as Rossini in Wildbad, the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and the Festival di Spoleto.

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He is currently Music Director of VoceAllOpera (Milan) and has recently been appointed Principal Conductor (Erster Kapellmeister) of the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar, beginning with the 2025/26 season.

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His recent and forthcoming operatic engagements reflect a repertoire that spans both Italian opera and the German tradition. Highlights include his return to Teatro alla Scala in Milan with L’elisir d’amore, alongside appearances in Wiesbaden with Turandot, and in Weimar with new productions of La Bohème, Le nozze di Figaro, Werther, Il barbiere di Siviglia as well as works such as Hänsel und Gretel, Messiah and La traviata. Other engagements include Il Pirata at the Teatro Massimo V. Bellini in Catania, Die lustige Witwe opening the Macerata Opera Festival 2025, The Bear at the Teatro Regio di Torino, as well as appearances with Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam), Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Stresa Festival and the Nederlandse Reisopera, with titles including Rigoletto, Lucia di Lammermoor, Aida and Evgenij Onegin.

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In the symphonic field, he has recently made his debut at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, conducting the Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires and at the Carnegie Hall in New York conducting the New England Ensemble. He has also appeared with the Noord Nederland Orkest, the Symphony Orchestra of India, the Staatskapelle Weimar, the Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, the Orchestra della Fondazione Arena di Verona, the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini in Parma, and the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, among others.

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Marco Alibrando studied conducting with Gianluigi Gelmetti at the Accademia Chigiana di Siena, Lutz Köhler at the UDK Berlin, Romolo Gessi, Giuseppe Lanzetta, Gianandrea Noseda and Donato Renzetti. He graduated with top honours in both Orchestral Conducting and Composition from the Conservatorio di Milano (Vittorio Parisi, Danilo Lorenzini and Gianni Possio), and also holds a diploma in Piano from the Conservatorio di Messina with Antonella Salpietro.

He has worked as a musical assistant to Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Giuliano Carella, Antonino Fogliani, Domingo Hindoyan and Robin Ticciati. He recently was cover conductor to Zubin Mehta in Mumbai.

 

April 2026