Designate First Conductor of the Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar

 

VoceAllOpera Music Director

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The Italian conductor Marco Alibrando had his debut at the age of 24 in Florence and from that moment it has begun an increasingly intense career, conducting Rossini’s Adina at the Rossini Festival in Wildbad, described by The New York Times as a “first-rate performance” and, subsequently, at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and at the Festival di Spoleto. 

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Most recents and upcoming exciting operatic events include debut at Teatro alla Scala di Milano conducting the soloists and the orchestra of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, a new production of Die lustige Witwe opening the Macerata Opera Festival 2025, Rigoletto at the Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam), The Bear at Teatro Regio di Torino, Lucia di Lammermoor at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf), Werther, Hänsel und Gretel, Der Mordfall, Il barbiere di Siviglia and La traviata in Weimar, Aida in Novara, Le nozze di Figaro and Rigoletto at the Stresa Festival, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Evgenij Onegin at the Nederlandse Reisopera, L'elisir d'amore and La fille du régiment at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Gli arabi nelle Gallie by Pacini at the Rossini in Wildbad and Royal Opera Festival (recording for Naxos), Bluebeard’s Castle in Novara and Jesi, Il barbiere di Siviglia with the Orchestra Filarmonica di Benevento (with students from Rosa Feola's masterclass), Madama Butterfly and Il Tabarro in Sassari, symphonic concerts with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires at the Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires, at the Teatro Filarmonico di Verona with the Orchestra della Fondazione Arena di Verona, at the Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, in the Netherlands with the Noord Nederlands Orkest, in Parma with Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, with the Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto and the Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino.

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With a naturally strong affinity for the repertoire from the early 20th century of Bartók, Stravinsky and Ravel, Marco conducted Bluebeard’s Castle in Milan with laVerdi Orchestra.

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As the Principal Conductor of the Orchestra del Teatro Vittorio Emanuele di Messina he led many concerts, operas (La Bohème staged by Giorgio Bongiovanni) and ballets (Beethoven 6th symphony directed and choreographed by Micha Van Hoecke).

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In 2018, he was invited to assist Iván Fischer for Falstaff and Symphonic projects. Recently was cover conductor to Zubin Mehta in Mumbai.

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Marco attended masterclasses with great conductors such as Gianandrea Noseda (Milano 2016), Gianluigi Gelmetti (Accademia Chigiana di Siena 2010-2014) and Donato Renzetti (Vicenza 2007-2008). He is fundamentally a pianist, with a Bachelor degree from Messina, and then continued with his Masters in Orchestral Conducting (Vittorio Parisi) and Composition, graduating with highest honors from the Conservatorio G. Verdi di Milano.

January 2025