The Italian conductor Marco Alibrando (Messina, 1987) 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, Duetti Amorosi at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and Delitto e Dovere at the Festival di Spoleto. Eventually was invited to assist Iván Fischer for Falstaff and Symphonic projects.

 

Marco is the Music Director of VoceAllOpera since 2021.

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Most recents and upcoming events include Aida in Novara, Le nozze di Figaro at the Stresa Festival, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Lucia di Lammermoor at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Evgenij Onegin at the Nederlandse Reisopera, Rigoletto at the Stresa Festival, 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 (recorded 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, Carmina Burana at Isola d'Elba, L'occasione fa il ladro in Novara, Il Barone Lamberto, a new opera, winner of the CompositoriAllOpera Competition powered by VoceAllOpera, in Novara and Milano, symphonic concerts at the Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires with the Orquesta Filarmónica 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 Parma with Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, in Torino and Biella with the OTM (Fondazione Accademia Perosi) Giuseppe Gibboni (violin) and Carlotta Dalia (guitar), in Vicenza with Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico, in Padova conducting the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Calabria (invited by Salvatore Accardo), in Florence with Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina and Orchestra di Toscana Classica and in Bari with the Apulian Youth Symphony Orchestra.

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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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From the late 2014 to nowadays he was invited to conduct the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Orchestra di Toscana Classica, Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, Orchestra del Teatro F. Cilea di Reggio Calabria, Delitto e Dovere by Alberto Colla at the Festival di Spoleto and at the Teatro Coccia di Novara, staged by Paolo Gavazzeni and Piero Maranghi (broadcasted by Sky Classica HD), Obiettivo Orchestra invited by Gianandrea Noseda (a project powered by Filarmonica del Teatro Regio di Torino), Norma at the Teatro del Popolo di Castelfiorentino, Suor Angelica and Billy Budd (by Ghedini) at the Conservatorio G. Verdi di Milano, La Cenerentola staged by Gianmaria Aliverta for VoceAllOpera, Beatrice di Tenda in Tenda, Rossini il buongustaio at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania and Beethoven's ninth symphony at the Teatro F. Cilea di Reggio Calabria, La Maschera di Erato, Opera Show by Mario Acampa at the OGR di Torino (Fondazione CRT - Accademia Perosi). Lately he conducted Beethoven’s Eroica with Orchestra dei Talenti Musicali della Fondazione CRT at the OGR in Torino and in Biella, the New Year Concert in Messina starring Giuseppe Andaloro, L'Italiana in Algeri staged by Gianmaria Aliverta (VoceAllOpera - Milano) and recorded L’Anfora di Clio (2020) and La mummia di Shai (2021), the new Opera show by Mario Acampa. In 2020 he conducted concerts with Filarmonica di Rovereto for Settenovecento Festival conducting music by Stravinsky, Beethoven, Pergolesi and Zandonai, Il Tabarro for the opening season in Sassari and a concert with Orchestra dei Talenti Musicali della Fondazione CRT and Sandro Cappelletto conducting music by Mozart and the Christmas Concert, conducting from the harpsichord, with the TVE di Messina.

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On a more practical level, Marco worked as an assistant to Antonino Fogliani in many well-renown theaters. He was also assistant to Robin Ticciati with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan and Giuliano Carella in Nancy.

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Marco studied orchestral conducting with Gianandrea Noseda, Gianluigi Gelmetti (Accademia Chigiana di Siena), Vittorio Parisi, Lutz Köhler, Antonino Fogliani, Donato Renzetti, Romolo Gessi and Giuseppe Lanzetta. He is fundamentally a pianist, with a Bachelor degree from Messina (Prof. Antonella Salpietro), and then continued with his Masters in Orchestral Conducting and Composition (Danilo Lorenzini and Gianni Possio), graduating with highest honors from the Conservatorio G. Verdi di Milano.

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December 2023