Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli
Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli | |
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.jpg) Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli | |
| Born | 5 November 1985 |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, Musical Director |
Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli (5 November 1985) is an Italian conductor, artistic director of the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Tirana and of the International "Festival di Mezza Estate", music director of the Abruzzo Symphony Institution and principal guest conductor of National Opera and Ballet Theater in Varna, Bulgaria.
Biography
[edit]Born in L'Aquila (Abruzzo), in 1985 he obtained two degrees with high marks and honors, the first in Jurisprudence, the second in Canon Law. He also received two doctorates, one in criminal law and one in canon law with a specialization in Latin. At the same time at the Alfredo Casella Conservatory in L'Aquila he studied experimental composition with Mauro Cardi and opera singing with Maria Chiara Pavone. Soon after in Trieste, at the Giuseppe Tartini Conservatory, he graduated with full marks and honors in orchestral conducting under the direction of Marco Angius and in Choral Composition and Conducting. In 2014, at the age of only 29, he was elected among the members of the Tiber Academy in Rome and earned the title of rotal lawyer.[1][2] Since 2016, he is the artistic director of the "Sacrum" International Festival; from the following year he was the artistic director of the "Festival di Mezza Estate", international festival in Tagliacozzo.[1][3]
In 2020, he received the special recognition "Golden Opera for the New Generation" at the Lyric Oscars.[4] In 2022, he was appointed chief conductor of the Opera Theater in Varna, Bulgaria.[5] Since 2023, he has been appointed artistic director of the National Theater of Opera, Ballet and Popular Ensemble of Tirana and musical director of the Abruzzo Symphony Institution.[6][7]
He has been a guest conductor several times at the Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago, where in 2016 he first conducted "La Bohème" and then "Turandot" for the 90th anniversary of the opera, in 2018 "Trittico" for the 100th anniversary and in 2024 "Madama Butterfly" for the 120th anniversary of the opera. In the same year, he was the protagonist of a world tour focused on the works of Giacomo Puccini.
He has conducted hundreds of Italian and international opera productions worldwide, including: Bellini's Norma, Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Cenerentola, La Bohème, Turandot, Tabarro, Suor Angelica", "Gianni Schicchi", "Madama Butterfly", "Le Villi" and "Tosca" by Puccini, "Rigoletto", "Nabucco", "Aida", "La Forza del Destino", "Otello", "Trovatore" , "La Traviata", "Attila", "Macbeth", "Don Carlo" by Verdi, "Andrea Chenier" by Giordano, "Don Giovanni" and "Nozze di Figaro" by Mozart, "I Pagliacci" by Leoncavallo and "Cavalleria" Mascagni's Rusticana, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Bizet's Carmen.
He has been conducting ballets for a long time; major titles include Giselle, Swan Lake, Don Chisciotte, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, Carmina Burana, The Rite of Spring, and other important symphonic works and productions opera, has worked with film music and collaborated with internationally famous artists such as Ermonela Jaho, Anna Pirozzi, Krassimira Stoyanova, Nino Machaidze, Vincenzo Costanzo, Francesco Meli, Charles Castonovo, Saimir Pirgu, Amadi Laga, Amarilli Nizza, Josè Cura, Valeria Sepe, Dimitra Theodossiou, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Kamen Chanev, Kiril Manolov, Gëzim Myshketa, Anna Maria Chiuri, Donata D'Annunzio Lombardi, Fiorenza Cedolins.[1][4]
For light music, he directed the concerts of some of the most famous world stars such as Ricky Martin, Il Volo, Anastacia, Amii Stewart.[1][4] He was a guest conductor at the National Theater of Opera and Ballet in Belgrade from 2017 to 2019. In 2017 he debuted with the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO), in 2019 with the Israel Symphony Orchestra and in 2021 with the Saarland State Orchestra- it (“das Saarländische Staatsorchester”). Since 2019, he is the artistic and musical director of the "OperaViva" International Lyric Opera Festival at the Opera and Ballet Theater in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 2021, he made his debut at the Athens Megaron with the Athens State Orchestra. In 2023 he made his debut on the Gewandhaus Hall stage with the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra.[4] He is currently a teacher of orchestral training at the Giuseppe Martucci Conservatory in Salerno.[8]
Private Life
[edit]He is the son of children's literature writer Antonello Sipari (Avezzano, 1954 – L'Aquila, 2019).[9]
Discography
[edit]2010 – Opfer und Verführer - Das schicksal der kastraten – Il Giardino Armonico/C. Bartoli (ZDF) 2016 – Anastacia and Jacopo – Symphony Orchestra "Marco Dall'Aquila"/Anastacia (IacoFilm) 2017 – Puccini: Turandot – Orchestra and Choir of the Puccinian Festival Foundation/R. Lokar, R. Park, F. Cappelletti (Paramax Film) 2018 – Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 – Symphony Orchestra of Abruzzo (Telepace) 2019 – Galanti: Via Crucis – Orchestra and Choir of Cilea Theater Reggio Calabria/S. Orfila, F. R. Tiddi, S. Intagliata, S. Janelidze, D. Ruberti (Telepace) 2019 – Mozart: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra k 622 – Radio Television Orchestra of Serbia - Vojislav Dukić (clarinet) (RTS production) 2019 – Before the First: La Bohème – Europa Musica Orchestra (Rai 5) 2019 – Mr. Puccini by Cinzia Tedesco – Puccini Festival Foundation Orchestra/C. Tedesco, P. Iodice, J. Girotto, A. Salis (Sony Classical) 2020 - Mozart: Requiem - Abruzzese Symphony Orchestra and International Opera Choir / Donata D'Annunzio Lombardi, Chiuri, Ganci, Gazale (IacoFilm) 2020 - Beethoven: Choral Fantasy - Abruzzese Symphony Orchestra and International Opera Choir / Michele Campanella (IacoFilm) 2022 - Mozart: Solemn Vespers of the Confessor - Abruzzese Symphony Orchestra and International Opera Choir / Ripalta Bufo, Francesca di Sauro, Lorenzo Martelli, Sergio Bologna (IacoFilm) 2022 - Mozart: Coronation Mass - Abruzzese Symphony Orchestra and International Opera Choir / Ripalta Bufo, Francesca di Sauro, Lorenzo Martelli, Sergio Bologna (IacoFilm) 2022 - Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto n. 2 - Orchestra of the National Opera Theatre of Tirana, Giuseppe Albanese (Piano) - (RTSH Albania) 2022 - Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 - Orchestra of the National Opera House of Tirana - (RTSH Albania) 2023 - Verdi: Requiem - Choir and Orchestra of the National Opera Theatre of Tirana, Eva Golemi, Ivana Hoxa, Raffaele Abete, Vittorio de Campo (RTSH Albania) 2023 - Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle - Abruzzese Symphony Orchestra and International Opera Choir / Donata D'Annunzio Lombardi, Irene Molinari, Dario di Vietri, Gaetano Triscari (IacoFilm) 2024 - Fauré: Requiem Mass - Abruzzo Symphony Orchestra and International Opera Choir / Donata D'Annunzio Lombardi, Armando Likaj (IacoFilm) 2024 - Bartolucci: Stabat Mater - Abruzzese Symphony Orchestra and International Opera Choir / Maria Tomassi (IacoFilm)[10]
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