These are glorious beginnings that await Speranza Scappucci, Tuesday, January 18 in the evening.
The Italian conductor will lead the prestigious Scala in Milan.
For her coronation, she will direct the performance of
I Capuleti ei Montecchi
(
The Capulets and the Montagues
) by Bellini, relay our colleagues from France Musique.
She will lead the Italian opera until February 2.
Initially, the maestro was to take office next May, however the health problems of Evelino Pido, whom she is replacing, have accelerated the movement, Radio Classique told us a week ago.
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“I love Bellini, he's a brilliant composer, whom I studied a lot, and who always manages to create magnificent music from very simple elements. To be able to make my debut at La Scala with this composer, I could not have dreamed of better.
“
”
confided Speranza Scappucci to the microphone of our colleagues.
Warm welcome
If other orchestra directors have taken the helm of the prestigious Milanese theatre, Speranza Scappucci can boast of being the first Italian to hold the position. And is delighted with the warm welcome given to him by the orchestra.
“I am delighted with the relationship that we immediately established between us, I immediately felt a great warmth from the musicians and the choristers”
, she always declared to France Musique.
Daughter of a journalist, Speranza Scappucci, born in Rome in 1973, started music at the age of four.
His rigorous work has allowed him to gain the confidence of singers and conductors alike.
Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, and above all… Riccardo Muti!
"It was from him that I learned the most
," she confided to our
Figaro
expert in 2018. In 2017, Speranza Scappucci was appointed new principal conductor at the Royal Opera of Wallonia in Cork.
