Conductor
World
“The conductor Daniele Callegari brought richness, panache and stylistic cogency to “Nabucco,” showing what’s possible when a maestro approaches this early score with integrity.”
(New York Times about Nabucco at the Metropolitan Opera)
Daniele Callegari was Principal Conductor of Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice at Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur, from 2021 to 2023. From 1998 to 2001 he was Principal Conductor at the Wexford Opera Festival. From 2002 to 2008 he was Chief Conductor of De Filharmonie / Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra in Antwerp.
In 2022, he was awarded the honour of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic.
Born in Milan, after graduating from the Conservatorio G. Verdi in double bass and percussions, at the age of 22 he entered the Teatro alla Scala orchestra, where he played with the most prestigious conductors. This inspiring confrontation with the greatest conductors prompted him to return to the Conservatory, where he graduated in composition and conducting.
Daniele Callegari has conducted some of the major symphonic orchestras in the world, such as: Orchestre Metropolitain de Montréal, Orchestre Nationale de l’Île de France, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra de La Monnaie de Bruxelles, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional de Madrid, Orchestra Sinfonica “Verdi” di Milano.
He is regular guest at national and international leading concert halls and opera houses, where he has conducted in several important productions, including Nabucco, La traviata, Il trovatore and La Gioconda at Metropolitan Opera in New York, Orlenskaya Deva at Carnegie Hall in New York, Turandot at Teatro alla Scala, Il trovatore, Rigoletto and Madama Butterfly at Opéra National de Paris; Maria Stuarda at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées de Paris; Norma, La Gioconda, Aida, Poliuto (just to name a few) at Liceu de Barcelona, L’elisir d’amore and La traviata at Staatsoper Berlin, L’elisir d’amore at Wiener Staatsoper, Tosca, La bohème, Un ballo in maschera and Rigoletto(just to name a few) at Bayerische Staatsoper Munich; Don Giovanni, Falstaff and Aida at San Diego Opera, Otello, Jérusalem, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem at Festival Verdi in Parma, Tosca, Otello, I masnadieri, Attila and Ernani at Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Ariane et Barbe-Bleue at Opéra du Rhin de Strasbourg, Don Pasquale at NCPA Beijing, Andrea Chénier at Arts Center Seoul, Falstaff at Opéra de Montréal, Cavalleria rusticana and I pagliacci at San Francisco Opera, Un ballo in maschera at New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv.
His discography covers several important recordings, including La traviata, Il trovatore and Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio (Fonè). He has also recorded La Gioconda, I quattro rusteghi, Mascagni’s Messa di gloria, Testoni’s Alice, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Flotow’s Alessandro Stradella. DVD recordings: Gioconda, Macbeth, Elisir d’amore and Madama Butterfly. With DeFilharmonie he has recorded musics by Ravel, Debussy, Brewaeys e Joris. He conducted the Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi di Milano for the CD Cielo e Mar of Rolando Villazón (Deutsche Grammophon).
LATEST PERFORMANCES: Rigoletto at Metropolitan New York and at Teatro La Fenice in Venice Il trovatore at Metropolitan New York; Tosca at Royal Opera Stockholm and at Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago; Luisa Miller (concert version) al Teatro San Carlo in Naples; Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, and Turandot in Hamburg; Nabucco and La traviata at Metropolitan New York; Madama Butterfly at Ljubljiana Festival with Teatro La Fenice; La bohème and Falstaff in Nice; Ernani in Oviedo; La Gioconda at Chorégies d’Orange; Aida at Staatsoper Hamburg; I pagliacci in Tel Aviv; Adriana Lecouvreur at Opera de Oviedo; Rigoletto at Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona; Tosca at Bolshoi Theatre Moscow and at NNT Tokyo; Il trovatore, Madama Butterfly and Turandot at Teatro La Fenice; I lombardi alla prima crociata at Opéra de Monte-Carlo.
FORTHCOMING PROJECTS: symphonic concert (Respighi, Ravel, Mussorgsky) with Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana; Mascagni’s Iris (in concert) at Teatro Real de Madrid; Rigoletto at New National Theatre Tokyo; Aida at Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla; Luisa Miller at Vienna State Opera.
