Christian Baldini is an American, Italian and Argentine

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and

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conductor and composer. He was born in Mar del Plata (

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) on August 25, 1978. His CD "Mozart Arias and Overtures" conducting the

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with soprano

Elizabeth Watts Elizabeth Watts (born 1979) is an English operatic soprano. Watts was born in Norwich and attended Norwich High School for Girls. She studied archaeology at Sheffield University and graduated with first class honours. Beginning in 2002, she stu ...

was chosen as "Recording of the Month" by the BBC Music Magazine and MusicWeb International, CD of the Week by Classic FM, and received critical acclaim with 4- and 5-star reviews on Gramophone, Sinfini,

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and Opera News. Baldini served as an assistant conductor with the

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in London, and as a cover conductor for

Michael Tilson Thomas Michael Tilson Thomas (born December 21, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist and composer. He is Artistic Director Laureate of the New World Symphony, an American orchestral academy based in Miami Beach, Florida, Music Director Laureate of ...

and the San Francisco Symphony. In 2015, invited by Michael Tilson Thomas, Baldini conducted the first ever performance of a work by

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with the San Francisco Symphony. Baldini has conducted opera for the

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(founded by Benjamin Britten), the

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of Buenos Aires ( Dallapiccola's

Il prigioniero ''Il prigioniero'' (''The Prisoner'') is an opera (originally a radio opera) in a prologue and one act, with music and libretto by Luigi Dallapiccola. The opera was first broadcast by the Italian radio station RAI on 1 December 1949. The work is ba ...

and

Volo di notte ''Volo di notte'' (''Night Flight'') is a one-act opera composed by Luigi Dallapiccola to an Italian libretto he wrote based on the novel '' Vol de nuit'' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first performed at the Teatro della Pergola in Flor ...

, and the world première of Oscar Strasnoy's opera Requiem). He has been the conductor of the

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's yearly Rising Stars of Opera program since 2009, featuring wonderful operatic young talent from the

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Ader Fellows Program, including many winners of international competitions such as

Brian Jagde Brian Jagde is an American operatic tenor. He has performed roles at leading opera houses throughout the world, including the San Francisco Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe ...

, Pene Pati, David Lomelí,

Nadine Sierra Nadine Sierra (born May 14, 1988) is an American soprano. She is most well known for her interpretation of Gilda in Verdi's ''Rigoletto,'' and Lucia in Donizetti's ''Lucia di Lammermoor.'' Currently performing in leading roles in the top opera hou ...

, Sean Pannikar, and Leah Crocetto.

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