Riccardo Frizza

Riccardo Frizza (born 1971) is an Italian conductor, particularly known for his work in the Italian operatic repertoire.Foletto, Angelo (17 April 2013)

''La Repubblica''. Retrieved 20 November 2015 . After making his professional conducting debut in 2001 with Rossini's ''Stabat Mater'' at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, he went on to conduct in the leading opera houses of Europe and the United States, including La Scala, La Fenice. the Paris Opera, and New York's Metropolitan Opera.

Life and career

Frizza was born in Brescia where he began his musical studies. He then studied under Elisabetta Brusa at the Milan Conservatory and with the conductors Gilberto Serembe at the Music Academy of Pescara and Gianluigi Gelmetti at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. From 1994 until 2000, he was the principal conductor of his local orchestra (Orchestra Sinfonica di Brescia) before making his official conducting debut with Rossini's ''Stabat Mater'' in 2001 at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. He subsequently returned to the festival to conduct ''Il Turco in Italia'' in 2002, ''Matilde di Shabran'' in 2004, and ''Adelaide di Borgogna'' in 2006. In 2006 he also made his US conducting debut with ''L'italiana in Algeri'' at Washington National Opera. In the ensuing years he made several major house debuts, including the Metropolitan Opera conducting ''Rigoletto'' (2009), the Paris Opera conducting ''La Cenerentola'' (2012), La Scala conducting Verdi's rarely performed '' Oberto'' (2013), the Arena di Verona conducting ''Rigoletto'' (2013), La Fenice conducting ''La traviata'' (2015) and Gran Teatre del Liceu conducting ''L'Italiana in Algeri'' (2018).

Frizza is married to the Spanish soprano Davinia Rodríguez whom he met while conducting ''L'elisir d'amore'' at the Festival de Opera de Las Palmas in 2005. The couple have one daughter.

Recordings

*Martinů: ''Mirandolina'' – Belarus National Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Frizza (conductor). CD, Supraphon, 2004
*Verdi: ''Nabucco'' – Orchestra and chorus of Teatro Carlo Felice, Riccardo Frizza (conductor). DVD, Dynamic, 2005
*Donizetti: ''La Fille du régiment'' – Orchestra and chorus of Teatro Carlo Felice, Riccardo Frizza (conductor). DVD, Decca, 2006
*Rossini: ''Matilde di Shabran'' – Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Riccardo Frizza (conductor). CD, Decca, 2006
*Rossini: ''Armida'' – Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Riccardo Frizza (conductor). DVD, Decca, 2010
*Donizetti: ''Lucrezia Borgia'' – Orchestra and Chorus of San Francisco Opera, Riccardo Frizza (conductor). DVD, Euroarts, 2013,
*Mozart: ''Don Giovanni'' – Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro La Fenice, Riccardo Frizza (conductor). DVD, C Major/Unitel Classica, 2014.Malafronte, Judith (February 2015)
"Mozart: ''Don Giovanni''"
''Opera News''. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
*Donizetti:
The Three Queens
' - Lyric Opera of Chicago, Sondra Radvanovsky, Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Pentatone, 2022

References

External links

Official websiteRiccardo Frizza
at IMG Artists
Riccardo Frizza's schedule
on Operabase
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Italian male conductors (music)
Milan Conservatory alumni
Musicians from Brescia
1971 births
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Italian conductors (music)
21st-century Italian male musicians