Sebastian F. Schwarz (born 1974 in

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, ...

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) is a German-born musician, teacher and administrator. He studied vocal performance and musicology in Berlin and Conservatory Benedetto Marcello in Venice，and theatre management at the University of Venice. He worked as a language coach for German, English and Russian productions at

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and as an artists' manager in Milan and Venice. For several years, he taught history of music and at tertiary level. As of August 10, 2021 Schwarz is Artistic Director of

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and the Accademia del Belcanto "Rodolfo Celletti" in

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. In July 2019, the Italian Minister of Culture signed him into office as Sovrintendente (CEO) of the Royal Theatre of Turin,

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of which as of 1 September, he also assumed the role of Artistic Director. He was appointed General Director of

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in November 2015, and left the position in December 2017. Prior to this from 2008 to 2016 he was Deputy Artistic Director of the

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and, from 2012 to 2016, also Artistic Director of the Vienna Chamber Opera. He held a variety of other posts, including with the

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and as assistant to the opera director at the

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. In 2010 he was a co-founder and Artistic Director of the International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti, part of the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music and continues to serve as its president of the jury. He is a regular jury member for major international voice competitions and founder and inaugural chairman of the jury of the Glyndebourne Opera Cup. Schwarz is vice president of the

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and serves on the board of Europäische Musiktheaterakademie. In 2015 he was made Cavaliere of the Order of the Star of Italy in recognition of his propagation and support of Italian artists and art.

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Sebastian F. Schwarz – Glyndebourne

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