Stefano Ranzani

One of the most established conductors in the international scene, especially for the opera repertoire, Italian and not, Stefano Ranzani has already appeared at the most important musical institutions, including Teatro alla Scala, Metropolitan New York, Opéra National de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, Washington Opera, Liceu de Barcelona, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires, Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper in Berlin, Opernhaus Zürich, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.
Born in Milan, he graduated in violin at a very young age his hometown. While he was going on with studies of piano and composition, he entered the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala as one of the principal violinists. From 1983 he dedicated also to orchestral conduction, studying with Leonard Bernstein and becoming assistant of Gianandrea Gavazzeni. In the meantime he dedicated himself to symphonic repertory and in 1987 he made his successful debut with the Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala. Since then he has been regularly invited for the following seasons. He is a frequent guest conductor of some among the world’s great orchestral companies, such as Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Orchestra Nazionale della Rai di Torino, English Northern Philharmonia, Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Hamburgische Symphoniker, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
From 2007 to 2008, he was Music Director of the Teatro Massimo “V. Bellini” in Catania. Over the course of his career, he has conducted numerous major productions, including “Il trittico” and “La bohème” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, “Lucia di Lammermoor”, “I due Foscari”, “Adriana Lecouvreur” and “Simon Boccanegra” at La Scala in Milan, “La bohème” at the Opéra National in Paris, “Tosca” at the Berlin State Opera, “Rigoletto”, “L’elisir d’amore”, “La bohème” and “Madama Butterfly” at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, “Aida” at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “I pagliacci”, “Un ballo in maschera”, “Simon Boccanegra” and “Stiffelio” at the Zurich Opera House, “Mefistofele” at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, “The Maid of Orleans” at the Washington Opera, and “Eugene Onegin” at the Hamburg State Opera.
Most recently, Ranzani conducted “Tosca” at the Teatro Comunale Pavarotti Freni in Modena and at the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara; “La bohème” and “La traviata” at the Semperoper Dresden and the Hamburg State Opera; ‘Aida’ at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires; ‘Rigoletto’ at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania; and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin; ‘Rigoletto’, ‘Tosca’ and ‘Un ballo in maschera’ at the Hamburg State Opera; ‘Il barbiere di Siviglia’ at the Berlin State Opera; “Rigoletto” at the Opera di Roma, in Palermo and in Dresden; “L’elisir d’amore” at the Bavarian State Opera; “Andrea Chenier” in Bilbao; “La traviata” in Seattle. He returns to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein with “Il Trittico”.