Enrique Mazzola

Enrique Mazzola is a Spanish-born Italian conductor. He studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Milan Conservatory.[1][2]

Renowned as an expert interpreter and champion of bel canto opera and a specialist in French repertoire, Enrique Mazzola is in demand worldwide as both an operatic and symphonic conductor. He served as the Artistic & Music Director of the Orchestre National d'Île de France (from the 2012/13 season) and Principal Guest Conductor at Deutsche Oper Berlin (from the 2018/19 season). In October 2018, he was made a Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres reflecting his significant contribution to musical life in France.

Between 1999 and 2003, he was the Artistic & Music Director of the Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte in Montepulciano.

Mazzola will be joining the Lyric Opera as Music Director. He is replacing Sir Andrew Davis, who is leaving after the 2020-21 season.[3]

Selected discography

• Beethoven: Piano Concerto Nr.1 & Symphony Nr.5. Cédric Tiberghien (pianist), Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre National d'Île de France. Label: NoMadMusic
• Bellini / Donizetti / Rossini / Meyerbeer: Opera Ouvertures. Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre National d'Île de France. Label: NoMadMusic
• Donizetti: Don Pasquale. Alessandro Corbelli (Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina), Nikolay Borchev (Malatesta), Alek Shrader (Ernesto), Mariame Clément (director), Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Donizetti: Il Duca D'Alba. Inva Mula, Arturo Chacon Cruz, Franck Ferrari, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna, Maruo Corna, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
• Donizetti: Poliuto. Mariame Clément (director), Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra
• De Falla: El amor brujo, El sombrero de tres picos, Fanfare pour une fête. Esperanza Fernández (cantaora), Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Orchestre National d'Île de France. Label: NoMadMusic
• Liszt: Klavierkonzerte Nr.1 & 2. Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort (pianist), Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
• Milhaud: La Bien-Aimée / Stravinsky: The Firebird. Rex Lawson (pianolist), Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre National d'Île de France. Label: NoMadMusic
• Meyerbeer: Dinorah. Patrizia Ciofi, Étienne Dupuis, Philippe Talbot, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Chorus and Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin
• Pizzetti: Fedra. Hasmik Papian, Gustavo Porta, Chang Han Lim, Christine Knorren, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
• Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Danielle De Niese (Rosina), Björn Bürger (Figaro), Tailor-Stayton, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra. Label: Opus Arte (Blu-ray Disc)
• Rossini: Mosè in Egitto. Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Bregenzer Festpiele, Wiener Symphoniker. Label: Unitel
• Verdi: Falstaff. Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Orchestre de Paris. Label: ArtHaus Musik.
• Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: La vedova scaltra. Anne-Lise Sollied, Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Francesco Piccoli, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
• "Arabesque": Olga Peretyatko, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). NDR Sinfonieorchester. Label: Sony

References

1. Enrique Mazzola et Alexandra Soumm 10 nov. 2007 "Né à Barcelone dans une famille de musiciens, Enrique Mazzola étudie la direction d'orchestre et la composition au Conservatoire Giuseppe Verdi"
2. "Enrique Mazzola". Askonas Holt.
3. "Lyric Opera names new music director". Crain's Chicago Business. September 12, 2019.

External links

• Website