aniele Rustioni is Chief Conductor of the Opéra National de Lyon, the Orchestra della Toscana, and, since 2019, the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast. He studied organ, composition and piano in Milan, as well as conducting with Gilberto Serembe. From 2008 to 2009 he was a Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in London, where he assisted the Music Director Antonio Pappano. Daniele Rustioni is a regular guest at leading international opera houses, including the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Regio Torino, Teatro La Fenice, the Royal Opera House in London and the Opéra Bastille. In 2017 he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York with “Aida”. As Chief Conductor in Lyon, he conducted Britten’s “War Requiem” in the 2017/18 season, as well as Verdi’s “Macbeth”, “Don Carlos” and “Attila”. More recent engagements include “La bohème” at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, “Don Giovanni” at the Teatro Regio Torino and “Ernani” at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Daniele Rustioni is also in high demand as a conductor of the symphonic repertoire. Engagements have taken him to the Bavarian State Orchestra in Munich, the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra in Dublin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London. His recordings include Bellini’s first opera “Adelson e Salvini”, Wolf-Ferrari’s “Violin Concerto” with Francesca Dego and the City of Birmingham Orchestra, as well as Italian symphonic repertoire of the 20th century. In 2013 he received the International Opera Award for Best Newcomer of the Year. At the Zurich Opera House he conducted the revival of “Cavalleria rusticana”/“Pagliacci” and most recently the premiere of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”.
