Gianandrea Noseda has been General Music Director of the Zurich Opera House since the 2021/22 season. In addition, he is Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2019, he became Music Director of the newly founded Tsinandali Festival and the Georgian Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra. From 2007 to 2018, Noseda served as General Music Director of the Teatro Regio di Torino, where he artistically reshaped the opera house during his tenure. Noseda has conducted the world’s leading orchestras (Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic) as well as at the most prestigious opera houses (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House) and festivals (BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Salzburg, and Verbier). He has also held leading positions with the BBC Philharmonic (Chief Conductor), the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (Principal Guest Conductor), the Mariinsky Theatre (Principal Guest Conductor), and the Stresa Festival (Artistic Director). His discography comprises more than 80 CDs, with a special focus on the "Musica Italiana" project, which features neglected 20th-century Italian repertoire. Born in Milan, Noseda is a Commendatore al Merito della Repubblica Italiana and received the Order of Merit of the City of Milan in 2024. In 2015, he was named "Musical America’s Conductor of the Year," was awarded "Conductor of the Year" at the 2016 International Opera Awards, and received the Puccini Prize in 2023. In the same year, the Oper! Awards honored Noseda as "Best Conductor," particularly recognizing his interpretations of the first two "Ring" operas at the Zurich Opera House.
4. July 2027
As part of "Opernhaus für alle", the Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House invites audiences to an open-air concert. Under the direction of Gianandrea Noseda, one of the most famous symphonies in the repertoire unfolds with Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 "From the New World". The programme is complemented by selected opera arias, performed by the internationally acclaimed tenor Benjamin Bernheim. In addition to a varied supporting programme, the newly founded Children’s Opera Orchestra will also perform.
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Concert as part of "Opernhaus für alle"
Free admission
Gianandrea Noseda
Cast
Lise Davidsen
Die junge Norwegerin Lise Davidsen findet seit ihrem Doppelgewinn des Operalia-Gesangswettbewerbs in London und des norwegischen Königin-Sonja-Musikwettbewerbs 2015 internationale Beachtung. Ab 2010 studierte sie Gesang an der Grieg Academy of Music in Bergen und an der Opera Academy in Kopenhagen. Dort war sie seit 2012/13 am Königlichen Opernhaus u.a. als Dackel / Eule (Das schlaue Füchslein), Emilia (Otello) und Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) zu erleben. Die dramatische Sopranistin begann die Spielzeit 2015/16 mit einem konzertanten Engagement als Freia (Das Rheingold) mit dem Odense Symphony Orchestra unter Alexander Vedernikov und ihrem Debüt als Ortlinde (Die Walküre) an der Bayerischen Staatsoper in München. Konzerte führten Lise Davidsen u.a. für Verdis Requiem an die Berliner Philharmonie, mit dem Norwegischen Radio Orchester an die Kirsten Flagstad Hall sowie für Vier letzte Lieder an die Filarmonia George Enescu in Bukarest. Im Mai 2016 gab sie an der Seite von Helmut Deutsch einen Liederabend in Bergen und anschliessend ihr Hausdebüt an der Oper Frankfurt als Freia und Dritte Norn. Beim Glyndebourne Festival, in Aix-en-Provence und an der Wiener Staatsoper sang sie jüngst die Titelpartie in Ariadne auf Naxos. Am Royal Opera House in London war sie 2018 als Freia, Ortlinde, 3. Norn und als Solistin in Verdis Requiem zu hören und in Zürich war sie zuletzt als Agathe in Der Freischütz zu erleben.