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
Gianandrea Noseda
Cast
Lise Davidsen
The internationally acclaimed soprano Lise Davidsen comes from Norway. Since winning the Operalia singing competition in London and the International Queen Sonja Competition in 2015, she has made a name for herself particularly as an interpreter of Wagner, Strauss and Verdi, making her debuts at such prestigious venues as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Opera House in London, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Vienna State Opera, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Bayreuth Festival and the Glyndebourne Festival. On the concert stage, she has appeared at the BBC Proms and the Vienna Philharmonic's Summer Night Concert, among others, and has performed with the Orchestre de Paris, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic, among others. Most recently, she has appeared as Isolde at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, as Leonore ("Fidelio"), also at the Met, and as Tosca in Vienna, Munich, Berlin and New York. In the 2026/27 season, Lise Davidsen will sing Verdi's Lady Macbeth at the Met's season opening and make her debut as Brünnhilde ("Die Walküre") at the Salzburg Easter Festival. At the Berlin State Opera, she will appear as Leonora ("La forza del destino") and at Zurich Opera House, where she was last heard as Agathe ("Der Freischütz"), as Elisabetta in "Don Carlo". In 2026, she most recently released a Verdi album with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner. The album "Live at the Met", featuring pianist James Baillieu, was also released in 2026.