STEFANO VIZIOLI
An internationally recognized director of opera, Stefano Vizioli’s Italian debut took place at the Opera Festival with a production of
Impresario delle canarie by Domenico Sarro in 1979 and has since staged new productions at major theatres and opera houses in Europe. In 2000 he debuted in USA at Philadelphia Opera Company with
Italiana in Algeri, with Stephanie Blythe and the American debut of Juan Diego Florez. This production was broadcasted by American television.
Collaborating with outstanding artists and designers and promoting emerging talent, he takes a special interest in contemporary opera, unknown baroque masterpieces and in producing opera for wider audiences.
Opera works in recent seasons have included
Rigoletto at the Lyric opera of Chicago,
Madama Butterfly at the Teatro dell'Opera of Rome and Puccini Festival of Torre del Lago,
Suor Angelica and Cavalleria Rusticana at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis,
Rigoletto at the Verdi Festival of Parma,
Simon Boccanegra at the Santa Fe Opera Festival,
Motezuma by Vivaldi at the Sao Carlos of Lisbon,
Samson et Dalila at the SainktGallerFestpiele,
Rigoletto at the NCPA of Beijing,
Barber of Seville at the Theatre du Capitole of Toulouse.
He has directed the first Italian performances of
May Night by Rimsky Korsakov,
The Devil and Daniel Webster by Douglas Moore and
Casanova’s Homecoming by Dominick Argento.
His production of
Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, with the set conceived by the famous Italian architect Aldo Rossi, was performed from 1986 to 2010 in the major Italian opera houses and in France.
His production of
Barber of Seville (1995 Ferrara Musica, conductor Claudio Abbado) and
Don Pasquale (1994 Teatro alla Scala, conductor Riccardo Muti) are still performed all over the world, and many productions were broadcasted by Italian and foreign televisions.
Renowned contemporary artists and architects have collaborated in realizing sets and costumes: Aldo Rossi (
Madama Butterfly), Luigi Veronesi (
Midsummer Night’s Dream) Ugo Nespolo (
Madama Butterfly, Elisir d'amore), Gianni Dessì (
il Cordovano), Renato Guttuso (
Cavalleria Rusticana).
He has been Visiting Professor for the Cincinnati University of Music in the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca and the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington.
Stefano Vizioli holds a degree in piano from the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella in Naples and has produced radio and television programs dealing with the world of Opera.
Among the many activities dedicated to social work, Vizioli has directed the opera
Amahl and the night visitors by Menotti in the Pagliarelli prison of Palermo.
For more detailed information, reviews and future engagements, see Stefano Vizioli’s web page at www.stefanovizioli.it
STEFANO VIZIOLI
home: +39 06 58 17 001
mobile: +39 348 51 77 174
email: stefano.vizioli@gmail.com
www.stefanovizioli.it
www.ateliermusicale.it
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