Antonio Pappano

Antonio Pappano

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Sound

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1956-12-30 (68 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Epping, Essex, England, UK

Biography

Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. In 1992, Pappano became music director of La Monnaie, the Belgian Royal Opera House, a post he held until 2002. In that year, he was named the music director of the Royal Opera House (ROH), Covent Garden. At Covent Garden, Pappano and Kasper Holten, the ROH Director of Opera, shared responsibility for production. His current ROH contract runs through to 2017, and was extended until 2023. Pappano was the youngest conductor to lead the orchestra of the ROH, accompanying both the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet. In 2015 he received a Gold Medal from the Royal Philharmonic Society

Known For

Acting

Crew