Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) - Chandos

CHAN 3113 BOOK.qxd 20/9/06 11:24 am Page 32He works extensively in both opera andconcert, nationally and internationally. He hasconducted several productions at EnglishNational Opera and Opera North and appearsregularly with the Philharmonia and LondonPhilharmonic Orchestras. In 1996 he made hisdebut at the Glyndebourne Festivalconducting Così fan tutte, following it in 1998with the world premiere of Jonathan Dove’sFlight.He is a frequent visitor to Spain where hehas given concerts with most of the majorSpanish orchestras. He conducted the Spanishpremiere of Peter Grimes in Madrid and in1996 the first Spanish production ofThe Rake’s Progress. He has appeared inGermany, Switzerland, and The Netherlands,at the Pesaro Festival in Italy, the Hong KongInternational Festival, in Japan with a tour ofCarmen, and in Mexico with the UNAMSymphony Orchestra. Recent new productionshe has conducted include Fidelio at the NewZealand Festival, Lucia di Lammermoor at NewIsraeli Opera and Don Giovanni at StaatsoperHannover.His work in the recording studio includesthe BBC Television production of Marschner’sDer Vampyr and twenty-eight complete operarecordings under the sponsorship of the PeterMoores Foundation. Among these arenumerous discs for the Opera Rara labelwhich have won several awards, including theBelgian Prix Cecilia for Donizetti’s Rosmondad’Inghilterra. For Chandos he has conducted aseries of recitals of operatic arias – with BruceFord, Diana Montague, Dennis O’Neill,Alastair Miles, Yvonne Kenny, JohnTomlinson, Della Jones and Andrew Shore –as well as Idomeneo, Carmen, The ThievingMagpie, Don Giovanni, Don Pasquale, TheElixir of Love, Lucia of Lammermoor, Ernani, Iltrovatore, Aida, Faust, Cavalleria rusticana,Pagliacci, La bohème, Turandot, the awardwinningTosca and highlights from DerRosenkavalier, all in association with the PeterMoores Foundation.Yvonne Kenny as Countess Almavivawith Washington OperaCarol Pratt3233