Michele Mariotti studied humanities and graduated in composition at the Rossini Conservatory in his native Pesaro, where he also studied conducting. At the same time, he obtained a diploma in orchestral conducting at the Accademia Musicale Pescarese. Between 2008 and 2018, he was Principal Conductor and then Music Director of Bologna's Teatro Comunale, where he conducted numerous concerts and dozens of opera productions.He has also led the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Comunale de Bologna on tours to various Italian cities, as well as to Tokyo, Moscow and Paris. He has been Music Director of the Rome Opera since 2022. Awarded the 36th Abbiati prize for best conductor, Michele Mariotti is a regular guest at major Italian and international theaters and festivals, including La Scala in Milan, Opéra national de Paris, Vienna Staatsoper, Royal Opera House in London, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Salzburg Festival and Metropolitan Opera in New York.Last season, he conducted symphonic concerts in Italy and Europe at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the LAC Lugano, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the SWR Symphonieorchester, Filarmonica della Scala and the Haydn Orchestra, and, on the opera stage, Simon Boccanegra, Tosca, Suor Angelica and Luigi Dallapiccola's The Prisoner (for the Trittico Ricomposto project) at the Rome Opera, West Side Story at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Norma at the Vienna Staatsoper.In the 2025-2026 season, he conducts the 23rd edition of the 2026 New Year's Concert at La Fenice in Venice and Luisa Miller in Vienna, directed by Philipp Grigorian.At the Opéra national de Paris: Les Puritains, 2013; La Traviata, 2016, 2019; Les Huguenots, 2018; Don Pasquale, 2019; Aida, 2021 : La Bohème, 2023

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