Born in Italy, Speranza Scappucci, a graduate of the Juilliard School and the Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music in Rome, was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of London’s Royal Opera House beginning with the 2025–2026 season. From 2017 to 2022, she served as Music Director of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie. With The Barber of Seville, she made her debut at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, and she returned to Zurich Opera to conduct La Bohème. She has conducted L’elisir d’amore, La Bohème, and La Cenerentola in Vienna, Tosca in Washington, La Bohème in Dresden, Così fan tutte in Toulouse, and La Traviata in Barcelona.She made her debut at the New National Theatre Tokyo with Lucia di Lammermoor. In recent seasons, she has conducted Rigoletto and La Rondine in New York, Macbeth and Eugene Onegin in Toronto, Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, La Fille du régiment in Chicago, La Traviata in Berlin and Munich, and Turandot in Washington. During the 2025–2026 season, her engagements include Les Vêpres siciliennes in London, Otello in Strasbourg, and Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opéra Comique and in Milan.At the Paris Opera: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, 2022; Don Pasquale, 2023; Madama Butterfly, 2024.

Speranza ScappucciConductor