Anthony Barrese * (Conductor)
Chicago, Illinois

Highlights: Music Director and conductor for L’incoronazione di Poppea and Alcina (Opera North); La bohème, Cavalleria rusticana, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Felix Company, Milan); Carmen (Commonwealth Opera, MA); Le nozze di Figaro and Lakmé (Sarasota Opera); Rigoletto (Fargo-Moorhead Opera); Music director of L’Orchestra Associazione Italiana Scuola di Musica, an Italian youth orchestra he took on tour to Northern Italy and Norway (2000) and I Solisti della Scala (1999), a chamber group comprised of first chair musicians of the La Scala Philharmonic; Assistant Conductor 2006-2007 Season of The Dallas Opera: Nabucco, Il barbiere di Siviglia (conducted school performances and additional concerts), Mary Queen of Scots, La Rondine and Lohengrin; Assistant Conductor Respighi’s La bella dormente nel bosco (Spoleto Festival USA); Assistant Conductor of Tosca (New York City Opera) and Rigoletto (Boston Lyric Opera); a performance of his composition “Apostolic Rag” on the “Music in Time” series, Intermezzi, a chamber orchestra concert and covered Gluck’s L’ile de Merlin at the 2007 Spoleto Festival USA; other engagements as a composer, conductor and musicologist – including his critical edition of Franco Faccio’s opera rarity, Amleto (Hamlet), in conjunction with Casa Ricordi. In October, conducting Le nozze di Figaro at Opera Southwest.