Join internationally acclaimed conductor Renato Balsadonna for a consumptive morning of bohemian bliss. Renato will enlighten our audience with a detailed exploration of Puccini’s masterpiece la boheme with four fine young singers from Opera Prelude.
Renato Balsadonna is an Italian symphonic and operatic conductor. He is also recognised as the most highly regarded chorus director of his generation. Born in Venice, he first worked as a repetiteur at La Fenice, Venice, and Teatro Verdi, Trieste, before moving on to the post of Assistant Chorus Master in Basel. He also assisted Norbert Balatsch at the Bayreuth Festival (1999/2000).
Balsadonna then enjoyed a long working relationship with Sir Antonio Pappano, who appointed him Chorus Director at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in 1997. Balsadonna later joined Pappano at The Royal Opera House, London, where he was their celebrated Chorus Director from 2004-2016. Recognised in addition for his considerable gifts as an orchestral conductor, Balsadonna also conducted a number of main stage productions at The Royal Opera House, including I due Foscari, The Minotaur and Nabucco.