BIOGRAPHY
Italian conductor and pianist Jonathan Santagada has an established presence with several of the leading opera houses, symphonic orchestras and festivals of Europe.
This season he conducts once again at Teatro La Fenice the house orchestra and makes his debut with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto at Teatro Verdi in Padova. He will work again at Salzburg Festival with Maestro Marco Armiliato in "I capuleti e i Montecchi" and he will be assistant conductor at Bayerische Staatsoper for "Le nozze di Figaro" with Stefano Montanari and at the Wiener Staatsoper for "Turandot" with Marco Armiliato.
In the past seasons he has conducted at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Opera North in Leeds, Welsh National Opera in Cardiff, orchestra of I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, orchestra of the Teatro Regio in Turin, Theater Basel, New Generation Festival in Florence, orchestra Southbank Sinfonia in London.
Santagada has a close relationship with the Royal Opera House and its musical director, Sir Antonio Pappano. He has worked on more than twenty-five Covent Garden productions, working alongside some of the best singers and conductors in the world.
He was assistant to Maurizio Benini at the Teatro Real in Madrid and Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, to Marco Armiliato at Salzburg Festival and Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2022, to Nicola Luisotti at Opéra National de Paris and at La Monnaie in Brussels.
He was a vocal coach for 2 years at the Royal Northern College of Music and he is invited at CNIPAL (Centre National d’Artistes Liriques) in Marseille, "Fabbrica young artists program" Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, "Jette Parker Young Artists Programme" Royal Opera House.
He teaches at the Conservatory of Music in Mantova.
Jonathan Santagada was awarded an honours degree cum laude from the Conservatorio Statale di musica "G. Verdi" in Torino with Professor Mariaclara Monetti and continued his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de musique et danse de Lyon with Professor Géry Moutier.
He studied conducting with Marco Boemi in Rome.
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This season he conducts once again at Teatro La Fenice the house orchestra and makes his debut with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto at Teatro Verdi in Padova. He will work again at Salzburg Festival with Maestro Marco Armiliato in "I capuleti e i Montecchi" and he will be assistant conductor at Bayerische Staatsoper for "Le nozze di Figaro" with Stefano Montanari and at the Wiener Staatsoper for "Turandot" with Marco Armiliato.
In the past seasons he has conducted at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Opera North in Leeds, Welsh National Opera in Cardiff, orchestra of I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, orchestra of the Teatro Regio in Turin, Theater Basel, New Generation Festival in Florence, orchestra Southbank Sinfonia in London.
Santagada has a close relationship with the Royal Opera House and its musical director, Sir Antonio Pappano. He has worked on more than twenty-five Covent Garden productions, working alongside some of the best singers and conductors in the world.
He was assistant to Maurizio Benini at the Teatro Real in Madrid and Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, to Marco Armiliato at Salzburg Festival and Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2022, to Nicola Luisotti at Opéra National de Paris and at La Monnaie in Brussels.
He was a vocal coach for 2 years at the Royal Northern College of Music and he is invited at CNIPAL (Centre National d’Artistes Liriques) in Marseille, "Fabbrica young artists program" Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, "Jette Parker Young Artists Programme" Royal Opera House.
He teaches at the Conservatory of Music in Mantova.
Jonathan Santagada was awarded an honours degree cum laude from the Conservatorio Statale di musica "G. Verdi" in Torino with Professor Mariaclara Monetti and continued his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de musique et danse de Lyon with Professor Géry Moutier.
He studied conducting with Marco Boemi in Rome.
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