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CONCERT AT PALAU DES ARTS - VALENCIA
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

MATINS A LES ARTS


Jonathan Santagada will make his debut at the Palau des Arts in Valencia conducting the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana in a symphonic concert

Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga
Obertura ed re major, opus 20

Claude Debussy / Maurice Ravel
Sarabande

Léo Delibes
Le roi s’amuse: Six airs de danse dans le style ancien

Francis Poulenc
Sinfonietta


He will also be assistant conductor to Maestro Maurizio Benini for IL TROVATORE by Giuseppe Verdi. Click here for more info:

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WIENER STAATSOPER - BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER and
SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2024

Jonathan Santagada worked for the first time ad the Wiener Staatsoper for a new production of TURANDOT with Asmisk Grigorian in the title role and Jonas Kaufmann, at the Bayerische Staatsoper for a new production of LE NOZZE DI FIGARO.

He came back for the third time at Salzburg Festival to work with the Münchner Rundfunkorcheste for the “50 JAHRE DOMINGO IN SALZBURG” with Aida Garifullina, Elena Stikhina, Sonya Yoncheva, René Barbera, Dmitry Korchak, Rolando Villazón, Erwin Schrott and Plácido Domingo.

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MOZART @ PADOVA 2023

In the wake of the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of Mozart's visit to Padua, which began in 2021, for the third consecutive year OPV is promoting a new program dedicated to the musical genius of the great Austrian composer. From Wednesday 1 March to Sunday 12 March , Mozart @ Padova 2023 will embrace a rich program of events.

The ribbon cutting of the festival is scheduled for Wednesday 1 March at 8.45 pm at the Teatro Verdi in Padua with a concert entirely dedicated to Mozart's music performed by the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto under the direction of Jonathan Santagada, a young Italian musician whose career is on the rise on the international scene. In addition to the Symphonies No. 10 and 51, the program will welcome the Overture taken from La Betulia liberata , a sacred oratorio commissioned from the young Mozart during his visit to Padua, and some opera arias interpreted by the soprano Giulia Bolcato, among the most interesting Italian voices. The event will also see the presence on stage of the musicologist Sandro Cappelletto, Mozart expert and historical voice of Radio 3 RAI. The proceeds will be donated to the Service Lions A supportive meal, a suspended meal .

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ARENA DI VERONA OPERA FESTIVAL 2022

Jonathan Santagada was the assistant conductor to the music director of the festival, Maestro Marco Armiliato.

Four productions: AIDA, TURANDOT, LA TRAVIATA and CARMEN with more than 100 singers involved including Anna Netrebko, Lisette Oropesa, Ildar Abdrazako, Vittorio Grigolo, Yusif Eyvazov, Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna, Jonas Kaufmann, Maria Josè Siri, Amrtuvshin Enkhbat, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Luca Salsi, Olesya Petrova, Michele Pertusi, Clémentine Margaine, Brian Jagde…

Finally back to full capacity in the majestic staging symbol of the Arena: the 46 evenings, with 5 opera productions and 3 special events, recorded a total of 342,187 spectators.






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young pARK, aNNA NETREBKO, yusif eyvazov, m° mARCO ARMILIATO

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GIANNI SCHICCHI - THE MOVIE

The challenge was massive, to make a film-opera in which the singers sang live on set for the first time. It was an exciting month that saw the singers adapting to sing everywhere, in every temperature and for many takes. Stefano Montanari and I were jumping behind the cameras to conduct, making sure we didn't get in the way of the shots. A group of extraordinary sound engineers made it possible to record 15 opera singers in different settings. Damiano Michieletto's wonderful and innovative direction, his fantastic team and the producers (Albedo and Genoma films) supported us from the very start. All this in the marvellous locations of Puccini's Tuscany.

Coming soon…

THE WONDERFUL CAST of “GIANNI SCHICCHI - IL FILM”, DIRECTED BY DAMIANO MICHIELETTO

THE WONDERFUL CAST of “GIANNI SCHICCHI - IL FILM”, DIRECTED BY DAMIANO MICHIELETTO

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with director DAMIANO MICHIELETTO and conductor Stefano montanari

with director DAMIANO MICHIELETTO and conductor Stefano montanari

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Jonathan Santagada conducts the orchestra of I pomeriggi musicali

©CLIVE BARDA/ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON

©CLIVE BARDA/ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON

First concert after lockdown

Italy, and especially the region of Lombardy, have been severely affected by Covid-19. The Italian government authorised the reopening of theatres on the 15th of June and Jonathan Santagada is very proud to start up again in Milan conducting the Orchestra of I Pomeriggi musicali for the first time.

The programme includes Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony and the world premiere of Elegia by Andrea Melis. Seeing as there are still strict measures in place due to Covid-19, seats will be limited and will only be available to purchase online on the website www.ticketone.it.

After a few strings-only concerts, this concert will be the first full orchestra concert of I pomeriggi musicali.

Jonathan Santagada will conduct the Orchestra de I Pomeriggi musicali at the Teatro dal Verme and at the Fondazione Stelline, Chiostro della Magnolia in Milan.

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Mascarade Opera Studio

The Mascarade Opera Studio programme is a nine-month fully funded high-ability training programme in opera designed to support singers and répétiteurs of exceptional talent at the initial stages of their career. It includes extensive career management, enhanced performance skills training for opera provided by expert coaches, vocal consultants, performance specialists and invited master teachers, alongside orchestral showcases and a variety of carefully chosen performance opportunities. Our location in Florence, the capital of Tuscany, symbolises a return to the birthplace of opera whose Renaissance humanism also lies at the heart of MOS.

Conductor Jonathan Santagada is proudly a part of the Artistic Advisory Board of MOS and will be conducting a showcase as well as giving masterclasses throughout the year for singers and repetiteurs.

Watch Jonathan Santagada talk to MOS Chief Executive Max Fane about how he became a conductor, the MOS programme and the training offered in particular to répétiteurs.

Live auditions for our programme take place in London, Berlin, New York , Florence and Glasgow on the dates specified in the application section. Application deadline for auditions is 21 October 2019.

Apply via our website: https://mascaradeoperastudio.it/apply/


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Reviews of LE NOZZE DI FIGARO with The New Generation Festival

©Guy Bell, GBPhotos.com

©Guy Bell, GBPhotos.com

“Die fulminanten Gesangsleistungen werden getragen und befördert durch Jonathan Santagada. Der Assistent von Sir Antonio Pappano am Opernhaus von Covent Garden sorgt am Pult des seinerseits jung besetzten Orchestra Senzaspine für den idealen Mozart-Puls, in dem sich die klare Artikulation der Klangrede wunderbar in den emotional empfundenen Phrasierungssog einbettet”
— Peter Krause - Concerti.de
“Applausi scroscianti per Le nozze di Figaro. L’opera di Mozart, diretta dal maestro Jonathan Santagada con l’Orchestra Senzaspine, ha infiammato il pubblico internazionale che stasera ha partecipato alla prima serata della terza edizione del The New Generation Festival”
— Elettra Gullè - La Nazione
“Jonathan Santagada, pregevole direttore allievo di sir Antony Pappano, ha agito con un’orchestra dal nome promettente: “Senzaspine”. Hanno suonato bene, pulitamente, come le grandi orchestre “serie”.”
— Carla Maria Casanova - Lo Spettacoliere
©Guy Bell, GBPhotos.com

©Guy Bell, GBPhotos.com

“The Mozart ensemble was very well cast. Jonathan Santagada kept the Orchestra Senzaspine in motion with young musicians from Bologna, set, appropriate to the open air, rather on romantic fullness of sound”
— Andreas Berger - Oper Magazin
“La parte musicale riserva vere e proprie sorprese a partire dalla direzione briosa e scattante del giovane Jonathan Santagada, alla guida dell’Orchestra Senzaspine, da cui ottiene un suono compatto e levigato. I tempi serrati non fanno passare in secondo piano un discreto approfondimento della partitura, e sono sempre ben calibrati per non mettere in difficoltà gli interpreti. Il direttore sa anche distillare con cura le oasi liriche, contribuendo a creare una lettura di notevole passo teatrale, che valorizza appropriatamente l’opera mozartiana ”
— ★★★★ Filippo Antichi - Connessi all'Opera
©Guy Bell, GBPhotos.com

©Guy Bell, GBPhotos.com

“ Der Instrumentalnachwuchs des hauseigenen Orchestra Senzaspine unter dem tempohurtigen, aber nie verhetzten Pappano-Assistenten Jonathan Santagada klingt wirklich dornenlos und fein, freiluftgemäß freilich auch wenig füllig. Doch mit ein wenig elektroakustischer Unterstützung balanciert sich das gut aus.”
— Manuel Brug - Welt
“Under the quick tempi of Jonathan Santagada, assistant to Pappano, this Figaro whilst sounding under-powered, was nevertheless light and fine und thus perfect for a cheerful open air event.”
— Von Thomas Migge - Klassikinfo
“The youthful Orchestra Senzaspine, under its conductor Jonathan Santagada, struck up an ouverture that sounded particulary crisp and urgent”
— ★★★★ Ashutosh Khandekar - Opera Now
“An evidently talented young conductor, Jonathan Santagada, directed a well-paced account of the score, drawing stylish, rhythmically buoyant playing from a fine orchestra of equally young players, rather more of them than usual for Mozart”
— Brian Robins - Opera Magazine





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Opéra National de Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid, La Monnaie in Brussels and Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London


This season, Jonathan Santagada is going to be assistant conductor in three very prestigious European opera houses, Opéra National de Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid and La Monnaie in Brussels. In all three houses, he will be assisting internationally acclaimed Italian maestros: Nicola Luisotti, Maurizio Benini and Evelino Pidò. Jonathan has worked with Luisotti at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on Madama Butterfly and Il Trittico, as well as Pagliacci at “Teatro Regio” in Turin. With Benini, Santagada has worked on Rigoletto and Les vêpres siciliennes, both at the Royal Opera House and with Pidò on Il Turco in Italia at the Royal Opera House.

At Opéra National de Paris Jonathan will be assisting on La forza del destino, with a cast including Carlo Cigni, Anja Harteros, Željko Luči and Gabriele Viviani. The production will be directed by Jean-Claude Auvray.

At Teatro Real in Madrid Jonathan will be assisting on another Verdi opera: Il Trovatore, with a cast including Ludovic Tézier, Maria Agresta, Ekaterina Semenchuk and Francesco Meli. The production will be directed by Francisco Negrín.

Jonathan Santagada will be working for the first time at La Monnaie, Brussels, as assistant conductor for the rarely performed Robert le Diable by Meyerbeer, with a casting including Dmitry Korchak, Nicolas Courjal and Lisette Oropesa.

As well as his debut in these three new houses, Santagada will be returning to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for his fifth consecutive season for Così fan tutte, conducted by Maestro Stefano Montanari. Jan Philipp Gloger will be directing an international cast including Paolo Fanale, Gyula Orendt, Thomas Allen, Salome Jicia, Serena Malfi and Serena Gamberoni.

Additional information can be found

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Jonathan Santagada returns to The New Generation Festival to conduct Le nozze di Figaro

PHOTO CREDIT: © GUY BELL, GBPHOTOS.COM.

PHOTO CREDIT: © GUY BELL, GBPHOTOS.COM.

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“It will be hard for others to match the broad scope and cinematic charm of the Corsini event.”
— The Financial Times
“Christopher Palmer’s arrangement of Walton’s [Henry V] film treatment was the one used here...and with the orchestra under Jonathan Santagada’s direction it worked a treat. ★★★★ ”
— Independent

After the success of William Shakespeare's Henry V by William Walton, Jonathan Santagada returns to The New Generation Festival to conduct Mozart’s masterpiece with a young and talented cast including Daniel Mirosław, Anna El-Khashem, Faik Mansuroğlu, Nela Šarić, Sara Rocchi, Alexandra Lowe, Beth Margaret Taylor and Domenico Pellicola.

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Reviews of Tosca with Opera North

Photo by © Richard H Smith

Photo by © Richard H Smith

“Conductor Jonathan Santagada did full justice to the ebb and flow of Puccini’s lavish score”
— Gavin Engelbrecht - The Northern Echo
“The music, under the baton of Jonathan Santagada, was authentic in style and paired perfectly with the interpretations of the singers on stage while also colouring the emotions of the various scenes effectively”
— Aaron Loughreyon - Number 9
“On the musical side the orchestral playing under Jonathan Santagada was quite outstanding. His tempi and modulation of the orchestral forces, and support for his singers, could hardly be better”
— Robert J Farr - Seen and Heard International
“The orchestra of Opera North, under the baton of Jonathan Santagada, provides wonderful support for the singers and, when the ten-strong brass section comes thundering in, the audience experiences more than a frisson!”
— Peter Lathan - British Theatre Guide
Photo by © Richard H Smith

Photo by © Richard H Smith

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Photo credit: © Guy Bell, GBPhotos.com.

Photo credit: © Guy Bell, GBPhotos.com.

Santagada debuts TOSCA at Opera North

 

Jonathan debuts as a conductor at Opera North with Puccini's masterpiece in a new production directed by Edward Dick. 

With a stellar cast including Giselle Allen (Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana), Mexican tenor Rafael Rojas (Calaf in Turandot) and British baritone Robert Hayward (Wotan in the Ring cycle), Opera North’s new Tosca promises to be a compelling experience.