Gianluca Capuano

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Since 2019, Gianluca Capuano has been Chief Conductor of Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco. In 2022, he was awarded the prestigious Abbiati Prize.

He studied organ, composition, and conducting at the Conservatorio of his native Milan (Italy) and subsequently specialized in Early Music at the city’s Scuola Civica. He also completed a degree in theoretical philosophy at the University of Milan.

As a soloist and conductor, he has appeared throughout Europe, the United States, Russia, and Japan. In 2006, he founded the instrumental and vocal ensemble Il canto di Orfeo, with which he is devoted to a broad Baroque repertoire.

He gained international recognition in 2016 when he stepped in at short notice to conduct Norma with Cecilia Bartoli at the opening of the Edinburgh Festival. In Whitsun 2017, he made his Salzburg Festival debut with Ariodante and a concert performance of La donna del lago.

Engagements in the 2025/26 season include Il barbiere di Siviglia in Lucerne (Switzerland) and Martigny (Switzerland), La cenerentola at La Scala in Milan, Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Turin (Italy), Giulio Cesare in Zurich (Switzerland) and at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Italy), Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno in Rome (Italy), as well as Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice on tour with Les Musiciens du Prince.

Performances with Gianluca Capuano

Saison 2025-26
Tue
05 May
Gaetano Donizetti
Oper Main Stage

with Pretty Yende, Michael Spyres, Clemens Unterreiner, Ambrogio Maestri, Conductor: Gianluca Capuano

L'Elisir d'Amore

Cast on Tuesday 5. May 2026

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Otto Schenk

Bühne und Kostüme

Jürgen Rose
Thu
07 May
Gaetano Donizetti
Oper Main Stage

with Pretty Yende, Michael Spyres, Clemens Unterreiner, Ambrogio Maestri, Conductor: Gianluca Capuano

L'Elisir d'Amore

Cast on Thursday 7. May 2026

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Otto Schenk

Bühne und Kostüme

Jürgen Rose
U27
Zyklus »Komische Oper«

Ticket information

Hu­mor­vol­le In­sze­nie­run­gen und mit­rei­ßen­de mu­si­ka­li­sche In­ter­pre­ta­tio­nen ent­füh­ren das Pu­bli­kum in ei­ne Welt vol­ler Ko­mik, Sa­ti­re und le­ben­di­ger Cha­rak­te­re.

Alle Termine dieses Zyklus

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Mon
11 May
Gaetano Donizetti
Oper Main Stage

with Pretty Yende, Michael Spyres, Clemens Unterreiner, Ambrogio Maestri, Conductor: Gianluca Capuano

L'Elisir d'Amore

Cast on Monday 11. May 2026

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Otto Schenk

Bühne und Kostüme

Jürgen Rose
Abo 16

Ticket information

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

27. Oktober 2025Pelléas et Mélisande
22. Dezember 2025Fidelio
19. Jänner 2026Idomeneo
09. Februar 2026Jewels (Ballett)
11. Mai 2026L'elisir d'amore

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