Alessandro De Marchi

Italy
Conductor
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Alessandro De Marchi is in demand at the highest level for his interpretations of repertoire ranging from the early Baroque through the works of Mozart, Haydn and their contemporaries, to the late Bel Canto masterpieces. As a guest conductor he has appeared among others with Wiener Symphoniker, Staatskapelle Dresden, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin, Hamburger Symphoniker, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Orchestre National de France, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Orchestre de Chambre de Genève. With the Staatskapelle Berlin, he launched a special project dedicated to The Art of Fugue. Projects with his own period Ensemble, the Academia Montis Regalis, include performances at the Paris Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and London Wigmore Hall. Since 2009, De Marchi has held the position of Artistic Director at the Innsbruck Festival. An extensive discography includes La Sonnambula with Cecilia Bartoli and Juan Diego Flórez for Decca, an album with Sonya Yoncheva dedicated to Handel on Sony Classical. His recording of La Clemenza di Tito was awarded a Diapason d’Or. Among his recent and forthcoming engagements are the Italian version of Handel’s Messiah in Innsbruck and Halle, Mozart’s Nozze di Figaro at Staatsoper Hamburg, Bach’s Matthäus Passion at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Rossini’s Cenerentola at Semperoper Dresden and Vivaldi’s Olimpiade at the Innsbruck Festival.