Daniele Callegari

  Daniele Callegari, chief-conductor of the deFilharmonie Orchestra (Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen), was born in Milan and made his musical studies at the Conservatory of his native city.

A winner of the Teatro alla Scala International Competition, in 1982 he entered as a member of La Scala Orchestra. After several important debuts, since 1989 he has successfully appeared as a conductor in the most important musical institutions around the world. Between 1998 and 2000 he has worked as Principal Conductor at the prestigious Wexford Opera Festival.

Daniele Callegari is a regular guest of such important concert and theatrical institutions as the Bayerische Staatsoper, Berlin Deutsche Oper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Carlo Felice di Genova, Comunale di Bologna, Dresden Musik Festspiel, Frankfurt Oper, Gurzenich Fil. Orchester, Liceu of Barcelona, Macerata Opera, Massimo di Palermo, Massimo Bellini di Catania, M.D.R Orchester, Muncher Rundfunk Orchester, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, New Japan Foundation, Opéra Marseille, Orchestra Regionale della Toscana, Orquestra Sinfonica de Madrid, Orchestra A. Toscanini, Philarmonique de Montecarlo, Regio di Parma, Sao Carlos in Lisbon, Théatre de La Monnaie in Brussels, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia di Roma.

Recently, he was on the podium of La Monnaie as the conductor of the world première of Oedipe sur la route by Pierre Bartholomée, La Bohème and Le Roi Arthus. At Liceu of Barcelona, he gained great approvals conducting a new production of Norma. Daniele Callegari also just successfully debuted at the Staatsoper unter den Linden in Berlin, in a new production of L’elisir d’amore, at the Dresden Semperoper with La Bohème, and led his first Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Teatro Regio di Parma. Really big success he had last summer with La Traviata with Mariella Devia at the Arena di Verona, in November with a new production of Rigoletto at the Nederlandes Opera in Amsterdam and a new production of Pique Dame in Brussels. Recently he was heavily acclaimed for the new production of L’elisir d’amore with Mariella Devia at the Liceu of Barcelona and L’elisir d’amore (Savonlinna Opera Festival).

In the past season (2005/06) he has conducted, with a huge success, productions of La Gioconda at the Teatro Liceu of Barcelona, I Cavalieri di Ekebù (new production) at the Teatro Massimo Bellini of Catania, Tosca at the Opéra de Montecarlo, Attila in Las Palmas, Busoni’s Turandot at the Teatro Lauro Rossi in Macerata and Puccini’s Turandot at the Sferisterio of Marcerata.

Highlights of his future engagements include, among others, La Traviata in Toronto, Otello at the Opera of Montecarlo, Macbeth at the Macerata Opera Festival, Aida, Cavalleria Ruticana and Pagliacci at the Teatro Liceu of Barcelona, I Quattro Rusteghi and Norma at the Opera of Toulouse, La Gioconda at the Metropolitan of New York, Rigoletto at the New National Theatre of Tokyo, Don Carlo in Las Palmas and Simon Boccanegra in Oviedo. He will also be heard in numerous concerts with the deFilharmonie Orchestra of Antwerpen, with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra National de Lille.

Daniele Callegari’s discography includes Alice by Testoni and Wolf-Ferrari’s I quattro Rusteghi for Agorà, La Traviata for Bongiovanni, La Gioconda by Ponchielli, Mascagni’s Messa di Gloria, Stabat Mater by Pergolesi, Il Trovatore and Oberto conte di San Bonifacio and a CD dedicated to concert arias by Mozart for Fonè.