Giampaolo Bisanti | News Music & Opera https://actualites.music-opera.com/en/tag/giampaolo-bisanti-en Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:29:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 At the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège, there’s no stopping halfway! https://actualites.music-opera.com/en/at-the-royal-opera-of-wallonia-liege-theres-no-stopping-halfway Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:27:09 +0000 https://actualites.music-opera.com/?p=16719 Last June, a press release from the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège announced the renewal of Stefano Pace’s mandate as General Director of the Opera for a period of five years. Today, it is Giampaolo Bisanti’s turn to make the news. The mandate of the Music Director, the brilliant 53-year-old Italian conductor, has been extended until […]

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]]> Last June, a press release from the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège announced the renewal of Stefano Pace’s mandate as General Director of the Opera for a period of five years. Today, it is Giampaolo Bisanti’s turn to make the news. The mandate of the Music Director, the brilliant 53-year-old Italian conductor, has been extended until 2031.

About him, Stefano Pace states in the release: “His exacting standards, his sense of theatre, his musical generosity and his constant commitment are major assets for our institution, and make him a privileged partner.”

It is indeed true that the understanding between the two men seems perfect. Together, they are building a bold programme that is reshaping the operatic offering in Liège. Several great masterpieces that had never before been staged at the Théâtre Royal have finally been presented, to the great delight of Belgian and international music lovers.

This programming has also enabled the conductor to broaden his repertoire, as with the Tristan und Isolde adventure. This masterpiece, conducted by the maestro for the first time, also saw soprano Lianna Haroutounian’s role debut as Isolde.

The 2025–2026 season, faithful to the spirit of the grand repertoire, opens with a highly anticipated production: Gounod’s Faust, the great masterpiece of French opera, performed by a stellar cast including Nino Machaidze, John Osborn, Erwin Schrott and Markus Werba (from 12 September 2025), under the inspired direction of Giampaolo Bisanti, who thus launches his new season in Liège. He declares: “I am deeply honored by this renewal of my mandate, which moves me as much as it commits me. The Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège has become a true artistic home for me, where I feel supported, inspired and stimulated with every production.”

Upcoming highlights include The Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky in February–March 2026, and Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia in April!

 

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Giampaolo Bisanti – c – Jonathan Berger & visuals by ORWL

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]]> A Major Milestone at the Opéra de Liège https://actualites.music-opera.com/en/opera-de-liege-2 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:00:21 +0000 https://actualites.music-opera.com/?p=15579 True to its mission of programming prestigious works never before performed at the Opéra royal de Liège, Stefano Pace, the director of the Belgian institution, is addressing an incredible oversight. From January 28 to February 8, 2025, the very first performances of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde will be staged in Liège. The masterpiece of German […]

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]]> True to its mission of programming prestigious works never before performed at the Opéra royal de Liège, Stefano Pace, the director of the Belgian institution, is addressing an incredible oversight. From January 28 to February 8, 2025, the very first performances of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde will be staged in Liège.

The masterpiece of German opera, never before performed on the stage of the Théâtre Royal, features a prestigious cast including Michael Weinus, Lianna Haroutounian, and Violeta Urmana.

However, the highlight will undoubtedly be the conducting of Giampaolo Bisanti. Born in Milan, the brilliant musical director of the Opéra royal de Wallonie-Liège will take on his second Wagnerian title after Der fliegende Holländer.

 

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