Nicola Luisotti is an Italian musician, born 26 November 1961 in Viareggio, who has been appointed music director of San Francisco Opera effective at the start of the 2009-10 season.
Luisotti made his international debut in 2002 leading a new production of Il Trovatore at the Stuttgart State Theater. His career trajectory since then can only be described as meteoric, with debuts in all the world’s major opera houses either accomplished or schedul...
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Nicola Luisotti is an Italian musician, born 26 November 1961 in Viareggio, who has been appointed music director of San Francisco Opera effective at the start of the 2009-10 season.
Luisotti made his international debut in 2002 leading a new production of Il Trovatore at the Stuttgart State Theater. His career trajectory since then can only be described as meteoric, with debuts in all the world’s major opera houses either accomplished or scheduled by the time of his January 2007 appointment as music director designate of San Francisco Opera.
Born in Viareggio, Tuscany, and raised nearby, Luisotti began studying music as a child, with lessons on the church organ; by age eleven he was the director of the church choir. He later trained as a pianist, with secondary degrees in composition, trumpet and voice. Upon completing his formal study, Luisotti’s first professional years were prescient of his future: He traveled between Milan, where he was a rehearsal pianist for La Scala, and...
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