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Enrico Castiglione

Enrico Castiglione was born in Rome, Italy. On today’s international scenario he is considered one of the best-known and acclaimed musical theatre and video directors and set of his generation, as well as being the founder and artistic director of prestigious festivals and the tireless driving spirit of Italian musical life. Castiglione’s style of direction is passionately realistic, characterized by a strong visual dimension of evident cinematographic inspiration, with stage sets always hallmarked by spectacular, surprising concepts. Some of Castiglione’s most successful opera productions, which he also directed for television and cinema and which have been broadcast by international television networks and in the cinemas in the world, are also available in dvd and blu-ray format.

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Biography

24 Aug 2023

2018 -2023

20 Aug 2023

2007-2017

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2000-2006

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1992-1999

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The beginnings 1984-1991
  • 2023: Giuseppe Verdi, La traviata, Teatro Aurora, Malta, live broadcast for Maltese television.
  • 2021: Gerges Bizet, Carmen, Hong Kong Opera, Hong Kong, China, live broadcast on Chinese television.
  • 2019: Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut, Teatro Aurora, Malta, live broadcast for Maltese television.
  • 2018: Vincenzo Bellini, Norma, Teatro Aurora, Malta, live broadcast for Maltese television.
  • 2017: Giacomo Puccini, La Boheme, Teatro Antico di Taormina, Italy, broadcast live in 700 cinemas in Europe.
  • 2016: Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Teatro Antico di Taormina, Italy, live broadcast in 700 cinemas in Europe, UNITEL.
  • 2015: Georges Bizet, Carmen, Teatro Antico di Taormina, Italy, broadcast live in 700 cinemas in Europe.
  • 2014: Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pagliacci, Teatro Antico di Taormina, Italy, live broadcast in 500 cinemas in Europe.
  • 2014: Pietro Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana, Teatro Antico di Taormina, Italy, live broadcast in 500 cinemas in Europe.
  • 2013: Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto, Teatro Antico di Taormina, Italy, broadcast live in 500 cinemas and live on RAI 5.
  • 2012: Vincenzo Bellini, Norma, Teatro Antico di Taormina, Italy, live broadcast in 500 cinemas in Europe and on RAI Uno.
  • 2011: Giuseppe Verdi, Nabucco, Teatro Antico di Taormina, Italy, broadcast live in 500 cinemas in Europe and on RAI Uno.
  • 2010: Giacomo Puccini, Turandot, Ancient Theater of Taormina, Italy. RAI Uno.
  • 2009: Giuseppe Verdi, Aida, Ancient Theater of Taormina, Italy. RAI Uno, UNITEL.
  • 2008: Giacomo Puccini, Tosca, Teatro Antico di Taormina, Italy, RAI Uno.
  • 2007: Luigi Cherubini, Medea, Ancient Theater of Taormina, Italy, RAI Uno.
  • 2006: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The theater manager, Teatro Quirino, Rome, Italy, RAI Uno.
  • 2004: Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi, Grandi Terme di Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Rome, Italy, RAI Uno.
  • 2004: Giacomo Puccini, Edgar, Grandi Terme di Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Rome, Italy, RAI Uno.
  • 2003: Leonard Bernstein, Candide, Teatro Argentina, Rome, Italy, RAI Uno-PBS.
  • 2001: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Love Trilogy, Don Giovanni, Teatro Argentina, Rome, Italy, RAI Uno.
  • 2001: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Love Trilogy, Cosi fan tutte, Teatro Argentina, Rome, Italy, RAI Uno.
  • 2001: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Love Trilogy, The Marriage of Figaro, Teatro Argentina, Rome, Italy, RAI Uno.
  • 2000: Giacomo Puccini, Tosca, Arena della Vittoria,  Bari, Italy, RAI Uno.
  • 2000: Leonard Bernstein, Mass/A Theater Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers, Aula Paolo VI-Sala Nervi, Vatican City. RAI Due, live.
  • 2013: Extraordinary Concert in homage to Domenico Bartolucci, Paul VI Hall/Sala Nervi, Vatican City. RAI Uno, live.
  • 2009: Bellini Opera Gala, with Renato Bruson, Gregory Kunde, Chiara Taigi, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo Bellini of Catania, Eve Queler conductor, Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania, Italy . RAI Uno.
  • 2008: Ludwig van Beethoven, The Nine Symphinies, complete cycle in five films recorded at the Teatro Antico of Taormina, Symphonica Toscanini, Lorin Maazel director orchestra, Taormina, Italy, RAI Uno/Pan Dream.
  • 2008: Sergio Rendine, Cadens revixit, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Vatican City, RAI Uno.
  • 2008: Franz Joseph Haydn, Die Shopfung (The Creation), Symphonica Toscanini, conductor Lorin Maazel, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, City of Vatican, RAI Due.
  • 2007: Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony n. 9 “Choral”, Symphonica Toscanini, Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conductor Lorin Maazel, Basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura, Vatican City, RAI Uno.
  • 2006: Antonio Pappalardo, Petros Enì, Extraordinary Concert for the V centenary of St. Peter’s Basilica, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, RAI Due, live.
  • 2003: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater – Salve Regina, Berliner Philharmoniker, Basilica of S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome.
  • 2002: Puccini Opera Gala, with Maria Dragoni, Cecilia Gasdia, Francesca Patané, Rossana Potenza, Euro Mediterra-neo Festival Symphony Orchestra/Eve Queler, Grandi Terme di Villa Adriana, Tivoli. On air on RAI Due.
  • 2002: Jules Massenet, Cleopatra, Opera in three acts in concert form, with Montserrat Caballé, Symphony Orchestra of the Euro Mediterranean Festival/Miquel Ortega, Grandi Terme di Villa Adriana, Tivoli. li>
  • 2002: A Mozart Gala, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Grandi Terme di Villa Adriana, Tivoli. RAI International, RAI Due.
  •  2001: Christmas Concert, with Cecilia Gasdia, Susanne Vega, Ivana Spagna, Italian Philharmonic Orchestra/Marcello Rota, Duomo, Milan. Channel 5.
  • 2001: Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone, Grandi Terme di Villa Adriana, Tivoli.
  • 2001: Pietro Mascagni, Nero, Opera in two acts in concert form, with Madelyn Renée Monti, Mario Leonardi, Adriana Damato, Symphony Orchestra of the Euro Mediterranean Festival/Tamas Pal, Grandi Terme di Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli.
  • 2001: Verdi Opera Gala, with Eva Marton, Cecilia Gasdia, Maria Dragoni, Mario Malagnini, Euro Mediterra-neo/Tamas Pal Festival Symphony Orchestra, Grandi Terme di Villa Adriana, Tivoli.< /li>
  • 2001: José Carreras Gala, with José Carreras, Orchestra of the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele of Messina, David Gimenez conductor, Teatro Antico di Taormina, Taormina, Italy.
  • 2001: Montserrat Caballé Gala, with M. Caballé, Symphony Orchestra of the Euro Mediterranean Festival/Miquel Ortega, Roman Theater of Ostia Antica, Rome.
  • 2001: An American Night (George Gershwin & Leonard Bernstein), Symphony Orchestra of the Euro Mediterranean Festival/Boris Brott, Giuseppe La Licata pf, Grandi Terme di Villa Adriana, Tivoli.
  • 2001: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem, with Cecilia Gasdia, Manuela Custer, Mario Malagnini, Ernesto Morillo, Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Easter Festival/Tamas Pal, Church of S. Ignazio, Rome .
  • 2001: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater, with Rossana Potenza, Alisa Zinoyeva, Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Easter Festival/Tamas Pal, Church of S. Ignazio, Rome.
  • 2001: Jules Massenet, La Vierge, Oratorio, with Montserrat Caballé, Montserrat Martì, Ruben Martines, Chiara Angella, Alessandra Zapparoli, Easter Festival Symphony Orchestra/José Collado, Basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli, Rome.
  • 2001: Verdi Centenary Gala, Verdi Sacro, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Basilica of S. Paolo Fuori le Mura.
  • 2000: Christmas Concert, with Carl Anderson, Cecilia Gasdia, Amedeo Minghi, Katia Ricciarelli, Guido Cantelli Symphony Orchestra/A. Veronesi, Duomo, Milan. Channel 5.
  • 2000: Concert for Peace, with José Carreras, Isabel Rey in the presence of Mikhail Gorbachev and the Nobel Peace Prize winners, in collaboration with the Gorbachev Foundation and the Vatican City State, Orchestra Rome Philharmonic/David Jimenez, Basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli, Rome.
  • 2000: Emilio de’ Cavalieri, The Representation of Soul and Body, with Fulvio Zanasi, Cecilia Gasdia. Roman Symphonic Lyric Choir. Orchestra RomaBarocca/Lorenzo Tozzi. Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.
  • 2000: Lorenzo Perosi, The Resurrection of Christ, with Renato Bruson, Choir of the Cappella Giulia of St. Peter’s Basilica. Choir of the Roman Philharmonic Academy. Easter Festival Symphony Orchestra/Pablo Colino.
  • 1999: Christmas Concert, with Montserrat Caballé, Montserrat Martì, Al Bano Carrisi, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali/José Collado, Duomo, Milan. Telemontecarlo.
  • 1999: Happy Christmas from… Rome, with Mstislav Rostropovich, Renato Bruson, Cecilia Gasdia, Pietro Ballo, Cappella Giulia Choir of St. Peter’s Basilica, Choir of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome Philharmonic Orchestra/Pablo Colino, Basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli, Rome.
  • 1999: Katia Ricciarelli Gala, with José Cura, Carla Fracci, Pietro Ballo, I Pooh, Massimo Ranieri, Verona Arena Symphony Orchestra, Arena di Verona, Verona. Aired on Rai Uno on 18 August in prime time with a 27% share.
  • 1999: Concert for the Last Supper, on the occasion of the inauguration of the restoration of “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci, with Cecilia Gasdia, Pietro Ballo, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali/Donato Renzetti , Church of S. Maria delle Grazie, Milan. In collaboration with the Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Heritage. Telemontecarlo.
  • 1999: Concert for Peace, in the presence of Mikhail Gorbachev and the Nobel Peace Prize winners in collaboration with the Gorbachev Foundation and the Municipality of Rome, Cappella Giulia Choir of St. Peter’s Basilica , Choir of the Roman Philharmonic Academy, Rome Philharmonic Orchestra/Pablo Colino, Basilica dell’Ara Coeli, Rome. RAI Tre.
  • 1999: Easter Concert, with Montserrat Caballé, Montserrat Martì, Cappella Giulia Choir of the Basilica of S. Pietro, Choir of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Symphony Orchestra of the Easter Festival/José Collado, Basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli, Rome. Telemontecarlo.
  • 1999: Concert in Passio Domine, with José Cura, Cappella Giulia Choir of the Basilica of S. Pietro, Choir of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana/Pablo Colino, Basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli, Rome.
  • 1998: Happy Christmas from… Rome, with Pietro Ballo, Patrizia Pace, Choir and Orchestra of the Petruzzelli Theater of Bari/Marco Balderi, in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, in collaboration with the Ministry for Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli, Rome.
  • 1997: Maria Callas Memorial, Philharmonic Orchestra of Rome, Roman Theater of Ostia Antica, in collaboration with Teatro di Roma and the Archaeological Superintendence of Ostia Antica, Rome. Broadcast worldwide on Rai Due.
  • 1997/1992: Great Soloists in Concert: José Carreras, Leo Nucci, Renata Scotto, Teatro Parioli, in collaboration with Musikstrasse and the “Maurizio Costanzo Show’, Rome, Italy, broadcast by Tele Montecarlo (now La7).
  • 2003: Vissi d’arte. On air on RAI Due.
  • 2003: Casta Diva. On air on RAI Due.
  • 2002: Cantata for l’anima. RAI Due.
  • 2001: L’anima della lirica. RAI Uno.
  • 2000: Nessun dorma. RAI Uno.
  • 1998-2000: Amami Alfredo. RAI Due.
  • 1997: Nights of Music with… RAI Uno-RAI Due.
  • 1996: Maestrissimo. RAI Uno.
  • 1993-1997: The Telemontecarlo Concerts. TMC.
  • 1992-1997: regular guest of the Maurizio Costanzo Show as artistic director of the Great Soloists in Concerto concert season. Channel 5.
  • 1989: Leonard Bernstein-Enrico Castiglione, Una vita per la musica/Conversations, Edizioni Logos/Editoriale Pantheon, translated into twelve languages, with dozens of editions in each nation.
  • 1991: edited the most complete Italian edition of the Epistolario of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edizioni Logos/Editoriale Pantheon, five editions.
  • 1992: edited the Letters of Gioachino Rossini, Edizioni Logos/Editoriale Pantheon, four editions.
  • 1994: edited the Italian edition of Herbert von Karajan’s autobiography, My life, Editoriale Pantheon, three editions.
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