Biographies Creative Team Christian Capocaccia Chas Rader-Shieber Conductor Stage Director
Christian Capocaccia is artistic director and Chas Rader-Shieber has directed over 30 principal conductor of Syracuse Opera, where productions for the Curtis Opera Theatre. he has led productions of Macbeth, Don Giovanni, His recent work outside of Philadelphia includes The Threepenny Opera, Carmen, Rigoletto, and new productions of Rusalka for Des Moines La bohème. As a guest conductor, he has led Metro Opera; La finta giardiniera for Portland productions for Pittsburgh Opera (L’elisir d’amore, Opera; Artaserse for Pinchgut Opera in Sydney, La traviata), Welsh National Opera (Roberto Australia; and Shining Brow for Arizona Opera. Devereux), Manhattan School of Music (Orlando His work has been seen at the opera companies Paladino), and OperaLombardia (I Capuleti of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Santa e i Montecchi, Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Fe, Houston, Glimmerglass, St. Louis, Boston, among others. Philadelphia, Minnesota, and Vancouver; Mr. Capocaccia appears frequently in Staatstheater Darmstadt; the New York City concert with Symphoria, as its associate Opera; Washington National Opera; and the conductor. He has conducted the Pittsburgh Spoleto Festival, among others. Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic Having made a specialty of 17th- and Orchestra, Moscow Ballet Orchestra, and 18th-century operas, Mr. Rader-Shieber has several orchestras in his native Italy, including directed Mozart’s Idomeneo, La clemenza di Tito, Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio, Orchestra Città Die Zauberflöte, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Aperta, and Orchestra Sinfonica di Pesaro. Il re pastore, and Così fan tutte; Handel’s Giulio Mr Capocaccia has served as assistant Cesare, Semele, Ariodante, Acis and Galatea, conductor of the Dallas Opera, Indiana University Imeneo, Alcina, Xerxes, Partenope, Rinaldo, Opera, and Indiana University New Music Tolomeo, and Flavio; and works of Cavalli, Ensemble; resident conductor of the Fischer Charpentier, Gluck, Monteverdi, and Purcell. Center at Bard College; visiting conductor with In 2020 he directs new productions of Montclair State University’s Opera Department; Vivaldi’s Bajazet for Portland Opera and and assistant professor of conducting at the State Rameau’s Platée for Des Moines Metro Opera. University of New York College at Fredonia. Mr. Rader-Shieber joined the Curtis faculty Born in Rome, Mr. Capocaccia attended in 2009. the Santa Cecilia Music Conservatory. He is graduate of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and attended the Aspen Music Festival and School as a conducting fellow, studying under David Zinman and Murry Sidlin.
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