Gianluca Marcianò Announced As New Chief Conductor of the Serbian National Theatre of Novi Sad

Gianluca Marcianò announced as new Chief Conductor of the Serbian National Theatre of Novi Sad Gianluca Marcianò has been announced as the new Chief Conductor of the Serbian National Theatre of Novi Sad. In 2021 Novi Sad will become the European Capital of Culture and Marcianò is now planning for a year of celebration with a focus on building ties internationally. The Serbian National Theatre of Novi Sad, the oldest professional theatre in Serbia, was founded in 1861. In 1947 the theatre established an opera company that gave its first performance with the premiere of Verdi’s La Traviata when The Ensemble of the Serbian National Theatre Opera Choir first appeared in full operatic formation. In 1981, the SNT moved to its current location in Theatre Square. Novi Sad is the capital of autonomous province of Vojvodina, and the second largest city in Republic of Serbia. The city’s history stretches back 300 years and is home to 26 nationalities. Fiat is currently producing the Fiat Cinquecento cars from the area. Plans for 2018 include marking the anniversaries of Gioachino Rossini and Charles Gounod. Celebrations will include a concert version of Gounod’s grand five-act opera Faust. In spring 2018, Gianluca will conduct the World Première of Pinocchio, a new ballet by Nodar Chamba. “I am delighted to join the Serbian National Theatre as Chief Conductor as it leads up to 2021 Cultural Capital of Europe and to bring the theatre to the attention of the international stage. In this first season our aim is to prepare our company for several international collaborations. It must become a place to be and to visit, especially because of its opera house. For sure, from now on, with an Italian touch!” Gianluca Marcianò Other upcoming events for Gianluca Marcianò 4 November 2017 Teatro di San Carlo Leonardo Leo L’OLIMPIADE Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro di San Carlo Gianluca Marcianò conductor 7-16 December 2017 Opera de Oviedo, Spain Umberto Giordano ANDREA CHÉNIER Jorge de León Andrea Chénier Carlos Álvarez Carlo Gérard Ainhoa Arteta Maddalena de Coigny Mireia Pintó La mulata Bersi Marina Rodríguez Cusí La Condesa de Coigny / Madelon Francisco Crespo Roucher David Oller Pietro Fléville / Fouquier-Tinville Alex Sanmartí Mathieu Manuel Gómez Ruiz El abad Jon Plazaola Un Increíble Cristian Díaz El mayordomo / Dumas / Schmidt Gianluca Marcianò conductor 13 February-21 March 2018 Al Bustan Festival, Lebanon albustanfestival.com Gianluca Marcianò artistic director Gianluca is also artistic director of the Al Bustan Festival in Lebanon. Founded in 1994, this major Lebanese festival is working hard to revive the cultural life of the country after 17 years of war. With 30 performances across the five weeks, the festival focuses on chamber music but also encompasses opera, orchestral and choral concerts, dance, puppetry and theatre. The concert atmosphere is generally intimate, with an average venue capacity of 450 people. Cellists feature strongly in the 2018 line- up, which features two concerts from Steven Isserlis with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. There will also be performances of Bach’s solo cello suites by Antonio Meneses and Victor Julien-Laferrière, and a cello and piano recital from Gautier Capuçon with Jérôme Ducros. Other highlights include Ottavio Dantone conducting the Accademia Bizantina in two concerts with countertenor Andreas Scholl, and The Swingles with their Jazz Sebastian Bach programme. 9 June-5th July 2018 Grange Park Opera at West Horsley Place Verdi UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Claire Rutter Amelia Vincenzo Costanzo Riccardo Elisabetta Fiorillo Ulrica Roland Wood Renato Tereza Gevorgyan Oscar Gianluca Marcianò conductor 16-31 August 2018 Suoni dal Golfo festival, Lerici suonidalgolfo.com Maxim Novikov, Gianluca Marcianò artistic directors Earlier this year, Gianluca Marcianò launched a new festival of music and poetry - Suoni dal Golfo - in his hometown of Lerici. The festival’s programme was inspired by the sea and by the poets who were drawn to the emerald coastline. For the first time, Villa Shelley was opened to the public for a special evening reception. Gianluca Marcianò “Gianluca Marcianò conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra with a bright, clear, highly-energized zest that was Italian to the core.” Opera Young Italian conductor Gianluca Marcianò is Artistic Director at the Al Bustan Festival in Beirut. Previous posts have included the Tbilisi State Opera & Ballet Theatre in Georgia where he conducted La Forza del Destino, Cavalleria Rusticana, Nabucco, Attila, Il Trovatore, Mitridate, Re di Ponto and Aida, as well as concerts with Andrea Bocelli in Georgia. Much of Marcianò’s operatic work in the UK has centred on English National Opera with Jonathan Miller’s production of La bohème and Anthony Minghella’s production of Madama Butterfly as well as Grange Park Opera where he has conducted productions of Eugene Onegin, Samson et Dalila, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, I Puritani, Queen of Spades and La traviata as well as a gala concert with Simon Keenlyside and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He has also conducted at Longborough Festival Opera (Die Zauberflöte, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte and La traviata) and the Chelsea Opera Group (Manon Lescaut, La traviata, La Favorite and Alzira). Marcianò also had strong ties with the opera houses in Zagreb, Minsk, Sassari and Prague. During his time in Zagreb as the main conductor, he conducted Nabucco, La traviata, Turandot, Carmen, La Cenerentola and Il Barbiere di Siviglia. In Minsk, he has performed Il Barbiere di Siviglia and La traviata, and at the Teatro Verdi in Sassari, La Pietra del Paragone, Poulenc's Les mamelles de Tirésias and the Italian premiere of Debussy's La Damoiselle Elue. In 2011 he conducted La traviata at the Prague State Opera. On the concert platform, Marcianò has worked with instrumentalists such as Gautier Capuçon, Arabella Steinbacher, Anna Tifu, Alexandra Soumm, Steven Isserlis, Boris Andrianov, Maria Joao Pires, David Geringas, Khatia Buniatishvili, Sergei Krylov, Nina Kotova, Giovanni Sollima, Sergei Nakariakov and Denis Kozhukin. His recent work includes concerts with the George Enescu Philharmonic and the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he performed Mahler's Symphony No.1 in 2011. He has a close relationship with the English Chamber Orchestra, opening their 2011/12 London season in a programme including Mozart’s Symphony No.39 and Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.2 at the Cadogan Hall. Other notable orchestras which Marcianò has conducted include the Moscow City Russian Philharmonic, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the English National Opera, the Oviedo Filarmonia, the Sarajevo Philarmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia, The World Orchestra, the Macau Orchestra and Beijing Symphony Orchestra. http://www.gianlucamarciano.net For more information on any of the above, please contact: Nicky Thomas Media +44 (0)20 3714 7594 | +44 (0)20 7258 0909 [email protected] www.nickythomasmedia.com .

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