Evelino Pidò

Conductor

Biography

Born in Turin, Evelino Pidò’s recent highlights include L’elisir d’amore (Vienna State Opera), Il barbiere de Siviglia (Semperoper Dresden, Accademia Teatro alla Scala) and his house debut at Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Chile for a concert performance Don Pasquale. Royal Opera appearances include La bohème, Don Pasquale, Faust, Il turco in Italia, Les contes d’Hoffmann and La Fille du régiment. Appearances elsewhere include L’elisir d’amore and Lucia di Lammermoor (Bayerische Staatsoper), Lucia di Lammermoor, Anna Bolena and Don Pasquale (Vienna), Tosca and Don Pasquale (Paris Opera), Les Huguenots, Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci and Robert le diable (La Monnaie, Brussels), La bohème (La Scala, Milan) and I puritani (Teatro Real, Madrid, Savonlinna Opera Festival). He won the Bellini d’Oro Prize (2012). Recordings include L’elisir d’amore (Decca), CDs with Vittorio Grigolo, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu and Rolando Villazón (EMI), Rossini overtures with the RPO and Lucia di Lammermoor and La sonnambula with Natalie Dessay (EMI/Virgin Classics), the latter a winner of the Diapason d’Or. 2023/24 Season engagements include his Hamburg State Opera debut with Lucia di Lammermoor and Turandot and a return to Milan for Don Pasquale.

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