Stefano Vizioli

www.stefanovizioli.it An internationally recognized director of opera, Stefano Vizioli’s Italian debut took place at the Barga Opera Festival with a production of Impresario delle Canarie by Domenico Sarro in 1979 and has since staged new productions at major theatres and opera houses in Europe. In 2000 he debuted in USA at Philadelphia Opera Company with Italiana in Algeri, with Stephanie Blythe and the American debut of Juan Diego Florez. This production was broadcasted by American television. Collaborating with outstanding artists and designers and promoting emerging talent, he takes a special interest in contemporary opera, unknown baroque masterpieces and in producing opera for wider audiences. Opera works in recent seasons have included Rigoletto at the Lyric opera of Chicago, Madama