Young Italian seizes Marseilles

Young Italian seizes Marseilles

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

January 25, 2023

Marseilles Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra have named Michele Spotti of Milan as their new music director. He succeeds the veteran American conductor Lawrence Foster.

Spotti, 29, is already music director of the Orchestra Filarmonica di Benevento.

He is managed by StageDoor in Bologna.

Comments

  • Larry L. Lash says:

    I heard Maestro Spotti’s debut at Wiener Staatsoper on Christmas, leading “La fille du regiment” with Pretty Yende and Juan Diego Flórez. Given what we’ve been getting on the podium as of late, I was very pleasantly surprised: he kept a perfect balance with the stage, never overwhelmed (a frequent problem in this house), maintained the energy from the downbeat, and provided appropriately frothy accompaniment (even Bonynge could unnecessarily drag out this score). Bravo!

  • Zvi says:

    Any relation to the bass Marco Spotti?

  • Jonathan says:

    It’s Marseille. Without an ‘s’ at the end.

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