Maurizio Benini

Maurizio Benini is a regular guest at opera houses worldwide, with recent engagements including Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Pasquale, Roberto Devereux, Il barbiere di Siviglia, I puritani, Semiramide and Norma for the Metropolitan Opera, Il trovatore, Nabucco, La traviata and Les vêpres siciliennes for Dutch National Opera, I Capuleti e Montecchi and La sonnambula for Zurich Opera, Il trovatore and Anna Bolena for Paris Opera, and Il trovatore, La sonnambula and Il Pirata for Teatro Real, Madrid. Other notable engagements include his Teatro Comunale di Bologna debut conducting Rossini’s Il Signor Bruschino and La Donna del Lago, Don Carlo, I Pagliacci, Don Pasquale, Rigoletto and La Sonnambula at La Scala, Milan. He was previously Principal Conductor for the Wexford Festival and Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile, as well as Principal Guest Conductor for Teatro San Carlo, Naples. Engagements for 2025/26 include Tosca and La Sonnambula in Tokyo, Rigoletto in New York and Munich, and I Capuleti e i Montecchi in Madrid.