Enrique Mazzola

Enrique Mazzola
Born	Barcelona, Spain
Citizenship	Italy, France
Alma mater	Giuseppe Verdi Milan Conservatory
Occupations	Conductor, Music Director
Agent	Askonas Holt
Honours	Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2018); Grifo Poliziano (2020)
Website	enriquemazzola.com

Enrique Mazzola is a Spanish-born Italian conductor. He studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Milan Conservatory. ^[1]

Renowned as an expert interpreter and champion of bel canto opera and a specialist in French repertoire, Mazzola is in demand worldwide as both an operatic and symphonic conductor.

• Between 1999 and 2003, he was the artistic and music director of the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte in Montepulciano ^[2]
• He served as the artistic and music director of the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France from the 2012/13 to 2018/19 season
• He was nominated as principal guest conductor at Deutsche Oper Berlin from the 2018/19 season ^[3]
• As of July 1, 2021, Mazzola is music director of Lyric Opera of Chicago ^[4]
• In 2022, he was appointed Conductor in Residence at Bregenz Festival

Distinctions

• October 2018: Mazzola was made a Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres reflecting his significant contribution to musical life in France. ^[5]
• August 2020: Mazzola has been awarded the Grifo Poliziano 2020. This distinction is reserved for personalities committed to Montepulciano's and its territory's international reputation and who have realized projects promising growth and development.

Selected discography

• Beethoven: Piano Concerto Nr. 1 & Symphony Nr. 5. Cédric Tiberghien (pianist), Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre national d'Île-de-France. Label: NoMadMusic
• Bellini / Donizetti / Rossini / Meyerbeer: Opera Ouvertures. Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre national d'Île-de-France. Label: NoMadMusic
• Donizetti: Don Pasquale . Alessandro Corbelli (Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina), Nikolay Borchev (Malatesta), Alek Shrader (Ernesto), Mariame Clément (director), Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Donizetti: Il Duca D'Alba . Inva Mula, Arturo Chacon Cruz, Franck Ferrari, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna, Maruo Corna, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
• Donizetti: Poliuto . Mariame Clément (director), Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra
• De Falla: El amor brujo , El sombrero de tres picos , Fanfare pour une fête. Esperanza Fernández (cantaora), Enrique Mazzola (conductor), Orchestre national d'Île-de-France. Label: NoMadMusic
• Liszt: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2. Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort (pianist), Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
• Milhaud: La Bien-Aimée / Stravinsky: The Firebird . Rex Lawson (pianist), Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre national d'Île-de-France. Label: NoMadMusic
• Meyerbeer: Dinorah . Patrizia Ciofi, Étienne Dupuis, Philippe Talbot, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Chorus and Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin
• Pizzetti: Fedra. Hasmik Papian, Gustavo Porta, Chang Han Lim, Christine Knorren, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
• Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia . Danielle De Niese (Rosina), Björn Bürger (Figaro), Tailor-Stayton, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra. Label: Opus Arte (Blu-ray Disc)
• Rossini: Mosè in Egitto . Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Bregenzer Festpiele, Wiener Symphoniker. Label: Unitel
• Verdi: Falstaff . Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Orchestre de Paris. Label: ArtHaus Musik.
• Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: La vedova scaltra . Anne-Lise Sollied, Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Francesco Piccoli, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
• "Arabesque": Olga Peretyatko, Enrique Mazzola (conductor). NDR Sinfonieorchester. Label: Sony

References

1. "Enrique Mazzola". Askonas Holt.
2. "Consorzio del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano - Mondo Nobile". www.consorziovinonobile.it. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
3. "Ensemble - Deutsche Oper Berlin". deutscheoperberlin.de. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
4. "Lyric Opera names new music director". Crain's Chicago Business. September 12, 2019.
5. "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres - été 2018". www.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-20.

External links

• Official website
• Profile, Askonas Holt