Alapont Sergio

Representation: ITALIA

Winner of the Granada International Competition for conductors, he is Resident Conductor of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra in China, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Manuel de Falla Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Benicassím Opera Festival, Musical Director of the Orizzonti Festival in Tuscany. He has been Marco Armiliato’s assistant in several productions at the Metropolitan Opera in New York (Madame Butterfly, La bohème and Sly) and he has been assistant conductor at the Glyndebourne Opera Festival.

His operatic repertoire includes: Idomeneo at the Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg; Le nozze di Figaro in Haifa (Israel) and at Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Pamplona, at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo, in Sassari, Treviso and Ferrara; Otello at Teatro Calderon in Valladolid; Attila at Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania; Don Bucefalo at the Wexford Opera Festival; Gianni Schicchi and Cavalleria Rusticana at the Festival Orizzonti; Il cappello di paglia di Firenze at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and at the Wexford Opera Festival; Don Pasquale in Las Palmas, Treviso, Ferrara and at the Pollença Festival with Juan Pons in the title role; Poliuto at Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos in Lisbon; La Traviata at Festival Orizzonti and Poznan (Poland); Don Giovanni at the Opera de Tenerife; Una cosa rara at Palau de Les Arts in Valencia and at Teatro Calderon in Valladolid; Norma in Sassari, Treviso and Ferrara; Roméo et Juliette and Aida in Sassari; Tosca in Skopje; La Cenerentola at Teatro Comunale in Treviso and Ferrara; Rigoletto at Teatro Principal de Alicante; Madama Butterfly in Granada; L’elisir d’amore at the Opera Benicàssim Festival.

He has worked with such important orchestras as: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National d’Ile de France in Paris, Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of The Norwegian National Opera, The Orchestra of the Scottish Opera, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra Nazionale della RAI in Turin, Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, Orchestra of Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini in Pesaro, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Radio Televisión Española (ORTVE), Orquesta de la Comunidad Valenciana (Palau de Les Arts), Orquesta de Valencia, Orquesta Sinfonica de Bilbao, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Silesian Philharmonich, Radio Kiev Orchestra, Poznan Opera Orchestra, Macedonian National Opera Orchestra, Monterrey Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes di Messico, Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá.

He has taken part in many prestigeous festivals including: MiTo Festival, Ravello Festival, Shanghai Opera Week, Dobbiaco Mahler Festival, Carintischer Sommer Festival, Euro Music Festival in Leipzig, Varna Summer Festival, Festival Orizzonti o Quincena Musical Donostiarra in San Sebastián.

He has recorded for the Radio Televisione Italiana (RAI), Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) and RTÉ (Ireland).

Among his recent and future engagements: Oviedo Filarmonìa, Haifa Symphony Orchestra (Israel), Orquesta de Valenciana, Filarmónica de Bogotá,  Don Giovanni at Bicentennial Theatre in Mexico; La Vedova allegra at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona; La Forza del Destino in Las Palmas Opera; Lucia di Lammermoor at Teatro Comunale in Treviso and Ferrara; a Gala Concert at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; two Gala Concerts at Teatro Real in Madrid.