Rico Saccani
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Rico Saccani is an Italian conductor
who served as Music Director/Artistic Adviser of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
between 1996 and 2005 and was principal guest conductor of the Hungarian State Opera from 1985 to 2005.
studies at age six. He attended the National Music Camp
in Interlochen, Michigan
from 1965–1968 and went on to the Chautauqua Summer Music Institute from 1969-1972. In 1973, he attended the Summer Academy at Fontainebleau where he worked with Nadia Boulanger
. Following 300 Community Concert piano recitals from 1974–1978, he participated in the 1978 Leeds
and Tchaikowsky International Piano Competitions.
In 1974, Saccani graduated from the University of Arizona
with a B.S.
in Business and returned in 1980 for a B.M.
in Music. From 1980-1982 he attended the University of Michigan School of Music
where he obtained his M.M. in Conducting under Gustav Meier and his D.M.A. under Louis Nagel.
Saccani attended the 1983 summer conducting seminar for young conductors at Tanglewood
where he worked with Seiji Ozawa
, Leonard Bernstein
and Maurice Abravanel
. During a seven year apprentice internship with Italian conductor Giuseppe Patane
, Saccani won top prize in the 1984 Herbert von Karajan
International Conducting Competition in Berlin.
Saccani was engaged to perform with the Berlin
and Stuttgart Radio Orchestras
, the Royal Danish Philharmonic
and the Spoleto Festival
. His opera
debut came in 1985 in Verdi's
Un giorno di regno
at the Teatro Filarmonico di Verona
, La traviata
at the Paris Opera and the Vienna State Opera
, Il turco in Italia
at the Rossini Festival
in Pesaro
plus La bohème
at the Philadelphia Opera with Luciano Pavarotti
for the PBS American television network
.
, the Czech Philharmonic, the Irish National Symphony, the Tokyo Philharmonic
and Yomiuri Symphonies
, the Oslo Philharmonic, the Madrid
and Bilbao Orchestras
, the Gurzenisch Orchestra (Cologne), the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, the Hungarian National State Philharmonic, the Mannheim National Theater Orchestra
, the Marseilles Opera Orchestra
and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
.
Maestro Saccani also appeared at the Hamburg State Opera
, the Lyon Opera
, the Monte-Carlo Opera
, the Arena de Nîmes Festival, the Paris Opéra Comique
, Rome, Dresden and Cologne Operas.
Saccani made his Metropolitan Opera
debut in Il trovatore
and was re-engaged for the first international radio broadcast of Traviata and Aida
. He also conducted at the Teatro San Carlo (Naples)
, the Arena di Verona (Rigoletto)
, the Houston Grand Opera
, the Puccini Festival Torre del Lago (Turandot)
, the Teatro Bellini di Catania
(La Favorite
and I puritani
) as well as the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
, the Avenches Swiss Festival and the Santander Summer Music Festival in Spain.
Maestro Saccani initiated a "Verdi Marathon" in the Hungarian State Opera house in January 2000 celebrating the Millennium where he conducted seven Verdi
operas in nine evenings. He returned to New York's Carnegie Hall
and Washington's
Kennedy Center
that same year with the Iceland Symphony
as their Music Director during their North American tour.
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
who served as Music Director/Artistic Adviser of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra is Hungary's oldest functioning orchestra, being founded in 1853 by Ferenc Erkel under the auspices of the Budapest Philharmonic Society...
between 1996 and 2005 and was principal guest conductor of the Hungarian State Opera from 1985 to 2005.
Biography
Saccani began his music career with pianoPiano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
studies at age six. He attended the National Music Camp
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen Center for the Arts is a privately owned, 1,200 acre arts education institution in Interlochen, Michigan, roughly 15 miles southwest of Traverse City...
in Interlochen, Michigan
Interlochen, Michigan
Interlochen is a town in Northwest Lower Michigan. The town is noted for the internationally renowned Interlochen Center for the Arts.-History:...
from 1965–1968 and went on to the Chautauqua Summer Music Institute from 1969-1972. In 1973, he attended the Summer Academy at Fontainebleau where he worked with Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger was a French composer, conductor and teacher who taught many composers and performers of the 20th century.From a musical family, she achieved early honours as a student at the Paris Conservatoire, but believing that her talent as a composer was inferior to that of her younger...
. Following 300 Community Concert piano recitals from 1974–1978, he participated in the 1978 Leeds
Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
The Leeds International Piano Competition informally known as The Leeds takes place every three years in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1961 by Marion, Countess of Harewood and Fanny Waterman, who is today its Chairman and Artistic Director. The competition was first held in 1963...
and Tchaikowsky International Piano Competitions.
In 1974, Saccani graduated from the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
with a B.S.
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
in Business and returned in 1980 for a B.M.
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree; the majority of work consists of prescribed music courses and study in applied music, usually requiring a...
in Music. From 1980-1982 he attended the University of Michigan School of Music
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance is an undergraduate and graduate institution for the performing arts in the United States. It is part of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The School of Music, Theatre & Dance was founded in 1880 and is currently headed by...
where he obtained his M.M. in Conducting under Gustav Meier and his D.M.A. under Louis Nagel.
Saccani attended the 1983 summer conducting seminar for young conductors at Tanglewood
Tanglewood Music Center
The Tanglewood Music Center is an annual summer music academy in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States, in which emerging professional musicians participate in performances, master classes and workshops designed to provide an intense training and networking experience...
where he worked with Seiji Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa
is a Japanese conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of large-scale late Romantic works. He is most known for his work as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera.-Early years:...
, Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
and Maurice Abravanel
Maurice Abravanel
Maurice Abravanel was aSwiss-American Jewish conductor of classical music. He is remembered as the conductor of the Utah Symphony Orchestra for over 30 years.-Life:...
. During a seven year apprentice internship with Italian conductor Giuseppe Patane
Giuseppe Patanè
Giuseppe Patanè was an Italian opera conductor.Giuseppe Patané was born in Naples, the son of the conductor Franco Patanè , and studied in his native city. He made his debut there in 1951. He was principal conductor at the Linz opera from 1961–1962...
, Saccani won top prize in the 1984 Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan was an Austrian orchestra and opera conductor. To the wider world he was perhaps most famously associated with the Berlin Philharmonic, of which he was principal conductor for 35 years...
International Conducting Competition in Berlin.
Saccani was engaged to perform with the Berlin
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin)
The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In Berlin, the orchestra gives concerts at theKonzerthaus Berlin and at the Berliner Philharmonie...
and Stuttgart Radio Orchestras
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Stuttgart in Germany. The ensemble was founded in 1945 by American occupation authorities as the orchestra for Radio Stuttgart, under the name Sinfonieorchester von Radio Stuttgart...
, the Royal Danish Philharmonic
Royal Danish Orchestra
The Royal Danish Orchestra is a Danish orchestra based in Copenhagen. The Danish name for the orchestra indicates its original function as an ensemble geared to supplying the music for court events...
and the Spoleto Festival
Festival dei Due Mondi
The Festival dei Due Mondi ' is an annual summer music and opera festival held each June to early July in Spoleto, Italy, since its founding by composer Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958...
. His opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
debut came in 1985 in Verdi's
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
Un giorno di regno
Un giorno di regno
Un giorno di regno, ossia il finto Stanislao is an operatic melodramma giocoso in two acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on the play Le faux Stanislas by Alexandre Vincent Pineu-Duval...
at the Teatro Filarmonico di Verona
Teatro Filarmonico (Verona)
The Teatro Filarmonico or Verona Philharmonic Theatre is the main opera theater in Verona, Italy, and is one of the leading Opera Houses in Europe...
, La traviata
La traviata
La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman...
at the Paris Opera and the Vienna State Opera
Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera is an opera house – and opera company – with a history dating back to the mid-19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria. It was originally called the Vienna Court Opera . In 1920, with the replacement of the Habsburg Monarchy by the First Austrian...
, Il turco in Italia
Il turco in Italia
Il turco in Italia is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The Italian-language libretto was written by Felice Romani...
at the Rossini Festival
Rossini Opera Festival
The Rossini Opera Festival is an opera festival held in August of each year in Pesaro, Italy, the birthplace of the opera composer Gioachino Rossini....
in Pesaro
Pesaro
Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....
plus La bohème
La bohème
La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
at the Philadelphia Opera with Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti
right|thumb|Luciano Pavarotti performing at the opening of the Constantine Palace in [[Strelna]], 31 May 2003. The concert was part of the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of [[St...
for the PBS American television network
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
.
Guest conducting
Saccani appeared regularly as guest conductor with many important symphony orchestras including the Bavarian Radio Orchestra (Munich)Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, in German Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks is the internationally renowned orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk , based in Munich, Germany. It is one of the three principal orchestras in the city of Munich, along with the Munich Philharmonic...
, the Czech Philharmonic, the Irish National Symphony, the Tokyo Philharmonic
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
The claims to be the oldest classical orchestra in Japan, having been founded in Nagoya in 1911. It moved to Tokyo in 1938 and has some 166 members as of 2005....
and Yomiuri Symphonies
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
The is a Japanese symphony orchestra administratively based in Tokyo. The orchestra primarily performs concerts in Tokyo at the Suntory Hall, but also gives concerts at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall...
, the Oslo Philharmonic, the Madrid
Madrid Symphony Orchestra
The Madrid Symphony Orchestra , founded in 1903, is the oldest existing Spanish symphony orchestra not linked to an opera house in Spain.-History:...
and Bilbao Orchestras
Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa
Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa is a symphony orchestra based in Bilbao, Spain.- History :...
, the Gurzenisch Orchestra (Cologne), the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, the Hungarian National State Philharmonic, the Mannheim National Theater Orchestra
Nationaltheater Mannheim
The present National Theatre Mannheim , which dates from 1957, is a theatre and opera company in Mannheim, Germany with a variety of performance spaces...
, the Marseilles Opera Orchestra
Opéra de Marseille
L’Opéra de Marseille, known today as the Opéra Municipal, is an opera company located in Marseille, France. In 1685, the city was the second in France after Bordeaux to have an opera house which was erected on a tennis court....
and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra is a chamber orchestra based in Budapest, Hungary.The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra took the name of the great composer, to pay homage to the genius who became inseparable with the establishment of Hungarian music and whose spirit irradiates the musical life of...
.
Maestro Saccani also appeared at the Hamburg State Opera
Hamburg State Opera
The Hamburg State Opera is one of the leading opera companies in Germany.Opera in Hamburg dates back to 2 January 1678 when the "Opern-Theatrum" was inaugurated with a performance of a biblical Singspiel by Johann Theile...
, the Lyon Opera
Opéra National de Lyon
Opéra National de Lyon is an opera company in Lyon, France which performs in the Nouvel Opéra, a modernized version in 1993 of the original 1831 opera house.The inaugural performance of François-Adrien Boïeldieu's La Dame blanche was given on 1 July 1831...
, the Monte-Carlo Opera
Opéra de Monte-Carlo
The Opéra de Monte-Carlo is an opera house located in the principality of Monaco.With the lack of cultural diversions available in Monaco in the 1870s, Prince Charles III, along with the Société des Bains de Mer, decided on the construction of an opera house. Initially, it was Charles III's...
, the Arena de Nîmes Festival, the Paris Opéra Comique
Opera Comique
The Opera Comique was a 19th-century theatre constructed in Westminster, London, between Wych Street and Holywell Street with entrances on the East Strand. It opened in 1870 and was demolished in 1902, to make way for the construction of the Aldwych and Kingsway...
, Rome, Dresden and Cologne Operas.
Saccani made his Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
debut in Il trovatore
Il trovatore
Il trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Cammarano died in mid-1852 before completing the libretto...
and was re-engaged for the first international radio broadcast of Traviata and Aida
Aida
Aida sometimes spelled Aïda, is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette...
. He also conducted at the Teatro San Carlo (Naples)
Teatro di San Carlo
The Real Teatro di San Carlo is an opera house in Naples, Italy. It is the oldest continuously active such venue in Europe.Founded by the Bourbon Charles VII of Naples of the Spanish branch of the dynasty, the theatre was inaugurated on 4 November 1737 — the king's name day — with a performance...
, the Arena di Verona (Rigoletto)
Arena di Verona Festival
The Arena di Verona Festival is a summer festival of opera, located in the city of Verona Italy. Since 1936, it has been organized under the auspices of an official body, first the Ente Autonomo Spettacoli Lirici Arena di Verona, , and then, following legislation in 1996 and...
, the Houston Grand Opera
Houston Grand Opera
Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera was founded in 1955 through the joint efforts of Maestro Walter Herbert and cultural leaders Mrs. Louis G. Lobit, Edward Bing and Charles Cockrell...
, the Puccini Festival Torre del Lago (Turandot)
Festival Puccini
The Festival Puccini is an annual summer opera festival held in July and August to present the operas of the famous Italian composer Giacomo Puccini....
, the Teatro Bellini di Catania
Teatro Massimo Bellini
The Teatro Massimo Bellini is an opera house in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. Named after the local-born composer Vincenzo Bellini, it was inaugurated on 31 May 1890 with a performance of the composer's masterwork, Norma...
(La Favorite
La favorite
La favorite is an opera in four acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a French-language libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz, based on the play Le comte de Comminges by Baculard d'Arnaud...
and I puritani
I puritani
I puritani is an opera in three acts by Vincenzo Bellini. It was his last opera. Its libretto is by Count Carlo Pepoli, based on Têtes rondes et Cavaliers by Jacques-François Ancelot and Joseph Xavier Saintine, which is in turn based on Walter Scott's novel Old Mortality. It was first produced at...
) as well as the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is an annual opera festival which was founded in April 1933 by conductor Vittorio Gui with the aim of presenting contemporary and forgotten operas in visually dramatic productions. It was the first music festival in Italy. The first opera presented was Verdi's early...
, the Avenches Swiss Festival and the Santander Summer Music Festival in Spain.
Maestro Saccani initiated a "Verdi Marathon" in the Hungarian State Opera house in January 2000 celebrating the Millennium where he conducted seven Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
operas in nine evenings. He returned to New York's Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
and Washington's
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Kennedy Center
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center located on the Potomac River, adjacent to the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C...
that same year with the Iceland Symphony
Icelandic Symphony Orchestra
Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands is an orchestra based in Reykjavík, Iceland. The ISO is an autonomous public institution under the auspices of the Icelandic Ministry of Education...
as their Music Director during their North American tour.
Symphonies
- American Symphony Orchestra (New York City)
- Bavarian Radio Orchestra (Munich)
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Budapest Philharmonic
- Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
- Houston Grand Opera Symphony Orchestra (Houston Symphony)
- Irish National Opera Orchestra (Dublin)
- Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (New York City)
- Monte-Carlo Opera Orchestra
- Moscow Symphony (Puccini Festival, Torre del Lago Italy)
- Oslo Philharmonic
- Paris Opera Orchestra
- Rome Opera Orchestra
- Royal Philharmonic of Denmark (Copenhagen)
- Stuttgart Radio Orchestra
- Tokyo Philharmonic
- Vienna State Opera Symphony Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic)
- Yomiuri (Tokyo) Symphony Orchestra
Performers
- Roberto AlagnaRoberto AlagnaRoberto Alagna is a French-Italian tenor. He was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Early years:Alagna was born outside of the city of Paris in 1963 to a family of Sicilian immigrants . As a teenager, the young Alagna began busking and singing pop in Parisian cabarets for tips...
- Lucia AlibertiLucia AlibertiLucia Aliberti is a prominent Sicilian soprano opera singer. She is much appreciated for her performances of the bel canto roles of , Bellini, Gioacchino Rossini, Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Vivaldi, Mercadante, etc.A dramatic soprano of vocal agility, Lucia Aliberti was awarded...
- Cecilia BartoliCecilia BartoliCecilia Bartoli is an Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano opera singer and recitalist. She is best-known for her interpretation of the music of Mozart and Rossini, as well as for her performances of lesser-known Baroque and classical music...
- Carlo Bergonzi
- Beaux Arts TrioBeaux Arts TrioThe Beaux Arts Trio was a noted piano trio. They made their debut on July 13, 1955 at the Berkshire Music Festival, known today as the Tanglewood Music Center. Their final American concert was held at Tanglewood on August 21, 2008. It was webcast live and archived on NPR Music...
- Alessandro CorbelliAlessandro CorbelliAlessandro Corbelli is an Italian baritone opera singer. One of the world's preeminent singers specializing in Mozart and Rossini, Corbelli has sung in many major opera houses around the world and won admiration for his elegant singing style and sharp characterizations, especially in comic...
- Ghena DimitrovaGhena DimitrovaGhena Dimitrova was a Bulgarian operatic soprano. Her voice was known for its power and extension used in operatic roles such as Turandot in a career spanning four decades.-Early career:...
- Peter Dvorsky
- Edita Gruberova
- Alfredo KrausAlfredo KrausAlfredo Kraus Trujillo was a distinguished Spanish tenor of partly Austrian descent, particularly known for the artistry he brought to opera's bel canto roles...
- Denis Matsouev
- Aprile Milo
- Luciano PavarottiLuciano Pavarottiright|thumb|Luciano Pavarotti performing at the opening of the Constantine Palace in [[Strelna]], 31 May 2003. The concert was part of the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of [[St...
- Alberto Rinaldi
- Roberto Scandiuzzi
- Diana Soviero
- Sharon Sweet
- Julian Lloyd-Weber
- Dolora Zajick
- Giorgio Zancanaro
- Franco Zeffirelli
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
- Schumann: Symphony #4 - Cello Concerto (Tamas Varga, solo) - Manfred Overture
- Dvořák: Symphony #9 ("From the New World") -- Scherzo Capriccioso
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony #1 ("Winter Dreams") - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #3 (Kun-Woo Paik, solo)
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol — Bartók: Hungarian Sketches — Vaughn-Williams: Fantasy on a theme by Thomas Tallis - Erkel: Festival Overture
- Gershwin: An American in Paris — Copland: Rodeo Suite — Barber: Adagio — Bernstein: Symphonic dances from West Side Story'
- Dvořák: Symphony #8 --- Khachaturian: Violin Concerto (Livia Sohn, solo)
- Kodály: Hary Janos suite --- Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
- Beethoven: Symphony #3 ("Eroica") - Prokofiev: Symphony #1 ("Classical")
- Respighi: The Pines of Rome - Roman Festivals, The Fountains of Rome
- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
- Orff: Carmina Burana
- Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (Maria Temesi, Alberto Cupido)
- Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Messa di Gloria / La Favorita (Denyce Graves, Salvatore Fisichella)
- Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (Vladimir Atlantov, Natalia TroitskayaNatalia TroitskayaNatalia Troitskaya was a Russian operatic soprano who had a major international career during the 1980s and early 1990s. She particularly excelled in the operas of Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi...
, Alexandru AgacheAlexandru AgacheAlexandru Agache is a Romanian operatic baritone who has had an active international career since 1979. Possessing a powerful and flexible voice, he has drawn particular acclaim in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi.-Career:...
) - Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (Galina Savova, Piero Cappuccilli, Vasile Moldoveanu)
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Janet Perry, William Stone, John Cheek)
- Verdi: Otello (Krisjan Johansson, Ilona Tokody, Sherrill Milnes)
- Verdi: Falstaff (Alberto Rinaldi)
- Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Giorgina Lukacs, Peter Kellen)
- Verdi: Aida (Wilhemina Fernandez, Bruno Sebastian)
- Verdi: Rigoletto (Leo NucciLeo NucciLeo Nucci is an Italian operatic baritone, particularly suited to Verdi roles.Born at Castiglione dei Pepoli, near Bologna, he studied with Giuseppe Marchese and made his stage debut in Spoleto, as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, in 1967, he then joined the chorus of La Scala in Milan, and...
, Mariella DeviaMariella DeviaMariella Devia is an Italian soprano, well known for performing many roles in the bel canto repertoire.Born in Chiusavecchia, Devia trained at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Iolanda Magnoni...
, Marcello GiordaniMarcello GiordaniMarcello Giordani is an Italian operatic tenor who has sung leading roles in opera houses throughout Europe and the United States. He has had a distinguished association with the New York Metropolitan Opera, where he has sung in over 170 performances since his debut there in 1993...
) - Verdi: Macbeth (Giorgina Lukacs)
- Verdi: La traviata (Diana Soviero, Jerry Hadley)
- Puccini: Turandot (Kristjan Johansson, Ghena Dimitrova)
- Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Ilona Tokody, Peter Kellen)
- Puccini: La Bohème (Luciano Pavarotti, Veronica Kinsces)
- Puccini: Tosca (Giorgina Lukacs)
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Raina Kabaivanska)
- Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Alberto Rinaldi, Gloria Scalchi, Dalibor Jenis)
- Rossini: Il Turco in Italia (Simone Alaimo, Bruno Pratico, Valeria Esposito)
Other orchestras and performances
- National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland & Rico Saccani
- Verdi: Aida
- National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland & Rico Saccani
- Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances suites 1, 2 and 3
- Anatoli Fokonov, Gianni Mongiardino, Marta Szucs and Rico Saccani
- Bellini: I Puritani (complete)
Awards and recognition
2005 Legion of Honor (Hungary) for "distinguished contributions to Hungary's cultural life for over 20 years"External links
- Rico Saccani Home Page
- [ Rico Saccani at AllMusic]