A knight at the opera: Sir Antonio Pappano bows out

Sir Antonio Pappano rehearses Das Rheingold

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Salzburg

Sir Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Salzburg

Sir Antonio Pappano and His Majesty King Charles III

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Antonio Pappano

Sir Antonio Pappano and Christof Loy rehearse Elektra

Sir Antonio Pappano rehearses with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

By Mark Pullinger, 04 June 2024

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

A knight at the opera: Sir Antonio Pappano bows out at the Royal Opera House