San Diego Opera debut. Italian conductor Donato Renzetti conducts some of the most important orchestras in the world including London Sinfonietta, London Philharmonic, London Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, RIAS in Berlin, Hungarian State Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Dallas Symphony, Belgian Radio and Television Orchestra in Brussels, Orchestre National du Capitol de Toulouse, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre National de Lyon, Zeeland Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra della RAI in Milan, Turin and Rome. He has performed at the world’s great opera venues, among them Opéra National de Paris, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Munich’s Bayerische Staaatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Dallas Opera, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Bunka Theatre in Tokyo, Megaron in Athens, and every major opera house in Italy. He has been a guest at festivals in Glyndebourne, Spoleto and Pesaro as well as the Verdi Festival in Parma and the Arena di Verona. From 1982 to 1987 he was Principal Conductor of the Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, from 1987 to 1992 he was Principal Conductor of the Orchestra Regionale Toscana, from 1993 to 2001 he was Principal Conductor of the Orchestra Stabile di Bergamo and from 2004 to 2007 he was Principal Guest Conductor of the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra. In 2007 he was appointed Artistic Director and Principal Director of the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana. His opera recordings include Attila, Il signor Bruschino, L’ cambiale di matrimonio and La Favorite; on DVD he has recorded The Daughter of the Regiment at the Teatro alla Scala, Cinderella at the Glyndebourne Festival, La Gioconda at the Arena di Verona and L’italiana in Algeri at the Pesaro Festival. His recording of Schumann’s Manfred with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala won the XIX Premio della Critica Discografica Italiana.