Lorenzo Mariani

stage director, Rigoletto

Lorenzo Mariani has been the Artistic Director of the Teatro Massimo di Palermo since 2005 and studied at Harvard and Florence University. Mariani's first direction was *Bluebeard's Castle* at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, where he has since also directed *L' Heure Espagnole*, *Le Comte Ory*, *La forza del destino*, and *Aida*. The last two of these were conducted by Zubin Mehta. In 1998 the Ferrara Festival began with his direction of *Don Giovanni* with Claudio Abbado conducting and Simon Keenlyside and Bryn Terfel in the leading roles. In the same year he also directed *La bohome* in Cagliari. In the United States he has directed *La bohome* at Chicago's Lyric Opera and *Rigoletto* at Boston's Lyric Opera. He has also directed in Shanghai and Tokyo and at such festivals as the Bergamo Donizetti.