ABOUT ME
Biography
Michele Spotti (1993) is the Musical Director of Marseille’s Opera House and Philharmonic Orchestra and, starting this Season, Principal Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
His most recent engagements comprise – alongside numerous appointments in Marseille, which included Wagner’s Das Rheingold in May – returns at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia for the Season opening with Carmen, Deutsche Oper Berlin with Lucia di Lammermoor, with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne in concert, Grand Théâtre de Genève for a new production of L’italiana in Algeri, Arena Opera Festival with La traviata and Nabucco, Paris Opera with Les Brigands; debuts at the Metropolitan Opera in New York with La traviata, Festival Verdi di Parma with Falstaff, Maggio Fiorentino with Norma, San Carlo in Naples with Simon Boccanegra, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma with Die Zauberflöte, Wiener Staatsoper with La fille du régiment, Semperoper Dresden with La bohème, Bunka Kaikan Tokyo with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and Juan Diego Flórez.
The 2026/27 Season features two other productions – La traviata and Don Carlo – and a symphonic concert at the Deutsche Oper Berlin always as Principal Guest Conductor, then Die Zauberflöte at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Lohengrin at the Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse, L’elisir d’amore at Opernhaus Zürich and Anna Bolena at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Other engagements include concerts with Juan Diego Flórez and the Hong Kong Philharmonic in Hong Kong, and with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. In Marseille, he takes the podium for several symphonic engagements as well as Don Carlo and Maria Stuarda.
Michele Spotti (1993) is the Musical Director of Marseille’s Opera House and Philharmonic Orchestra and, starting this Season, Principal Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
His most recent engagements comprise – alongside numerous appointments in Marseille, which included Wagner’s Das Rheingold in May – returns at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia for the Season opening with Carmen, Deutsche Oper Berlin with Lucia di Lammermoor, with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne in concert, Grand Théâtre de Genève for a new production of L’italiana in Algeri, Arena Opera Festival with La traviata and Nabucco, Paris Opera with Les Brigands; debuts at the Metropolitan Opera in New York with La traviata, Festival Verdi di Parma with Falstaff, Maggio Fiorentino with Norma, San Carlo in Naples with Simon Boccanegra, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma with Die Zauberflöte, Wiener Staatsoper with La fille du régiment, Semperoper Dresden with La bohème, Bunka Kaikan Tokyo with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and Juan Diego Flórez.
The 2026/27 Season features two other productions – La traviata and Don Carlo – and a symphonic concert at the Deutsche Oper Berlin always as Principal Guest Conductor, then Die Zauberflöte at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Lohengrin at the Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse, L’elisir d’amore at Opernhaus Zürich and Anna Bolena at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Other engagements include concerts with Juan Diego Flórez and the Hong Kong Philharmonic in Hong Kong, and with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. In Marseille, he takes the podium for several symphonic engagements as well as Don Carlo and Maria Stuarda.
Among his professional partnerships are directors like Robert Wilson, Damiano Michieletto, Barrie Kosky, Laurent Pelly, Pier Luigi Pizzi and institutions such as the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hannover and Stuttgart, Théâtre du Capitole of Toulouse, Theater Basel, Teatro Massimo of Palermo, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Wexford Opera Festival, Rossini Opera Festival, MITO SettembreMusica and Festival della Valle d’Itria. Offenbach’sBarbe-bleue DVD (Opus Arte), recorded at the Opéra de Lyon, was honored with the Diapason D’or award.
Musical Director of the Orchestra Filarmonica di Benevento, Michele Spotti also enjoys a busy concerts schedule. Among the others: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI; National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre national d’Ile-de-France; Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini; Teatro Regio Torino’s orchestra; Orchestra Haydn; Gstaad Festival Orchestra; Nederlands Philharmonisch; Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne.
Michele Spotti graduated first in violin and then in orchestral conducting under the guidance of Daniele Agiman at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory in Milan. He then continued his studies at the Haute École de Musique in Geneva, at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival Academy, as well as in Italy. At the age of twenty Spotti made his debut conducting Le Nozze di Figaro at Teatro Mancinelli in Orvieto. A key moment was his encounter with Alberto Zedda, for whom he became assistant in Rossini’s Ermione at the Opéra de Lyon in 2016.
The French Ministry of Culture has also awarded him the title of “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,” one of the highest honors bestowed upon individuals who distinguish themselves in artistic creation and promotion.
Among his professional partnerships are directors like Robert Wilson, Damiano Michieletto, Barrie Kosky, Laurent Pelly, Pier Luigi Pizzi and institutions such as the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hannover and Stuttgart, Théâtre du Capitole of Toulouse, Theater Basel, Teatro Massimo of Palermo, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Wexford Opera Festival, Rossini Opera Festival, MITO SettembreMusica and Festival della Valle d’Itria. Offenbach’sBarbe-bleue DVD (Opus Arte), recorded at the Opéra de Lyon, was honored with the Diapason D’or award.
Musical Director of the Orchestra Filarmonica di Benevento, Michele Spotti also enjoys a busy concerts schedule. Among the others: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI; National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre national d’Ile-de-France; Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini; Teatro Regio Torino’s orchestra; Orchestra Haydn; Gstaad Festival Orchestra; Nederlands Philharmonisch; Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne.
Michele Spotti graduated first in violin and then in orchestral conducting under the guidance of Daniele Agiman at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory in Milan. He then continued his studies at the Haute École de Musique in Geneva, at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival Academy, as well as in Italy. At the age of twenty Spotti made his debut conducting Le Nozze di Figaro at Teatro Mancinelli in Orvieto. A key moment was his encounter with Alberto Zedda, for whom he became assistant in Rossini’s Ermione at the Opéra de Lyon in 2016.
The French Ministry of Culture has also awarded him the title of “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,” one of the highest honors bestowed upon individuals who distinguish themselves in artistic creation and promotion.