Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli


After graduating from high school with honors, he graduated first in Law and then in Canon Law, earning two research doctorates in criminal law and in canon law with theses entirely in Latin at the Pontifical Lateran University. He became a lawyer at 27 years old and the youngest lawyer of the Court of the Roman Rota Tribunal in Vatican at 29 years old.
At the same time, he studied Composition with Mauro Cardi and Lyric Singing with Maria Chiara Pavone, graduating in the Conservatory “A. Casella “of L’Aquila; and he graduated brilliantly with full marks and honors in conducting at the “Tartini” Conservatory of Trieste under the guidance of Marco Angius.
He specializes in Puccini’s music.
In his career: Principal Guest Conductor of the Puccini Festival Foundation of Torre Del Lago, Artistic Director of The International Midsummer Festival of Italy, Artistic Director of “Sacrum International Festival” in Vatican, Artistic Director of OperaViva Festival in Azerbaijan.
He has been the guest conductor of the best Italian orchestras such as Orchestra Regionale della Toscana, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro di Verdi di Salerno, Orchestra Filarmonica B. Bartoletti (ex Regio di Parma), Orchestra Sinfonica Metropolitana di Bari, Orchestra Filarmonica Pucciniana di Torre del Lago, Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, Orchestra Sinfonica di Lecce e del Salento, Orchestra del Teatro Cilea di Reggio Calabria, i Solisti del Reale Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli.
Abroad: Saarbrücken State Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Athens State Orchestra, Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, National Radio and Tv Symphony Orchestra of Serbia (RTS), National Theatre Orchestra of Serbia, Tbilisi National Opera House Symphony Orchestra, National Theatre Orchestra of Cluj – Napoca, Symphony Orchestra of Zapopan (Mexico), National Symphony Orchestra of Radio and Television of Ukraine, National Symphony Orchestra of Thessalonika – Greece, National Opera House Orchestra of Azerbaijan, National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, National State Orchestra of Plovdiv Opera House – Bulgaria, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Mongolian State, Sri Lanka National State Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Brasov Philharmonic Orchestra, Stara Zagora Opera House Orchestra – Bulgaria, Latvia National Opera House Symphony Orchestra, Albanian Opera House Orchestra, Astrakan Opera House Symphony Orchestra, Bucarest Opera House Symphony Orchestra, Krasnoyarsk Opera House Orchestra, Nicaragua Symphony Orchestra, Galizia Symphony Orchestra, Reus – Barcelona Chamber Orchestra, Varna Opera House Orchestra – Bulgaria.

He worked with the best international singers such as Cecilia Bartoli, Josè Cura, Anna Pirozzi, Dimitra Theodossiou, Angela Gheorghiu, Simone Orfila, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Orlin Anastassov, Kamen Chanev, Kiril Manolov, Mirco Palazzi, Anna Maria Chiuri, Donata d’Annunzio Lombardi, Fiorenza Cedolins, Rudy Park, Bruno de Simone, Leonardo Caimi, Rebeka Lokar, Luciano Ganci, Alberto Gazale, Carlos Almaguer. He conducted Italian and international great opera productions such as

Bellini: “Norma”
Bizet: “Carmen”
Donizetti: “Lucia di Lammermoor”
Giordano: “Andrea Chenier”
Leoncavallo: “I Pagliacci”
Mascagni: “Cavalleria Rusticana”
Mozart: “Don Giovanni” e “Nozze di Figaro”
Puccini:  “La Bohème”, “Turandot”, “Tabarro”, “Suor Angelica”, “Gianni Schicchi”, “Madama Butterfly”, “Le Villi”, “Tosca”
Rossini: “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, “Cenerentola”
Verdi :“Nabucco”, “Aida”, “La Forza del Destino”, “Otello”, “Trovatore”, “La Traviata”, “Attila”, “Macbeth”, “Don Carlo”

Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli recorded TURANDOT at the Gran Teatro Puccini for the 90th anniversary of the Opera produced by Paramax Film, and for Sony Classic “MR PUCCINI” by Cinzia Tedesco with Orchestra of the Puccini Festival Foundation. In the field of pop music he has also shown his versatility in pop productions with Anastacia, Amii Stewart, Antonella Ruggiero, Noemi, Ivana Spagna, Simona Molinari, Ron, Grazia di Michele, Mietta, Sal da Vinci, Roberta Faccani, Tosca, Tedesco .

In January 2020 he won the GOLDEN OPERA SPECIAL PRIZE for the New Generation of the OSCARS OF OPERA as “one of the most promising conductors in the Italian opera firmament”.

The most recent engagements in 2021 include: in July “Tosca” in the Roman Amphitheater in Plovdiv with Jose Cura, Carlos Almaguer and Tanya Ivanova for the inauguration of Opera Open; in October Verdi’s Requiem at the Cairo Opera House and his debut at the Megaron in Athens with the Athens State Orchestra.

In December 2023, in the Leipzig Gewandhaus he will make his debut with the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra.