Sergio Alapont

Last update: before 2019
Born in Benicàssim (España). Winner of II Competition for Conductors City of Granada Orchestra, Sergio Alapont is one of the leading conductors of his generation, Artistic Director of Opera Benicàssim Festival and Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Orquesta Manuel de Falla. Alapont has also worked extensively as a guest conductor at such houses as Orchestra of the Spanish Radio Television (ORTVE), Orquesta de la Comunidad Valenciana, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Orquesta de Valencia, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Orquestra Simfònica de Balears, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Orquesta de Extremadura, Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia, Orquestra de Cambra de Granollers, Joven Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Orchestra Clássica de Espinho, Orchestra do Algarve, Orchestra Sinfonica di Pescara, Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Silesian Philarmonich, Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Kiev Orchestra, Macedonian National Opera, Poznan Opera, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach Collegium-Stuttgart, Monterrey Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes - Mexico, Teatro Principal de Alicante, Santanyí Opera, Festival of Pollença, Teatro Calderón of Valladolid, Teatro Comunale di Treviso and Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Skopje National Theater, Poznan Opera, Ente Concerti Marialisa De Carolis, Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra Città di Ferrara, Teatro di San Carlo of Naples, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Palau de Les Arts - Valencia, Teatro Massimo Bellini of Catania, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Opera, Orchestre National dÎle de France, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Wexford Opera Festival, Den Norske Opera in Oslo. Recent Opera highlights include"Il cappello di paglia di Firenze" at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Wexford Opera Festival, "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" in Den Norske Opera in Oslo, "Una cosa rara" at the Palau de Les Arts in Valencia and at the Teatro Calderón of Valladolid, Le nozze di Figaro at the Teatro Massimo Bellini of Catania, "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", "Norma" and "Roméo et Juliette" in Sassari, “Tosca” in Skopje, "Don Pasquale" at the Teatro Comunale di Treviso, Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Festival di Pollença and Festival of Santanyí, “La Cenerentola” at the Teatro Comunale di Treviso and Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, "La Traviata" in Poznan (Poland), "Rigoletto" at the Teatro Principal de Alicante, "Madama Butterfly" in Granada or L'Elisir d'Amore" in Opera Benicàssim. He assisted Marco Armiliato in severals productions at the Metropolitan, as Madame Butterfly, La bohème or Sly. He has conducted in festivals as Quincena Musical Donostiarra of San Sebastian, Euro Arts Leipzig, Varna Summer Festival, Marbella Opera Festival, Opera Benicàssim, Ravello Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino or Carinthischer Sommer Festival (Austria). He has collaborated with soloists as Celso Albelo, Isabel Rey, Lorenzo Regazzo, Bruno Praticò, Detlef Roth, Ofelia Sala, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, Antonio Gandía, Roberto De Candia, Carlos Chausson, Jorge de León, Tomas Mohr, Plácido Domingo, Teresa Berganza, María José Montiel, Erika Miklosa, Laura Giordano or Juan Pons. He has recorded for the discographic labels EGT, VERSO and UNIVERSAL. He also has recorded for Spanish National Radio and Television and RAI. In September 2008 he debuted at the Großer Saal of the Vienna Musikverein. Future engagements for Mr. Alapont includes Orquesta Nacional de España, Millenium Divas Opera Gala with Maria Guleghina, Daniela Dessì, Barbara Frittoli and Ainhoa Arteta at the Madrid Arena, Real Filharmonia of Galicia, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Orquesta Manuel de Falla at the Palau de la Música de Valencia, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, "Don Bucefalo" at the Wexford Opera Festival.