Antonio Pappano

Sir Antonio "Tony" Pappano (born 30 December 1959, Epping, England) is a British conductor and pianist of Italian parentage. Pappano's family relocated to England from Castelfranco in Miscano near Benevento, Italy in 1958 and at the time of his birth his parents worked in the restaurant business, but Pasquale Pappano, his father, was by vocation a singing teacher. When Antonio was 13 years old, he moved with his family to Connecticut, in the United States. After musical training in piano, composition, and conducting, he became a rehearsal accompanist at the New York City Opera by the age of 21. Pappano is the youngest conductor to lead the orchestra of the Royal Opera House in London, accompanying both the Royal Opera and Royal...