A few words about...
The orchestra Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco was founded in the spring of 2016 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, upon the initiative of Cecilia Bartoli and in collaboration with Jean-Louis Grinda, then Director of the Opéra. The project received the immediate support of HSH Prince Albert II and HRH The Princess of Hanover. Cecilia Bartoli, performer and artistic director, has brought together the world’s finest musicians, playing on period instruments, to create an orchestra inspired by the 17th and 18th century music traditions in vogue at princely courts throughout Europe. Her artistic vision is centred on the grand masters of the Baroque period, such as Handel and Vivaldi, while also exploring the classical and romantic repertoires. The orchestra also performs works from the 19th and 20th centuries, including Wagner, while retaining its strong identity of excellence. Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco and Cecilia Bartoli have played at Europe’s major venues, unanimously acclaimed by audiences and the international press. They regularly perform in Salzburg (Whitsun Festival and Summer Festival). Gianluca Capuano was appointed Principal Conductor in March 2019. Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco are in residence at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. In 2026, the orchestra will proudly celebrate its tenth anniversary, a decade of artistic excellence and international renown. As part of the celebrations, a number of superb projects will be unveiled in the near future.
Italian conductor Gianluca Capuano has been Principal Conductor of Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco since 2019. The ensemble was founded by Cecilia Bartoli, with whom he enjoys a close artistic collaboration. He studied organ, composition and conducting at the Milan Conservatory, and pursued early music studies at the Scuola Civica in the same city. Holding a degree in theoretical philosophy from the University of Milan, he also engages in research on musical aesthetics. In 2006, he founded Il Canto di Orfeo, a vocal ensemble with which he has performed La morte d’Abel at the Salzburg Festival, La clemenza di Tito on tour and at the 2023 Whitsun Festival. Since their Norma in 2016, he has regularly conducted Cecilia Bartoli and Les Musiciens du Prince in Salzburg, Vienna, Zurich, Amsterdam, Luxembourg and Paris. Among his notable engagements are: Catone in Utica, Il matrimonio segreto, and Gli uccellatori in Cologne; Guillaume Tell in Orange; Iphigénie en Tauride and Orlando paladino in Zurich; Il barbiere di Siviglia in Palermo and Vienna; Idomeneo at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Stabat Mater by Pergolesi in Lucerne ; and La cenerentola at La Scala in Milan . He conducted the first two albums in the “Mentored by Bartoli” collection for Decca. In 2022, he was awarded the Premio Abbiati for Conductor of the Year. At the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, he has conducted La Cenerentola, Il turco in Italia, Giulio Cesare, Ariodante, Ein deutsches Requiem, Their Master’s Voice, La donna del lago, Alcina, Il barbiere di Siviglia, La clemenza di Tito, Das Rheingold, Vespro della Beata Vergine and Die Walküre.
ViolIns I
ENRICO CASAZZA*
THIBAULT NOALLY*
NIKITA BUDNETSKIY
FABRIZIO CIPRIANI
ÁGNES KERTÉSZ
Peter McGuire
MURIEL QUISTAD
ROBERTO RUTKAUSKAS
BEATRICE SCALDINI
ANAÏS SOUCAILLE
ELENA TELÒ
ANNA URPINA RIUS
ANDREA VASSALLE
ViolIns II
NICOLAS MAZZOLENI*
LAURA CAVAZZUTI
FRANCESCO COLLETTI
DIEGO MORENO CASTELLI
SVETLANA FOMINA
REYES GALLARDO
GIAN ANDREA GUERRA
LAURA SCIPIONI
VIOLAS
PATRICIA GAGNON*
DIEGO MECCA*
ANNE SOPHIE VAN RIEL*
EMANUELE MARCANTE
MASSIMO PERCIVALDI
BERNADETTE VERHAGEN
CELLOS
ROBIN GEOFFREY MICHAEL*
ANTONIO CARLO PAPETTI*
NICOLA BROVELLI
ANNA CAMPORINI
GUILLAUME FRANCOIS
JACOPO RISTORI
ÉMILIE WALLYN
DOUBLES BASSES
ROBERTO FERNÁNDEZ DE LARRINOA*
MICHELE ZEOLI*
JUSSIF BARAKAT
CLOTILDE GUYON
Viola da gamba & lirone
CRISTIANO CONTADIN
RECORDERS
BENNY AGHASSI
SABRINA FREY
FlUtes
JEAN-MARC GOUJON*
PABLO SOSA DEL ROSARIO*
Lorenzo Gabriele
YAT HO TSANG
REIKO TSUIKI
Flutes & piccolo
GIULIA BARBINI
REBEKKA BRUNNER
OBOES
PIER LUIGI FABRETTI*
GUIDO CAMPANA
AVIAD GERSHONI
Clarinets
FRANCESCO SPENDOLINI*
ROBERTA CRISTINI
ALEJANDRO FARINA MARTIN
BERNHARD ROETHLISBERGER
BassOons
BENNY AGHASSI*
HUGO RODRIGUEZ ARTEAGA*
Elena Bianchi
EYAL STREETT
HANNAH VOSS
HORNS
EMMANUEL FRANKENBERG*
THOMAS HAUSCHILD*
ULRICH HÜBNER*
CLAUDE PADOAN
ELLIOT SEIDMAN
TRUMPETS
THIBAUD ROBINNE*
TOBIAS BERNHARD FEHSE
Carlos Henriques Correia
PATRICK DREIER
bass TRUMPET
Gabriele Marchetti
Trombones
SETH QUISTAD*
SIMEN VAN MECHELEN*
GUNTER CARLIER
CAS GEVERS
SVERRE RIISE
MARCO RODRIGUES
BILLIE THOMAS
ORGAN, HARPSICHORD & Fortepiano
Davide POZZI
THEORBO
MIGUEL RINCÓN RODRIGUEZ*
MICHAEL DUECKER
ELISA LA MARCA
Harps
MARTA GRAZIOLINO*
Markus Thalheimer
Percussion
PAOLO NOCENTINI*
SEBASTIANO NIDI
SAVERIO RUFO
TOMMASO SALVADORI
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*solo/leader
Staff
General Manager
Margherita Rizzi Brignoli
Production Assistant
MATHILDE rOLLET