Sesto Quatrini

Sesto Quatrini, born in Rome in 1984, is a distinguished conductor whose repertoire encompasses works from the Classical period through to 20th-century and contemporary compositions. He honed his craft as assistant to Fabio Luisi at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

From 2018 to 2023, Quatrini served as Artistic Director of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Vilnius, where he led acclaimed productions including I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Bohème, Candide, Madama Butterfly, Anna Bolena, Don Carlo, La Juïve, Der Rosenkavalier, Rigoletto, Verdi’s Requiem, Goyescas, Aida, and Les Contes d’Hoffmann, alongside numerous gala events and symphonic concerts.

A passionate advocate for the revival of rare repertoire, Quatrini has championed works such as Verdi’s Un giorno di regno, Vaccaj’s Giulietta e Romeo (Dynamic), Offenbach’s Coscoletto, and Manfroce’s Ecuba at the Festival della Valle d’Itria; Mercadante’s Francesca da Rimini for the Japan Opera Foundation in Tokyo; and Donizetti’s Chiara e Serafina (Dynamic) at the Donizetti Opera Festival.

Recent engagements include L’elisir d’amore at the Royal Opera House and Teatro Regio di Parma, Don Pasquale at Opernhaus Zürich and ABAO Bilbao Opera, Die Zauberflöte at Teatro Regio di Torino, Norma at La Monnaie and in Parma, Modena and Piacenza, Il turco in Italia at Glyndebourne and Teatro Carlo Felice, La Traviata at the Royal Danish Opera, Le nozze di Figaro at ROH Muscat, Anna Bolena and Rigoletto at Teatro Carlo Felice, Madama Butterfly at Opéra de Lyon and Teatro La Fenice, Verdi’s Otello and Rossini’s Otello at Oper Frankfurt, Carmen at Staatsoper Hamburg, Nabucco at Oper Köln, Roméo et Juliette at Teatro di San Carlo in Napoli, L’Italiana in Algeri at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, and Tancredi at the Festival della Valle d’Itria.

In the 2025–26 season, he will conduct Massenet’s Manon at Opernhaus Zürich, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at Opéra de Lyon, Verdi’s Macbeth at Teatro Carlo Felice, Puccini’s Turandot at Opera de Las Palmas, and Verdi’s Rigoletto at the Sydney Opera House, as well as making his symphonic debuts with the Belgrade Philharmonic, the Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest, and the Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra.