EnriqueMazzola

Italian conductor Enrique Mazzola is Music Director at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and in demand as one of the world's most admired interpreters of Italian opera.

In the 2026-27 season, Mazzola returns to the Metropolitan Opera (Maria Stuarda), Dutch National Opera (Norma) and Glyndebourne (La Cenerentola). He tours with the Orchestre National de France and leads a European tour of Porgy and Bess with Chineke! and Cape Town Opera. He also makes his debut with Stavanger Symphony and leads conducting masterclasses with Talent Norge. At the Lyric Opera, his productions include Don Pasquale, Hérodiade and La traviata.

Last season, Mazzola made highly successful debuts at Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and Opéra national de Paris. 2024-25 season marked Mazzola’s final season as Principal Guest Conductor at Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he led a production of Macbeth and closed the season with Werther in concert. During the same season, he returned to New National Theatre Tokyo with Madama Butterfly and made his debut at the Aspen Music Festival with La Bohème, as well as at the Grand Teton Music Festival.

Recent highlights on the operatic stage include debuts with Salzburg Festspiele (Orphée aux Enfers), Wiener Staatsoper (Don Pasquale) and Dutch National Opera with a full cycle of Donizetti’s Queens (Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, Roberto Devereux). Mazzola also brought the same cycle to Opernhaus Zürich. Notable returns include Metropolitan Opera, Bregenzer Festspiele and Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Deutsche Oper Berlin with a landmark performance of the Meyerbeer cycle.

On the symphonic stage, Mazzola has made debuts with Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Oslo Philharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony, Utah Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Brussels Philharmonic, Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg, and Swedish Radio Symphony. Other highlights include performances with Vienna Symphony, London Philharmonic and Bern Philharmonic.