Daniele Rustioni

Daniele Rustioni (born 1983 in Milan) is an Italian conductor. He is currently the Principal Conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana. In 2015, he was appointed Principal Conductor of the Opéra National de Lyon and will assume that position in the 2017/2018 season. He was a 2013 recipient of the Best Newcomer of the Year award at the International Opera Awards.

Rustioni studied piano, organ, and composition at the Milan Conservatory. He studied conducting under Gilberto Serembe at the Milan Conservatory and under Gianluigi Gelmetti at Accademia Musicale Chigiana. While at the Royal Academy of Music in London, he was mentored by Gianandrea Noseda, who gave him the opportunity to make his debut as a conductor with the Orchestra of the Teatro Regio in Turin in 2007. In 2009, Rustioni became an Associate Conductor of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he assisted Antonio Pappano.

Rustioni regularly conducts in Italy's major opera houses, such as Teatro Regio Torino, La Fenice, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, and the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and is a frequent guest on various Italian television programs.

In 2007, he made his first public appearance conducting Orchestra of the Teatro Regio. Rustioni made his opera debut at the age of 25 conducting Cavalleria rusticana at the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia. In October 2008, he returned to Turin to once again conduct Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana. He made his first appearance at La Scala in September 2010, where he returned in October 2012 to conduct Puccini's La bohème. He has since led performances of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera and Il Trovatore at La Scala.

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