Mauro Bucarelli

In 1991 Mauro Bucarelli left the artistic direction of the Rome Opera House after four years to become Artistic Administrator at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome). In this role he has closely collaborated with conductors as Daniele Gatti, Christian Thielemann, Myung-Whun Chung, Antonio Pappano and Daniel Harding, among many other artists. He is a musicologist, having studied piano, composition, theology, arts and humanities in Rome and Milano.

After working at the Treccani Encyclopaedia and becoming consultant for the Vatican Radio classical music channel, he was researcher for the Fondazione Rossini in Pesaro and the University of Chicago where he collaborated with Bruno Cagli and Philip Gossett on the editing of the new critical edition of the complete works of Rossini.

He also specializes in musical iconography and was involved in many exhibitions. Among these he was the curator for the redesigning of Rossini’s house in Pesaro into a museum. Working with the designer Pier Luigi Pizzi, he was scientific co-ordinator for the exhibition “Rossini 1792-1992” held in Pesaro sponsored by the European Cultural Commission.

He is a prolific writer and essayist and writes programme notes for opera companies such as the Metropolitan Opera New York, La Scala and Covent Garden, as well as for major record companies.