20 | cast&creative Praised for his energy and integrity on the podium, the Chicago Tribune has said, “Milioto presided with Bernsteinesque bravura.” A rising star of his generation, he is forging a unique career as a versatile conductor and leader. Mr. Milioto is currently Music Director of OPERA San Antonio and Artistic Advisor to the Florentine Opera Company, while maintaining positions on the music staffs of both the Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Santa Fe Opera. Mr. Milioto is excited to return to The Atlanta Opera following his successful debut conducting The FRANCESCO MILIOTO Threepenny Opera in The Big Tent Series last spring. Immediately following that production Mr. Milioto returned CONDUCTOR to San Antonio for performances of Lucia di Lammermoor ATLANTA OPERA DEBUT before heading to The Santa Fe Opera for Tchaikovsky’s THE THREEPENNY Eugene Onegin. The 2021-22 season began with his longOPERA, 2021 anticipated debut with the Florentine Opera Company in their postponed production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. Mr. Milioto also made his debut in Charleston with Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera (HALO) conducting a new production of La traviata performed on the local baseball field. Following these performances in Atlanta, he will return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago to serve as cover conductor for a production of Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Mr. Milioto will round out his season returning to OPERA San Antonio for their production of Rigoletto.
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