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 closely collaborated with conductors such as Daniele Gatti, Christian Thielemann, Myung-Whun Chung, Antonio Pappano, and Daniel Harding, among many others. He is a musicologist, having studied piano, composition, arts and humanities in Rome and is a former teacher of music history.

After working at the Treccani Encyclopaedia and becoming consultant for the RAI Radio 3 (classical music channel), he was researcher for the Fondazione Rossini in Pesaro where he collaborated with Bruno Cagli, as well as for the University of Chicago with Philip Gossett on the editing of the new critical edition of the complete works of Rossini.

He also specializes in musical iconography and has been 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 with the support of 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 and La Scala, as well as for major record companies.