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Oleg Caetani (born 5 October 1956) is an Italian conductor. Life and career. Born in Lausanne, Caetani is the son of Igor Markevitch (1912-1983) and Donna Topazia Caetani (1921–1990), Markevitch's second wife and a descendant of a very old aristocratic Roman family that included the early 14th-century Pope Boniface VIII.
Oleg Caetani , one of the greatest conductors of his generation, moves freely between symphonic and opera repertoire. Caetani has conducted all over the world from La Scala to the Mariinsky in Saint Petersburg, from the Royal Opera House in London to the Opera House in San Francisco, from the Musikverein in Vienna to the Lincoln Center in New ...
Learn more about Oleg Caetani, one of the greatest conductors of his generation, who moves freely between symphonic and opera repertoire. Find out his upcoming performances in Germany and Japan in 2022.
Oleg Caetani is considered one of the greatest conductors of his generation, both in the symphonic and operatic repertoire. Caetani considers Nadia Boulanger the inspiring source of his career who, after discovering his talent, initiated him into the study of music and passed on to him her philosophical approach to life, linked to Montaigne, which still characterizes him today.
Tras unos comienzos algo indecisos, Oleg Caetani ha conseguido reafirmarse como director de prestigio merced a su más que interesante trabajo discográfico consistente en registrar la integral sinfónica completa de Shostakovich, la primera que se hizo al frente de una orquesta italiana.
Oleg Caetani is a conductor who specializes in Russian and German repertoire. Read reviews of his Shostakovich, Mahler and Wagner recordings, and find out where to buy them.
As his two ENO appearances, Khovanshchina (2003) and Sir John in Love (2006), demonstrated, Caetani is one of the finest theatre conductors today, with a flawless technique, an eclectic repertoire (65 operas) and a quality of musicianship that, at its graceful and expressive best, raises the spectre of Carlos Kleiber.
