One of the most in-demand Italian opera conductors of his generation, Paolo Arrivabeni’s repertory ranges from the great Italian composers of the 19th century to Wagner, Strauss and Mussorgsky.

This 2024/2025 season promises to be remarkable, featuring productions such as Simon Boccanegra at the Opernhaus Zürich, Madama Butterfly at both the Opéra de Marseille and the Semperoper Dresden, Maria Stuarda at the Royal Danish Opera, Il Trovatore at the Staatsoper Hamburg, and Aida and Nabucco at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Arrivabeni is highly regarded by German opera houses and has conducted frequently at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper in München, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf & Staatsoper Hamburg.

Over the years, he has also established himself as a regular guest of some of the most esteemed theatres in the world, including Wiener Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, Zürich Opernhaus, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opéra de Lausanne, Opéra Bastille in Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Chorégies d’Orange, Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Opéra Municipal de Marseille, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Opera in Oviedo, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Rossini Opera Festival, Sferisterio Opera Festival in Macerata, Festival Verdi in Parma, New National Theatre in Tokyo, Metropolitan Opera in New York, Santa Fe Opera, Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Die Königliche Oper in Copenhagen.