(August 2024)

Conductor, Composer and vocal coach studied conducting with maestro Mario Gusella, Gianandrea Gavazzeni and Peter Maag. As opera repertoire conductor (and vocal coach), he was Antonio Tonini’s (maestro Arturo Toscanini collaborator of the Teatro alla Scala in Milano for 30 years) assistant for seven years.

He worked with many international singers such as: June Anderson, Cecilia Bartoli, Carlo Bergonzi, Franco Bonisolli, Mariella Devia, Placido Domingo, Alberto Gazale, Chris Merritt, Leo Nucci, Luciano Pavarotti, Katya Ricciarelli, Martina Serafin, Giuseppe Taddei, Renata Tebaldi and with other great personalities (directors, producers, musicologists, scholars) such as Armin Jordan, Gian Carlo Menotti, Franco Zeffirelli, Alberto Zedda and many others.

Many famous international young vocal artists studied operatic repertoire with him such as: Eldar Alyev, Andrea Concetti, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Marina Costa-Jackson, France Dariz, Giovanna Donadini, Elena Gabouri, Eliza Kruszczynska, Elena Sancho Pereg, Iano Tamar, Aydin Ustuk, Ayhan Ustuk, Vittorio Vitelli, Sergey Zadvorny and many others.

He worked in many Opera houses such as Colyseum Opera House of Oporto (Portugal), State Opera House of Izmir (Turkey), Avences Opera Festival (Switzerland), Montecarlo Opera House (France), Spoleto Festiva Opera House (Italy), Rossini Opera Festival (Italy), Arena Loreley Opera (Germany), Irun Opera House (Spain), Aix-les-bains Opera House (France), Cannes Opera Festival (France), Opera Idaho (USA), Winter Opera St. Louis (USA), Barn Opera (Vermont, USA), Opera Orlando (USA), and many others.

His CD “Joyful” (Piano duets of Gérald Caussé & Nicolas Giusti), an album with original arrangements by Nicolas Giusti, has been n. 1 spot on a Billboard chart for many weeks.