George Petrou
conductor
© Frank Stefan Kimmel
George Petrou is Artistic Director of the International Handel Festival in Göttingen and Athen's Armonia Atenea orchestra, with whom he has toured often and made recordings using early and modern instruments. Now he's back in Frankfurt, where he conducted Handel's Partenope, for this new production of Mozart's Zaide. He recently conducted Le convenienze ed invonvenienzi teatrali at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and Tancredi at Cologne Opera. Other recent engagements included appearances in the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Theater Champs-Élysées in Paris, Palau de la Música in Barcelona, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Arena di Verona, Teatro La Fenice in Venice and La Scala in Milan. He also directed and conducted Vivaldi's Giustino at the Drottningholm Schlosstheater in Stockholm, Handel's Deidamia at the Wexford Festival, Bernstein's Candide at the Megaron Theater in Athens, Giulio Cesare for Nederlandse Reisopera & the International Handel Festival in Göttingen and Mozart's Idomeneo in the Olympia Theater in Athens. He also worked in Stuttgart, Leipzig, Zurich, Lausanne, the Komische Oper in Berlin, Korean National Opera and Theater an der Wien. There are many prize-winning recordings of baroque and belcanto works for you to choose from. This internationally respected conductor was nominated for a Grammy, won an Echo Klassik Prize and was named a »Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres« by France.