Evelino pido conductor biography of william

The Italian maestro returning to Covent Garden to conduct La Cenerentola talks to Mansel Stimpson…

Evelino Pidò who was born in Turin is one of those conductors whose gifts enable them to impress equally in concert halls and in opera houses.

He reckons that currently something like 70 percent of his work involves opera but adds that the ideal balance would probably be 50/50 or perhaps 60/40. Without being told, you sense immediately that in that adjusted balance of 60/40 the higher figure is the one that refers to opera.

Evelino pido conductor biography of william

That’s because Evelino is a man of theatre as becomes evident when talking to him. Eventually he declares himself in these terms: “I have known concerts which produced a magnificent response from the audience but I have to recognise that opera is what I love.

That’s because it means everything: you have a stage and to be able to create for it is marvellous. When doing that I’m always present from the first day to the last and I recognise that early on in my lif