• Born 1958 in Russia

Biography

Russian-born conductor Oleg Caetani is half-Russian and half-Italian and was educated in both Italy and Russia; he is also fluent in five languages. He was a late protégé of Nadia Boulanger and is most readily associated with opera productions; his opera conducing debut was at the Berlin Staatsoper in 1981, and Caetani worked as assistant to conductor Otmar Suitner for several years. From the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s, Caetani held a variety of posts in Wiesbaden, Weimar, and Frankfurt while he further established his name through extensive guest conducting appearances. Caetani's first major appointment was as music director to the Chemnitz Opera in 1996, and he also served during this time with the Robert Schumann Philharmonic. In 2002, Caetani was named to the post of music director for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, a position he decided to keep when he accepted the directorship of English National Opera (ENO) in September 2006. ~ Uncle Dave Lewis, All Music Guide

Discography

Wagner: Overtures & Preludes [DVD Audio] Buy this CD	Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Discoveries Buy this CD	Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" Buy this CD	Wagner: Overtures & Preludes Buy this CD	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" Buy this CD
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 Buy this CD	Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 [DVD Audio] Buy this CD	Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 Buy this CD	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 [Hybrid SACD] Buy this CD	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 "The Year 1905" [Hybrid SACD] Buy this CD

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