Music Director Luisotti won’t renew with SF Opera

Nicola Luisotti will step down as the San Francisco Opera’s music director when his contract expires at the end of the 2017-18 season.

Luisotti currently holds no other conducting position, but is often in demand internationally as a guest conductor.

Luisotti made his company debut in 2005, leading superb performances of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino.”

[...] he has conducted more than 30 productions and concerts, including the world premiere of Marco Tutino’s “La Ciociara” (“Two Women”) and works by Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Mozart and more.