Born in Rome in 1984, Sesto Quatrini is a conductor whose repertoire ranges from the Classical period to twentieth-century and contemporary music.
He served as assistant to Fabio Luisi at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and at the Festival della Valle d’Itria, where he made his Italian operatic debut in 2017 with Verdi’s Un giorno di regno.
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From 2018 to 2023 he was Artistic Director of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (LNOBT) in Vilnius, where he conducted I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Bohème, Candide, Madama Butterfly, Anna Bolena, Don Carlo, La Juïve, Der Rosenkavalier, Rigoletto, Verdi’ s Requiem, Goyescas, Aida and Les Contes d’Hoffmann, as well as numerous operatic galas and symphonic concerts.
Quatrini is particularly committed to the rediscovery of rarely performed works, contributing to their revival also through recordings. Among these are Verdi’s Un giorno di regno, Vaccaj’s Giulietta e Romeo (Dynamic), Offenbach’s Coscoletto and Manfroce’s Ecuba, all presented at the Festival della Valle d’Itria; Mercadante’s Francesca da Rimini for the Japan Opera Foundation in Tokyo; and Donizetti’s Chiara e Serafina (Dynamic) at the Donizetti Opera Festival.
Recent engagements include concerts at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Rossini Opera Festival, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and appearances with Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Orchestra Haydn of Bolzano, and Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini of Parma. On the operatic stage he has conducted L’elisir d’amore at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and at Teatro Regio di Parma; Don Pasquale at Opernhaus Zürich and ABAO Bilbao Opera; Die Zauberflöte at Teatro Regio di Torino; Norma at La Monnaie in Brussels and in Parma, Modena and Piacenza; Il turco in Italia at Glyndebourne and Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa; La traviata at Royal Danish Opera; Le nozze di Figaro at ROH Muscat; Anna Bolena at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa; Rigoletto at Deutsche Oper Berlin; Madama Butterfly at Opéra de Lyon and La Fenice in Venice; both Verdi’s and Rossini’s Otello at Oper Frankfurt; Carmen at Staatsoper Hamburg; Nabucco at Oper Köln; Roméo et Juliette at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples; L’italiana in Algeri at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma; and Tancredi at Festival della Valle d’Itria.
In the 2025–2026 season he conducts Massenet’s Manon at Opernhaus Zürich,Verdi’s Requiem in Paris, new productions of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at Opéra de Lyon, Verdi’s Macbeth at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Puccini’s Turandot at Ópera de Las Palmas, and Verdi’s Rigoletto at Sydney Opera House. He also makes his debuts with Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, KlaipÄ—da Chamber Orchestra, and in the symphonic season of Teatro Carlo Felice.