
Claudio Abbado
Acting
Born: June 26, 1933
Milano, Italy
Biography
Claudio Abbado was an Italian conductor. He served at various times as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, founder and director of Lucerne Festival Orchestra, music director of European Union Youth Orchestra, and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra.
Known For

Great Performances
January 28, 1971

La Cenerentola
January 01, 1981

imagine…
June 11, 2003

In Search of Beethoven
April 17, 2009

Il Barbiere di Siviglia
January 01, 1973

Le Grand Échiquier
January 12, 1972

Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
December 26, 1993

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
July 12, 2013

Khovanshchina
January 03, 1989

Conducting Mahler
June 06, 2002

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival
December 01, 2008

Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony
November 01, 2009