as its next chief conductor, effective in September 2024. He is scheduled to hold the title of chief conductor-designate in the orchestra's 2023–2024 London season. He returned to the Metropolitan Opera in 2021 to conduct Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Awards and honours Pappano's awards and honours include Gramophone’s ‘Artist of the Year’ (2000), the 2003 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, the 2004 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award, and the Académie du Disque Lyrique’s Bruno Walter prize. On 17 January 2013 he received the Incorporated Society of Musicians' Distinguished Musician Award. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2015. Pappano was knighted in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to music. In 2012, he was made a Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Republic of Italy. Personal life Pappano is married to Pamela Bullock, an American vocal coach and they live in London. Recordings Pappano records regularly for Warner Classics. His recordings include: Harrison Birtwistle: The Minotaur Philippe Boesmans: Wintermärchen Jules Massenet: Manon, Werther Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico, La Bohème, La Rondine, Tosca, Madama Butterfly Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater, William Tell Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo, Il Trovatore, Messa da Requiem, Aida Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Hugo Wolf: Lieder, with tenor Ian Bostridge Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 & Cello Concerto Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No.2 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Piano Concerto No. 2, with Leif Ove Andsnes Television Pappano has presented for the BBC including: Pappano's Classical Voices, a four-part series exploring the great roles and the greatest singers of the last 100 years through the prism of the main classical voice types – soprano, tenor, mezzo-soprano, baritone and bass. Opera Italia (BBC, 2010) – a three-part series tracing the history of Italian opera. The first episode covers the beginnings of opera, from Monteverdi to Rossini, plus discussing Handel and Mozart who were pivotal in the development of the art form. The second episode examines six of Verdi's most famous works – Nabucco, Rigoletto, Don Carlo, Otello, Falstaff and La Traviata. The third episode covers five of Puccini's most popular operas – La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi and Turandot. References Sources Maeckelbergh, Lucrèce, Antonio Pappano: Con Passione. Snoeck, 2006. . External links IMG Artists page on Antonio Pappano Warner Classics page on Antonio Pappano Bruce Duffie, Interview with Antonio Pappano, 8 December 1996 1959 births Living people British