to 2010, the music director and chief conductor of the company was Gianluigi Gelmetti. He was due to be succeeded in these posts by Riccardo Muti, as announced in August 2009, but Muti demurred, citing in La Repubblica in October 2010 "general difficulties that are plaguing the Italian opera houses". Later, Muti assumed a role similar to that of music director but without title. Notable productions under Muti have included Gluck's Iphigénie en Aulide (2009), Verdi's Nabucco (2011), Simon Boccanegra (2012) and Ernani (2013). Daniele Gatti first guest-conducted with the company during the 2016–2017 season. He returned for subsequent guest engagements in each of the following two seasons. In December 2018, the company announced the appointment of Gatti as its new music director, with immediate effect. Gatti is scheduled to stand down as the company's music director on 31 December 2021. In June 2021, the company announced the appointment of Michele Mariotti as its next music director, effective 1 November 2022, with an initial contract of 4 years. The name "Teatro Costanzi" remains officially in use, to refer to the main auditorium. Opera company's summer venue The outdoor theatre at the Baths of Caracalla, with the Roman ruins as the backdrop, is the venue for the opera company's summertime presentations in Rome. See also Eleonora Abbagnato Emma Carelli Daniele Gatti Guido Lauri Pietro Mascagni Riccardo Muti Paolo Petrocelli Marcello Piacentini Giacomo Puccini Attilia Radice Achille Sfondrini Tullio Serafin Roman Vlad References External links Photographs of the opera house, andreas-praefcke.de Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Google Cultural Institute Opera houses in Rome Music venues completed in 1880 1880 establishments in Italy Theatres completed in 1880 Rome R. XVIII Castro Pretorio