jump to content jump to navigation

Ermanno Florio

Conductor Ermanno Florio has impressed both audiences and critics in the major centres of Europe, North America and Asia. A symphonic conductor with a deep understanding of the art of ballet, his career spans more than forty years, during which time he has served as music director of some of the world's most prestigious ballet companies, including the American Ballet Theatre, the Netherlands National Ballet, the Houston Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada. With an unwavering commitment to music for dance, he has established an international career as a leading figure in the field of ballet conducting.

He has led performances with ballet companies at many of the world’s most prestigious opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera House, Paris Opera, Vienna State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the New National Theatre in Tokyo. He has also appeared with many other renowned international ballet companies, including the New York City Ballet, the Swedish Royal Ballet, the Norwegian National Ballet, the Finnish National Ballet and the Ballet of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.

His extensive discography includes the award-winning performances of Don Quichotte with the orchestra of the Paris Opera which won the Cannes Classical Music Award for the Best DVD in the category of Concert and Ballet Recordings and Le Corsaire with the American Ballet Theatre which won an EMMY for Outstanding Classical Programme in the Performing Arts. Other recordings include La Sylphide with the Paris Opera Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Giselle and Cinderella with the Dutch National Ballet as well as Onegin, The Merry Widow, Alice, La Ronde with the National Ballet of Canada.

He has arranged music for Patrice Bart’s Tchaikovsky for the Finnish National Ballet, Das Flammende Herz for the Staatsballett Berlin, Gustaf III for the Royal Swedish Ballet and Empress Elizabeth of Austria – Sissi for the Croatian National Ballet, Stanton Welch’s Marie Antoinette and La Bayadère for the Houston Ballet, Christopher Wheeldonʼs Cinderella for the Dutch National Ballet, Robert de Warren’s A Midsummer Nightʼs Dream for the Teatro alla Scala Ballet and Asami Maki’s La Dame aux Camélias for the New National Theatre Ballet in Tokyo.

At Vienna State Opera, Ermanno Florio has conducted the ballets Don Quixote, Manon and the Nureyev Gala 2012.

Performances with Ermanno Florio

Saison 2025-26
Number of events listed below: 1
Wed
27 May
19:00—21:45
Kenneth MacMillan
Ballett Main Stage

with Alice McArthur, António Casalinho, Rinaldo Venuti, Margarita Fernandes, Conductor: Ermanno Florio

Manon

Cast on Wednesday 27. May 2026

Musikalische Leitung

Choreografie & Inszenierung

Kenneth MacMillan

Musik

Jules Massenet

neu orchestriert von

Martin Yates

Bühne & Kostüme

Peter Farmer

Einstudierung

Laura Morera
Ö1 U27
Abo 11

Ticket information

Ei­nen Wo­chen­tag und Lieb­lings­plät­ze wäh­len und fünf Vor­stel­lun­gen in ei­ner Sai­son ge­nie­ßen.

In die­sem Abo sind fol­gen­de Vor­stel­lun­gen ent­hal­ten:

01. Oktober 2025Il barbiere di Siviglia
03. Dezember 2025Věc Makropulos
11. März 2026Don Pasquale
08. April 2026Parsifal
27. Mai 2026Manon (Ballett)
23. September 2026La clemenza di Tito
18. November 2026Madama Butterfly
16. Dezember 2026Onegin
07. April 2027Manon Lescaut
05. Mai 2027Die tote Stadt
Tue
02 Jun
19:00—21:45
Kenneth MacMillan
Ballett Main Stage

with Madison Young, Alessandro Frola, Alessandro Cavallo, Rosa Pierro, Conductor: Ermanno Florio

Manon

Cast on Tuesday 2. June 2026

Musikalische Leitung

Choreografie & Inszenierung

Kenneth MacMillan

Musik

Jules Massenet

neu orchestriert von

Martin Yates

Bühne & Kostüme

Peter Farmer

Einstudierung

Laura Morera
Ö1 U27
Abo 1

Ticket information

Ei­nen Wo­chen­tag und Lieb­lings­plät­ze wäh­len und fünf Vor­stel­lun­gen in ei­ner Sai­son ge­nie­ßen.

In die­sem Abo sind fol­gen­de Vor­stel­lun­gen ent­hal­ten:

30. September 2025Fin de partie
30. Dezember 2025Fidelio
24. März 2026La Clemenza di Tito
21. April 2026Simon Boccanegra
02. Juni 2026Manon (Ballett)
06. Oktober 2026Eine florentinische Tragödie/Herzog Blaubarts Burg
03. November 2026L'Orfeo
29. Dezember 2026La Damnation de Faust
30. März 2027Visionary Dances
15. Juni 2027I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Tue
09 Jun
19:30—22:15
Kenneth MacMillan
Ballett Main Stage

with Elena Bottaro, Victor Caixeta, Duccio Tariello, Sinthia Liz, Conductor: Ermanno Florio

Manon

Cast on Tuesday 9. June 2026

Musikalische Leitung

Choreografie & Inszenierung

Kenneth MacMillan

Musik

Jules Massenet

neu orchestriert von

Martin Yates

Bühne & Kostüme

Peter Farmer

Einstudierung

Laura Morera
Ö1 U27
Ballettzyklus »Titelheldinnen«

Ticket information

Be­rühm­te Frau­en, star­ke Fi­gu­ren, tra­gi­sche Schick­sa­le. Be­glei­ten Sie un­se­re Ti­tel­hel­din­nen auf ih­ren Rei­sen und se­hen Sie vier Bal­let­te, in de­nen au­ßer­ge­wöhn­li­che Frau­en­char­ak­tere im Mit­tel­punkt ste­hen.

Alle Termine dieses Zyklus

Mehr über Zyklen

Sat
20 Jun
19:00—21:45
Kenneth MacMillan
Ballett Main Stage

with Laura Fernandez Gromova, Kentaro Mitsumori, Giorgio Fourés, Chiara Uderzo, Conductor: Ermanno Florio

Manon

Cast on Saturday 20. June 2026

Musikalische Leitung

Choreografie & Inszenierung

Kenneth MacMillan

Musik

Jules Massenet

neu orchestriert von

Martin Yates

Bühne & Kostüme

Peter Farmer

Einstudierung

Laura Morera
Ö1 U27
Sun
21 Jun
11:00—13:45
Kenneth MacMillan
Ballett Main Stage

with Elena Bottaro, Victor Caixeta, Davide Dato, Ioanna Avraam, Conductor: Ermanno Florio

Manon

Cast on Sunday 21. June 2026

Des Grieux

Lescauts Geliebte

Musikalische Leitung

Choreografie & Inszenierung

Kenneth MacMillan

Musik

Jules Massenet

neu orchestriert von

Martin Yates

Bühne & Kostüme

Peter Farmer

Einstudierung

Laura Morera
Ö1 U27

Dear visitor,

We want to improve our website and your online Opera experience. Thus we invite you to participate in a short anonymous survey.
Thank you for your time and feedback!
Best regards,
The Team of the Vienna State Opera