Former Music Director at Warsaw's Polish National Opera, Carlo Montanaro has appeared at Bayerische Staatsoper (La traviata, Aida, Tosca, L’elisir d’amore, Carmen), Paris Opera (Il barbiere di Siviglia, La traviata, Tosca), Seattle Opera (Don Quichotte, Attila, La bohème, Maria Stuarda, Nabucco, Il trovatore, Rigoletto, L'elisir d'amore, La traviata, Pagliacci), Hamburg State Opera (Aida, Manon Lescaut, Turandot, Macbeth, Falstaff, La fanciulla del West, La bohème), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (La bohème), ABAO Olbe (Les contes d'Hoffmann), Teatro di San Carlo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Oper Frankfurt (Mefistofele, Adriana Lecouvreur, Don Carlo, Simon Boccanegra, Tosca, Fedora), San Francisco Opera (Carmen, La bohème), La Scala (La traviata), Palm Beach Opera (Madama Butterfly, Norma), La Fenice (Roméo et Juliette), Graz Musikverein (Giovanna d’Arco), Dresden Semperoper (Carmen, Un ballo in maschera), Opera Australia (La bohème, Lucia di Lammermoor, La traviata, Werther, Ernani, La Juive, Madama Butterfly), Hungarian State Opera (Aida), New National Theatre Tokyo (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Korea National Opera (La bohème, Tosca). He has conducted symphony orchestras of Cincinnati, Atlanta, Seattle, Boston, Dallas, WDR Köln, Santa Cecilia, Fort Worth.
In the season 2024/25 he conducted Manon at Hamburg State Opera, Rigoletto at Santa Fe Opera, Madama Butterfly at Berlin State Opera, Turandot at Lyric Opera of Kansas City and in concert with the Hungarian National Philharmonic, La bohème at Israeli Opera, as well as an Italian Opera Gala at Klangvokal Festival in Dortmund.
Plans in the season 2025/26 include Aida at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Nabucco at Polish National Opera, La bohème at Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Werther at ABAO Olbe, Otello at Opéra du Capitole and Opera Las Palmas.
Carlo Montanaro was discovered by Zubin Mehta, who recommanded him to the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, where he improved his skills under Leopold Hager, Erwin Acél and Yugi Yuasa.
For the 2025/26–2028/29 music seasons Carlo Montanaro is Principal Guest Conductor of the Hungarian National Philharmonic.
