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Italian conductor.

Maurizio Benini has conducted at many of the world's greatest opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, New York (Don Pasquale, Roberto Devereux, Le Comte Ory, L'elisir d'amore); Paris Opéra (Lucia di Lammermoor); Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse (Don Carlos); Vienna State Opera; Royal Opera (La traviata, Nabucco, Faust, Les Vêpres siciliennes); Liceu, Barcelona (Maria Stuarda); Teatro Real, Madrid; Seville (Norma); Lyric Opera of Chicago; La Fenice, Venice; La Scala, Milan; Teatro di San Carlo, Naples; Amsterdam (Il trovatore); and Bavarian State Opera, Munich (Il turco in Italia).

Festivals at which he has appeared include Wexford, Pesaro, Glyndebourne and Edinburgh (Zelmira, La donna del lago).

His recordings include operas by Rossini, Mercadante, Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini.