Iván López Reynoso (born 19 April 1990) is a Mexican opera and symphonic conductor, pianist, violinist and countertenor.
Early life
López Reynoso was born in 1990 in Guanajuato, Mexico, to mechanical engineer Gustavo López and computer engineer Guadalupe Reynoso. He studied violin, piano, choir conducting and he graduated summa cum laude in orchestra conducting.
Career López Reynoso is the musical director of the Orchestra of Teatro Bellas Artes hosted at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. He started as assistant conductor at Opera de Bellas Artes, located at Palacio de Bellas Artes at the age of 20. He would later make his opera debut as opera conductor with The Marriage of Figaro.
A special relationship connects López Reynoso to the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) in Pesaro where he made his opera debut in 2014 with the opera Il viaggio a Reims, invited by Alberto Zedda. It then followed an invitation to conduct the concert with Ildar Abdrazakov. López Reynoso also conducted Damiano Michieletto's production of Rossini's opera La scala di seta on tour at the Royal Opera House Muscat.
He currently is Principal Guest Conductor of the Oviedo Filarmonia and was Associate Conductor of Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM (OFUNAM) in 2019 and 2020 in Mexico City. During the seasons 2017-18 and 2018-19 López Reynoso held the position of Erster Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Braunschweig where he collaborated with opera directors Jürgen Flimm, Andrea Moses and Brigitte Fassbaender among others.
Opera repertoire Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani Georges Bizet: Les pecheurs de perles Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore Gaetano Donizetti: Viva la mamma Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte ("The Magic Flute") Giacomo Puccini: Tosca Giacomo Puccini: La Bohéme Giacomo Puccini: Madame Butterfly Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia Gioachino Rossini: La scala di seta Gioachino Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola Gioachino Rossini: Le comte Ory Giuseppe Verdi: Aida Dmitri Shostakovich: Moscow, Cheryomushki Franz Lehár: Die lustige Witwe Xavier Montsalvatge: El gato con botas
Chronology YearWorkPlace2014Il viaggio a ReimsTeatro Rossini: Rossini Opera Festival: Pesaro, Italy2014Die ZauberflöteOpera de Bellas Artes: Mexico City2014AtzimbaOpera de Bellas Artes: Mexico City2015Viva la mamma: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatraliOpera de Bellas Artes: Mexico City2015L'elisir d'amoreCentro Cultural Universitario de la Universidad Nacional: Mexico City2016Il viaggio a ReimsOpera de Bellas Artes: Mexico City2017Hansel and GretelStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2017ToscaStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2017WertherStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2017Don CarloStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2017Concert Ildar AbdrazakovTeatro Rossini: Rossini Opera Festival: Pesaro, Italy2017RigolettoStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2018Die lustige WitweStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2018La BohemeStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany 2018Der fliegende HolländerStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2018Il turco in ItaliaTeatro Campoamor: Oviedo, Spain2018CarmenStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2018CheryomushkiStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2018La clemenza di TitoStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2018La porta della leggeStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2018Die sieben TodsündenStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2019Il barbiere di SivigliaGran Teatro Nacional de Lima: Peru2019La scala di setaRoyal Opera House Muscat: Oman2019The turn of the screwStaatstheater Braunschweig: Germany2020Così fan tutteTeatro de la Maestranza: Seville, Spain2020I puritaniTeatro Campoamor: Oviedo, Spain2020La fille du régimentOpera de Bellas Artes: Mexico City2021Concert with Javier CamarenaTeatro Real: Madrid 2021La vida breveTeatro Campoamor: Oviedo, Spain2021La TempranicaTeatro Campoamor: Oviedo, Spain
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External links
Iván López-Reynoso, on Operabase