Claudio Orazi was born in Macerata in 1959. He developed interest in theatre at very young age and first gained international recognition for his works as the artistic director of Teatro Lauro Rossi in Macerata, a position he held for over 20 years. While in Macerata, Orazi promoted quite a few special projects including a partnership with Giorgio Strehler and Piccolo Teatro di Milano. Since his first appointment as General Manager in 1992 – the youngest general manager ever in Italy – he has led some of the greatest opera houses in the country, such as Sferisterio in Macerata, Arena di Verona, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Teatro Lirico in Cagliari and currently Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, of wich he is also artistic director. During his artistic directorship at Teatro delle Muse in Ancona, he opened the theatrical season with the performance of a prayer blessing donated by Pope John Paul II and sung by Plácido Domingo. His leadership, wich combines utmost artistic flair with fines managerial skills, is rewarded by the audience and critics alike: Premio Abbiati, two Lyric Awards and a music critics’ award. Lecturer and speaker at some of Italy’s leading universities, he combines his commitment to public institutions with collaborations with private entities by masterminding cultural musical projects such as Armonie dello Spirito, wich have been published by Unitel Classica and Euroarts. His most recent international projects include A Bridge of Music. Itineraries of Italian Opera in America, about the genesis of Opera in USA through the figure of Lorenzo da Ponte. This project is organized in collaboration with Columbia University, San Patrick’s Old Cathedral and New York City Opera and it gave birth to a book by the same name which will be published shortly by Zecchini Editore. In 2017 he published The gaze reflection, New signs for outdoor opera theatre for the same publishing house.