Harry Bicket


British conductor Harry Bicket’s previous COC credits include Idomeneo and Rodelinda. Recent engagements include Hercules with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Orfeo ed Euridice with Minnesota Opera, concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and extensive concert and touring projects with the English Concert, of which he is the artistic director. He captured international attention in 1996 with Handel’s Theodora at Glyndebourne Festival, and returned in 1999 and 2003. Mr. Bicket made his U.S. operatic debut in 1997, and has since conducted Rinaldo with New York City Opera, Agrippina with Glimmerglass Opera and Giulio Cesare with Los Angeles Opera. In 2003 he made two debuts, one at Lyric Opera of Chicago conducting Partenope, the other at Royal Opera House Covent Garden conducting Orlando, for which he received an Olivier Award nomination for Best New Opera Production. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2004 with Rodelinda, returning for La clemenza di Tito and Giulio Cesare. Future engagements include return visits to Bordeaux Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Met.