Speranza Scappucci will serve as the principal guest conductor at the Royal Opera.

Starting with the 2025–26 season, Speranza Scappucci will take on the role of principal guest conductor at the Royal Opera in London.

The business revealed her appointment on Monday.

The Italian singer, age 50, made her debut at the Royal Opera last year in Verdi's "Attila." She is a graduate of the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and the Juilliard School in New York. Since Daniele Gatti, who conducte....