Marco Armiliato studied piano at the Paganini-Conservatoire in his hometown of Genova. In the 90s, he became intensely active in the big opera houses of the world. At the New York Met, he conducted Il trovatore, La BohĂšme, Stiffelio, Madama Butterfly, Sly, Aida, Turandot, La Fille du RĂ©Âgiment and Rigoletto, and at the San Francisco Opera La BohĂšme, Madama Butterfly, Turandot, La traviata, Tosca, Aida and CaÂvalleria rusticana. At the Wiener Staatsoper, where he made his debut in 1996 with Andrea ChĂ©nier, he has conducted among others, Il barbiere di Siviglia, La BohĂšme, Carmen, Cavalleria rusticana, Don Carlo, Lâelisir dâamore, Falstaff, La forza del deÂstino, Lucia di Lammermoor, Manon, Manon Lescaut, Pagliacci, Simon Boccanegra, Stiffelio, Tosca, La traviata, Turandot and Werther. He received further engagements at the opera houses of Barcelona, Madrid, Zurich, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Turin, Rome, at the Deutsche Opera Berlin, the Bavarian State Opera, at the ROH Covent Garden, at the Théùtre du ChĂątelet and OpĂ©ra Bastille in Paris, at the Hamburg State Opera and Verona. He is also internationally successful as a concert conductor.