Christian Badea has received exceptional acclaim throughout his career, which encompasses prestigious engagements in the foremost concert halls and opera houses of Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.
At the Metropolitan Opera in New York Christian Badea conducted 167 performances in a wide variety of repertoire, including many of the MET international broadcasts.
Equally dividing his time between symphony and opera conducting, Christian Badea has appeared as a frequent guest in the major opera houses of the world.
Among the opera houses where Christian Badea has guest conducted, are the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House of Covent Garden in London, the Bayerische Staatsoper in München, the Staatsoper in Hamburg, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam, the Royal Opera theaters in Copenhagen and Stockholm, the Oslo Opera, the Teatro Regio in Torino and the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, the Opera National de Lyon and in North America – the opera companies of Houston, Dallas, Toronto, Montreal and Detroit.
In addition to 25 years of experience as artistic director and founder of two new international festivals, in USA and in Europe, Christian Badea was also guest of international festivals in Vienna, München, Paris, Verona, Florence, Hong Kong, Prague, Bucharest and Valencia.
In recent years, Christian Badea has… (click to see the full picture… and pictures)