He began his career with a production of Hansel and Gretel, in a children's show that toured extensively in Italy.
He was subsequently invited to conduct rarities at the Martina Franca Festival, including Donizetti's Gianni di Parigi, Rossini's Aureliano in Palmira and Bellini's Zaira.
He has since been engaged on numerous occasions by the Opéra, to extremely positive reviews (2013/14: Bellini's I Capuleti ed i Montecchi; 2014/15: Rossini's Le Barbier de Séville; Massenet's Werther; 2016/17: Bizet's Carmen;[6] 2018/19: Elisir d'amore; La Traviata; 2019/20: Madame Butterfly; 2021/22: Rigoletto;[7] 2023/24: La Traviata).
He has also conducted at the Chorégies d'Orange,[8] Théâtre des Champs Elysées and Philharmonie de Paris.
He is a constant presence at major opera houses such as London's Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Traviata, Don Pasquale), the Wiener Staatsoper (Traviata, Tosca, Anna Bolena, Werther, Barbiere, Cenerentola), Munich State Opera (Cenerentola, Favorite), Moscow Bolshoi (Ballo in maschera, Don Carlo, Tosca), Barcelona Liceu (Tosca, Viaggio a Reims, Lucia), Seville Teatro Maestranza (Cenerentola), and Naples Teatro San Carlo (Puritans, concerts).