Ivan Lopez-Reynoso

Ivan Lopez-Reynoso (born 19 April 1990 in Guanajuato, Mexico) is an opera and symphonic conductor, pianist, violinist and countertenor.

Early life
Lopez-Reynoso was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, to mechanical engineer Gustavo Lopez and computer engineer Guadalupe Reynoso. He studied violin, piano, choir conducting and he graduated summa cum laude in orchestra conducting.

Career
Lopez-Reynoso is the musical director of the Orchestra of Teatro Bellas Artes hosted at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. He started as assistant conductor at Opera de Bellas Artes, located at Palacio de Bellas Artes at the age of 20. He would later make his opera debut as opera conductor with The Marriage of Figaro.

A special relationship connects Lopez-Reynoso to the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) in Pesaro where he made his opera debut in 2014 with the opera Il viaggio a Reims, invited by Alberto Zedda. It then followed an invitation to conduct the concert with Ildar Abdrazakov. Lopez-Reynoso also conducted Damiano Michieletto's production of Rossini's opera La scala di seta on tour at the Royal Opera House Muscat.

He currently is Principal Guest Conductor of the Oviedo Filarmonia and was Associate Conductor of Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM (OFUNAM) in 2019 and 2020 in Mexico City. During the seasons 2017-18 and 2018-19 Lopez-Reynoso held the position of Erster Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Braunschweig where he collaborated with opera directors Jürgen Flimm, Andrea Moses and Brigitte Fassbaender among others.

Opera repertoire

 * Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani
 * Georges Bizet: Les pecheurs de perles
 * Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment
 * Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
 * Gaetano Donizetti: Viva la mamma
 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte ("The Magic Flute")
 * Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
 * Giacomo Puccini: La Bohéme
 * Giacomo Puccini: Madame Butterfly
 * Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
 * Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
 * Gioachino Rossini: La scala di seta
 * Gioachino Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
 * Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
 * Gioachino Rossini: Le comte Ory
 * Giuseppe Verdi: Aida
 * Dmitri Shostakovich: Moscow, Cheryomushki
 * Franz Lehár: Die lustige Witwe
 * Xavier Montsalvatge: El gato con botas