Conductor Riccardo Frizza has been a fixture in Italy's operatic scene while also appearing at such top international houses as the Paris Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He has conducted choral and symphonic music as well. Frizza began his career in his hometown with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Brescia, where he served as principal conductor from 1994 to 2000. In 2004, he made his recording debut with a performance of Bohuslav Martinu's Mirandolina with the Belarus National Philharmonic Orchestra. Frizza has led several recorded performances of unusual operas, including Donizetti's early Il Castello di Kenilworth in 2019. In 2023, he returned with a recording of Mascagni's L'amico Fritz.