Among the most accomplished conductors of his generation, Valerio Galli made his debut in 2007 conducting Tosca at the Puccini Festival, immediately establishing himself in the late romantic and verismo repertoire. A graduate in piano and composition, he received the 42nd Puccini Prize and is considered a specialist of the composer of which he conducted Le Villi, Manon Lescaut, La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly (also in the Brescia 1904 version), La Rondine, La Fanciulla del West, Il Trittico and Turandot.
He has performed in the major Italian theatres (San Carlo in Napoli, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Regio in Parma, Carlo Felice in Genova, Filarmonico in Verona, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Massimo in Palermo, Comunale in Bologna, Municipale in Piacenza, OperaLombardia, Massimo in Catania) and on important international stages including Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Staatsoper in Stuttgart, Detroit Opera, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam (Mascagni's Rapsodia Satanica), Korea National Opera in Seoul, Staatsoper Hamburg and San Diego Opera. He has been Principal Conductor at the Opéra de Toulon.
Amongst other titles conducted include: Faust, Carmen and L’Heure espagnole; among Verdi's titles Attila, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Un Ballo in Maschera, Aida, La Forza del Destino, Don Carlo and many works from the verismo repertoire: Adriana Lecouvreur, Fedora, Cavalleria Rusticana, L'Amico Fritz, Zanetto, Sì, and Pagliacci.
He has recorded La Forza del Destino (CD) for Decca; on the Dynamic label were released the productions conducted at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino: Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Un Mari à la porte and Il Trittico. Also, Fedora (Dynamic, Teatro Carlo Felice Genova) and La Bohème (RaiCom, Festival Puccini) with Daniela Dessì, Carmen (ORF), and Tosca (Dynamic).
In the last season he conducted La Bohème in Macerata, Il Trovatore in Stuttgart, Messa di Requiem in Klagenfurt, AIDS Gala in Düsseldorf, Tosca in Berlin, Puccini Gala in Athens, Nabucco in Sanxay, Manon Lescaut in Torre del Lago, Falstaff in Hamburg.
Next engagements include: Nabucco for OperaLombardia, Le Villi in Nice, a new production of Turandot in Stuttgart, Tosca at Oper Im Steinburch, Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze in Cagliari, Don Carlos in Seoul.