German-Brazilian conductor and répétiteur André Callegaro joined the Jette Parker Artists Programme at the Royal Opera in the 2022/23 Season.  He was a member of the International Opera Studio of Bayerische Staatsoper from 2016-18 before he joined Mainfrankentheater Würzburg as Head of Music, where he conducted, among others, Hänsel und Gretel, Rigoletto and King Arthur. He became a vocal coach for the Opera Programme at Theaterakademie August Everding and Hochschule für Musik und Theater München in 2020. As assistant conductor and répétiteur he worked on Madama Butterfly at Oper Leipzig, an abridged Der fliegende Holländer for children at Bayreuther Festspiele and Fidelio at Landestheater Bregenz. In 2021/2022 he was assistant conductor and répétiteur at Bayerische Staatsoper on Il tabarro with Daniele Rustioni, at Theater an der Wien on La Wally with Andrés Orozco-Estrada and at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on Pique Dame with Kirill Petrenko. André made his conducting debut with The Royal Opera in Handel’s Arminio, conducting the Orchestra of the Early Opera Company.