Giuliano Carella got his degree in conducting at the "Giuseppe Verdi" Conservatory in Milan, in composition at the "Cesare Pollini" Conservatory in Padova and he was awarded a honorary merit degree at the Accademia Chigiana di Siena, where he specialized under Franco Ferrara.
          He conducted repeatedly at the Bayerische Staasoper in Munich, Berliner Staatsoper, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Opéra Comique in Paris, Opéra de Marseille, Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg, Teatro de la Zarzuela and Teatro Real in Madrid, Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Sao Carlos in Lisbon, Opéra de Montecarlo, Opera North in Leeds, New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit, New National Theatre in Tokyo, Opéra de Wallonie in Liège, Opéra de Toulon, as well as, among others, Arena di Verona, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Martina Franca Festival, Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago and at Belcanto Festival in Dordrecht.
          He conducts regularly a wide repertoire raging from Giovanni Paisiello to Lorenzo Ferrero and which includes all the most important works in the Italian operatic theatre.
          Next to the operatic repertoire, particularly important is his symphonic activity leading some of the most prestigious orchestras in some of the greatest concert halls such as Paris’ Salle Pleyel, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall or Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw.
          He has recorded several complete operas, among which we remember the ones recommended by the critics, like the autograph version of Sonnambula (Premio Musica e dischi) and Ernani’s critical edition (Diapason prize) recorded for Nuova Era, Pacini’s L'ultimo giorno di Pompei (Le Timbre de Platine) for Dynamic, as well as a number of recitals for Teldec and Erato leading the English Chamber Orchestra with Sumi Jo and Jennifer Larmore (Grammy Award Nomination 1999). For Opera Rara he has recorded Rossini’s Elisabetta regina d’Inghilterra with Jennifer Larmore, Donizetti’s Il diluvio universale, an highlights cd of Meyerbeer’s L’esule di Granata with the London Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Rossini’s Adelaide di Borgogna, live from the Edinburgh Festival.
          Among his most recent engagements: Lucrezia Borgia in Montecarlo, Madama Butterfly in Parma, La finta semplice at La Fenice in Venice, Un Giorno di Regno in Nancy, Turandot and Norma in Barcelona (both recorded on dvd by TDK), Adelaide di Borgogna at the Edinburgh International Festival and Donizetti’s Il Diluvio universale at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London for Opera Rara, Andrea Chenier, Macbeth and Poliuto at the Amsterdam Konzertgebouw, Norma at the Berliner Staatsoper, Lucia di Lammermoor in Strasbourg, Cenerentola at the Grand Théâtre de Geneve, Cyrano de Bergerac with Roberto Alagna in Montecarlo, La Traviata at the Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit and at the Japan Opera Foundation, Tosca at the Arena di Verona.
          His future engagements include: Romeo et Juliette and La Wally for Vara Radio at the Amsterdam Konzertgebouw, Falstaff at the Opéra du Rhin in Strasburg, La Traviata and Anna Bolena in Frankfurt, Tosca and La Bohéme in Detroit, Turandot at the Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, Norma and Rigoletto in Montecarlo, the new production of I Puritani at the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam, Attila and Cavalleria rusticana and I Pagliacci in Marseille, Nozze di Figaro, Don Pasquale, Simon Boccanegra, Thais, Falstaff, Carmen at the Opéra de Toulon.
          Giuliano Carella is President of I Solisti Veneti since 1990.