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# **Pergolesi - La serva padrona, Cimarosa - Il maestro di cappella - Carlo Maria Giulini, Renato Fasano ** Pergolesi: La serva padrona Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Rosanna Carteri Teatro alla Scala, **Carlo Maria Giulini** Cimarosa:…

The last photo of Maestro Verdi 1900

𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎 𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐎 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐓 𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒, 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐒 Claudio Abbado belonged to a generation in which the great conductor was still frequently imagined as an absolute ruler: an imposing figure…

𝗦𝗜𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗦 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Sir Colin Davis was one of the most cultivated, humane and intellectually independent conductors of the second half of the twentieth century. He never cultivated the…

𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶, surrounded by his friends at his home in 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶, 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆. From left 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗮, 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗼, 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗹𝘇, the maestro 𝗠𝘂𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲 and his mistress; standing: Secretary of 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 and 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶. 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁𝗼,…

𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟭, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟰 – 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 The world of classical music says goodbye to 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀, one of the most distinctive, imaginative, and influential conductors of his generation. He…

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 never intended to be a conductor. He began as a violinist—gifted, gentle, and lyrical. In fact,…

𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐎 𝐓𝐎𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐎 𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐒 𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝟏𝟎 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟔 — 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐈𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐌𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐈. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰 Arturo Toscanini married Carla De Martini on…

𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐙 𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐘 (𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏–𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟐) 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐓, 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐳 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐲 (𝟏𝟒 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏 – 𝟐𝟖 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟐) was…

𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐞 There are opera conductors who serve repertory, and there are opera conductors who seem almost to stand…

𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟎–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟔) 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐈’𝐒 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — 𝐀 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐍 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢 was born on 27 April…

𝐒𝐈𝐑 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐈 (𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟗–𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟎): 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Sir John Barbirolli (1899–1970) was born Giovanni Battista Barbirolli in London on 2 December 1899 and died there on 29 July…

𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐙 𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐘 (𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏–𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟐) 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐓, 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐳 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐲 (𝟏𝟒 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏 – 𝟐𝟖 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟐) was…

𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐓 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟎–𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟕) 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐭 (𝟑 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟎 – 𝟕 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲…

𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐌 𝐕𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐎 (𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟕–𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟖) 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 — 𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨 (𝟐𝟕 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟕 –…

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐙 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐍’𝐒 𝐄𝐀𝐑 “There is a girl called Janowitz, Graz. Find her.” Back in Graz, she received a phone call summoning her to the Vienna State Opera. “It is…

𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐂𝐇 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐄𝐍: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐆𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐒 𝐀 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐈. 𝐁𝐎𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 — 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐒 (1846–1860s) 𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐡 was born on 23 November…

𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗜𝗡 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘀 (1896–1960) was indeed a crucial mentor figure for 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 (1918–1990), though their bond never followed the formal path of teacher and…

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