Manno Wolf-Ferrari

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Manno Wolf-Ferrari
Born5 September 1911
Venice, Italy
DiedApril 17, 1994(1994-04-17) (aged 82)
Occupation(s)Conductor (music)

Manno Wolf-Ferrari (5 September 1911 – 17 April 1994)[1] was an Italian conductor, nephew of composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari.

He studied in Venice and Siena, and quickly established himself as a leading conductor of the Italian opera repertory, which he performed widely in Italy but also abroad, notably in Monte-Carlo, London, Madrid, etc. He can be heard on disc in Il matrimonio segreto, with Alda Noni, Giulietta Simionato, Cesare Valletti, and Sesto Bruscantini and in I Lombardi alla prima crociata with Maria Vitale and Gustavo Gallo.

Sources

  • Le guide de l'opéra, Roland Mancini & Jean-Jacques Rouveroux, (Fayard, 1996), ISBN 2-213-59567-4

References

  1. ^ "Manno Wolf-Ferrari". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 13 March 2022.