| Music Encyclopedia: Fernando Previtali |
(b Adria, 16 Feb 1907; d Rome, 1 Aug 1985). Italian conductor and composer. After study at the Turin Conservatory he became associated with Gui, assisting him in establishing the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.He conducted modern music with the Rome Radio SO and took the S Cecilia Orchestra on many foreign tours. He also appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra and has held appointments in opera houses in Turin, Genoa and Naples.
| Wikipedia: Fernando Previtali |
Fernando Previtali (16 February 1907 Adria, Italy – 1 August 1985, Rome, Italy) was an Italian conductor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, especially Verdi operas.
He studied at the Music Coservatory in Turin, and later with Franco Alfano. He began his career as assistant conductor to Vittorio Gui in Florence from 1928 to 1935, and later in Genoa from 1935 to 1936.
He was artistic director of the Radio Italiana (RAI) Orchestra from 1936 until 1953, and conducted the Verdi cycle in 1951, to commemorate the composer's 50th death anniversary, and left recordings of Nabucco, Ernani, La battaglia di Legnano, Il trovatore, and Don Carlo. He also conducted at all the major opera houses of Italy, and was principal conductor at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in the 1960s. He was appointed artistic director of the Teatro Regio in Turin in 1970, and later of the Teatro Comunale in Genoa.
He conducted the first performances of Dallapiccola's Volo di notte and Ghedini's Rè Hassan and Le Baccanti.
His students included the British conductor Meredith Davies.
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