Vittorio Gui

(b Rome, 14 Sept 1885; d Florence, 17 Oct 1975). Italian conductor. After study in Rome he made his début there in 1907 with La Gioconda. He conducted at La Scala from 1923 and in 1928 formed the Orchestra Stabile of Florence, later to develop as the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.He conducted at Salzburg from 1933 and Covent Garden from 1938. In Florence and at Glyndebourne (1952-64) he conducted operas by Mozart and Verdi, but he was distinguished above all as an interpreter of Rossini. Among his compositions are two operas.

Vittorio Gui (born 14 September 1885 in Rome; died 16 October 1975 in Florence) was an Italian conductor and composer.

In 1933 Bruno Walter invited him to be guest conductor at the Salzburg Festival.

His 1949 recording of Verdi's opera Un ballo in maschera has been reissued on CD, as has his 1950 performance of Wagner's Parsifal with Maria Callas. His superb 1962 Abbey Road Studio-1 stereo recording by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) has been released on the Great Recordings of the Century by EMI (5 67765 2). There is also a brilliantly lively recording of Le Nozze di Figaro from Glyndebourne on EMI Classics (Gemini), with the superb Sena Jurinac as Contessa. In 1954 he conducted Agnese di Hohenstaufen di Spontini in 1954 at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with Franco Corelli, Lucilla Udovich and Giangiacomo Guelfi^[1]

External links

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Preceded by Fritz Busch

Musical Directors, Glyndebourne Opera Festival 1951–1963

Succeeded by John Pritchard

References

1. ^ http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Drilldown;jsessionid=A1E591AD64D0915C718AE67DBB49B311?name_id1=51476&name_role1=2&bcorder=2&name_id=11481&name_role=1

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