Alberto Zedda

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Alberto Zedda during rehearsals, 2010

Alberto Zedda (born January 2, 1928 in Milan , † March 6, 2017 in Pesaro ) was an Italian conductor and musicologist .

Life

Alberto Zedda studied music in his birthplace and music history at the University of Urbino . From 1961 to 1963 he was responsible for the Italian repertoire at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and from 1967 to 1969 at the New York City Opera . Since the development of the Rossini Opera Festival from 1980 to 1992 he was its artistic director. In the 1992/1993 season he was artistic director at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

He was a leading Rossini expert and taught music history at Urbino University. Together with Rodolfo Celletti he was musical director of the Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca . He was a member of the artistic advisory board of the Fondazione Rossini in Pesaro and honorary president of the German Rossini Society.

Between 1964 and 2000 he recorded several film compositions as a conductor for cinema and television films, for directors such as Marcello Baldi , Kristian Missirkov, Hans Hulscher and Pierre Cavassilas.

Awards

  • 1980: Premio Bacco dei Borbone, Festival della Valle d'Itria
  • 2014: Premio del Belcanto Rodolfo Celletti, Festival della Valle d'Itria

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the death of the conductor Alberto Zedda - A life for Rossini. In: BR-Klassik . ARD , March 7, 2017, accessed March 7, 2017 .
  2. ↑ In memory of Alberto Zedda. In: Deutsche Oper Berlin. March 2017, accessed December 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Zedda, Alberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian conductor and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan , Italy
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2017
Place of death Pesaro , Italy