Ettore Mazzoleni

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Ettore Mazzoleni (born June 18, 1905 in Brusio , † June 1, 1968 in Oak Ridges ) was a Canadian conductor and music teacher of Swiss origin.

Mazzoleni first studied mathematics, later composition at Oxford University and piano at the Royal College of Music . In 1929 he went to Toronto and taught music and English at the Upper Canadian College until 1945. In the year of his arrival he was already involved in the preparation of a performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams ' opera Hugh the Drover at the Toronto Conservatory of Music (TCM). From 1932 he taught music history and conducting at the TCM, and in 1934 he succeeded Donald Heins as conductor of the TCM symphony orchestra. From 1942 to 1948 he was also a guest conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra . He received Canadian citizenship in 1949.

From 1952 to 1966 Mazzoleni was director of the Royal Cons Opera School at the University of Toronto . As director of the Opera Festival of Toronto he conducted a. a. Die Fledermaus (1957 and 1964) and Hoffmanns Tales (1958) by Jacques Offenbach , The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini (1959) and One Night in Venice by Johann Strauss . He has conducted the world premieres of Healey Willan's operas Transit through Fire and Deirdre and Canadian premieres of works by Howard Hanson , Gustav Holst , Ralph Vaughan Williams, and George Butterworth . As a guest conductor he was a. a. with the CBC Symphony Orchestra , the Halifax Symphony Orchestra , the Hart House Orchestra , the Montreal Symphony Orchestra , the Pro Arte Orchestra , the Quebec Symphony Orchestra , the Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra , the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Victoria Symphony Orchestra . At CBC he led a series of concerts with harpsichordists Greta Kraus and Arnold Walter and conducted the North American premiere of Arthur Benjamin's A Tale of Two Cities as part of the CBC Wednesday Night series .

Mazzoleni's students at TCM included a. Louis Applebaum , Howard Cable , Victor Feldbrill , Robert Fleming , George Hurst , Franz Kraemer and Godfrey Ridout . His first marriage was to the pianist Winifred Mazzoleni , a sister of Ernest MacMillan , and his second marriage to the singer Joanne Ivey . Mazzoleni died in a traffic accident in 1968.

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SURNAME Mazzoleni, Ettore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian conductor and music educator
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Brusio
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1968
Place of death Oak ridges