Tullio Serafin
Tullio Serafin (born September 1, 1878 in Cavarzere , Veneto , Italy , † February 2, 1968 in Rome ) was an Italian conductor .
Life
He was trained on the viola in Milan and played this instrument in the Scala orchestra in Milan. After the change of Arturo Toscanini by New York Serafin took over the post of orchestra conductor in 1909 to 1914 and later from 1917 to 1918 and after the Second World War in the years 1946 to 1947. From 1924 he was also at the New York Metropolitan Opera active and from 1956 to 1958 for the Lyric Opera of Chicago .
Serafin has developed an extensive repertoire of 243 operas over the course of his long career, and in doing so also earned services to expand it (for example with Italian premieres of works by Alban Berg , Paul Dukas and Benjamin Britten ) and to rediscover operas by Rossini , Bellini and Donizetti . He also directed numerous world premieres, including a. The Emperor Jones (1933) by Louis Gruenberg , Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) by Franco Alfano , and Ecuba (1941) and Vergilii Aeneis (1958) by Gian Francesco Malipiero . He also made a name for himself as a promoter of talented singers and is considered the discoverer of Maria Callas .
He was married to the Polish opera singer Elena Rakowska (1876–1964).
literature
- JB Steane, Noël Goodwin: Serafin, Tullio. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Individual evidence
- ^ Günter Moseler: Serafin, Tullio. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 15 (Schoof - Stranz). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7618-1135-7 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- ↑ Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Unchanged edition. KG Saur, Bern, 1993, second volume M – Z, Sp. 2398, ISBN 3-907820-70-3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Serafin, Tullio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cavarzere , Veneto , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd February 1968 |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy |