Victor de Sabata
Victor de Sabata (born April 10, 1892 in Trieste , Austria-Hungary , † December 11, 1967 in Santa Margherita Ligure ) was an Italian conductor and composer .
He studied in Milan and first conducted in Monte Carlo , where on March 21, 1925, he directed the world premiere of Maurice Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges . From 1927 to 1957 he was chief conductor of La Scala in Milan , but during that time also gave guest conductors throughout Europe. In contrast to his competitor Arturo Toscanini , he also conducted in Nazi Germany , where, among other things, he was highly respected as a Wagner conductor. Today's music lover knows the conductor de Sabata mainly for his recordings of Tosca and the Messa da Requiem produced by Walter Legge ; the composer de Sabata, on the other hand, is as good as forgotten. His opera Il macigno premiered at La Scala in Milan in 1917, but the score was lost during the Second World War.
De Sabata was seen by many contemporaries as more sober and profound as a conductor than Toscanini, an opinion that was also represented by Sergiu Celibidache (who often saw the conductor in Berlin in the 1930s and 1940s).
Web links
- Piero Rattalino: De Sabata, Victor. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Raoul Meloncelli: DE SABATA, Victor. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI).
- Victor de Sabata in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Victor de Sabata at Allmusic (English)
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| SURNAME | De Sabata, Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trieste |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1967 |
| Place of death | Santa Margherita Ligure |