Vittorio Gui
Vittorio Gui (born September 14, 1885 in Rome , † October 16, 1975 in Fiesole near Florence ) was an Italian composer and conductor .
Gui was a conductor at various houses in northern Italy, and in 1925 he worked at the Turin Theater. Gui was very interested in opera excavations and thus helped a number of composers of the 19th century to return to the repertoire of the stage. From 1952 to 1963 he was musical director of the Glyndebourne Festival .
In addition, Gui also emerged as a composer with symphonic poems, the lyrical fable Fata Malerba (1923), songs and much more, in this respect he played a major role in the development of modern music in Italy.
Discography (selection)
- Vincenzo Bellini : Beatrice di Tenda , cast: Leyla Gencer , Oncina, Zanasi
- Bellini: Norma , cast: Maria Callas , Ebe Stignani , Joan Sutherland
- Bellini: Norma , cast: Cigna, Stignani, Breviario
- Arrigo Boito : Mefistofele , cast: Boris Christoff , Prandelli
- Richard Wagner : Parsifal , cast: Christoff, Callas.
- Luigi Cherubini : Medea , cast: Callas, Guichandut, Fedora Barbieri , Petri
- Christoph Willibald Gluck , Alceste , cast: Gencer, Picchi
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Le nozze di Figaro , cast: Sena Jurinac , Graziella Sciutti , Risë Stevens , Sesto Bruscantini
- WA Mozart: Die Zauberflöte , line-up: Mimi Coertse , Sena Jurinac, Juan Oncina, Alda Noni , Giuseppe Taddei , Boris Christoff
- Giacomo Puccini : La Bohème , cast: Rizzieri, Mario del Monaco
- Gioacchino Rossini , La Cenerentola , cast: Gabarain, Oncina, Bruscanti
- Rossini: L'occasione fa il ladro , cast: Rinaldi, Gaifa, Rai
- Rossini: Le comte Ory , cast: Roux, Sinclair, Oncina
- Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia , cast: Sesto Bruscantini, Victoria de los Angeles , Luigi Alva
- Giuseppe Verdi : Aida , cast: Franco Corelli , Antonietta Stella , Fedora Barbieri , Anselmo Colzani
- Verdi: Il trovatore , cast: Jussi Björling , Cigna, Basiola
- Verdi: Macbeth , cast: Varnay, Petroff, Tajo, Penno
- Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano , cast: Gencer, Limarilli
- Verdi: Nabucco , cast: Callas, Bechi, Sinimberghi, Neroni
- Verdi: Falstaff , cast: Evans
- Verdi: Un ballo in maschera , line-up: Ljuba Welitsch , Picchi, Noni
- Carl Maria von Weber : Oberon , cast: Cerquetti , Picchi, Munteanu
- Weber: Der Freischütz , cast: Christoff, Sena Jurinac
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gui, Vittorio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1975 |
| Place of death | Fiesole |