Profile

Gender

Male

Born

1909-07-25 （Bergamo）

Died

1996-02-05 age 86

Nationality

Italy

Languages

Italian

Residence History

Bergamo → Milan

Career

Occupations

pianist, conductor (especially of opera), composer, musicologist

Active Years

1909-1996

Affiliations

La Scala

Awards & Nominations

Works

Legacy

Prominent Italian conductor, principal conductor at La Scala for nearly 50 years starting from 1948.

Trivia

• His last wife was soprano Denia Mazzola-Gavazzeni.
• At age 83 in 1993, he conducted Massenet's Esclarmonde at Teatro Massimo di Palermo, with his wife in the title role.