Manno Wolf-Ferrari (5 September 1911 – 17 April 1994)[1] was an Italian conductor, nephew of composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari.

Manno Wolf-Ferrari
Born5 September 1911
Venice, Italy
Died17 April 1994(1994-04-17) (aged 82)
OccupationConductor (music)

He studied in Venice and Siena, and quickly established himself as a leading conductor of the Italian opera repertory, which he performed widely in Italy but also abroad, notably in Monte-Carlo, London, Madrid, Australia and New Zealand. In June 1949 while in Brisbane, Queensland, his wife, the soprano Rina Mariosa, gave birth to a son, whom they christened Giuseppe Brisbane Wolff-Ferrari.[2]

In 1951 he recorded the premiere recording of Cimarosa's opera Il matrimonio segreto with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and a cast headed by Alda Noni, Giulietta Simionato, Cesare Valletti and Sesto Bruscantini for Warner Fonit.

Sources

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  • Le guide de l'opéra, Roland Mancini & Jean-Jacques Rouveroux, (Fayard, 1996), ISBN 2-213-59567-4

References

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  1. ^ "Manno Wolf-Ferrari". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ The guest slept on