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'''Nicola Rescigno''' (May 28, 1916 |
'''Nicola Rescigno''' (May 28, 1916 – August 4, 2008) was an [[Italy|Italian]]-[[United States|American]] [[conductor (music)|conductor]], particularly associated with the Italian [[opera]] repertory. ''[[Opera News]]'' said that "Rescigno was a seminal figure in the history of opera in America, a maestro and mentor who shaped the destiny and reputation of two major U.S. companies — [[Lyric Opera of Chicago]] and [[Dallas Opera]] — as well as countless singing and conducting careers. Vigorous musical integrity, idiomatic style and unfailing support of his singers were the hallmarks of his performances throughout his distinguished career, which lasted more than fifty years."<ref name="opera">{{cite news| url=http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2008/8/News/Nicola_Rescigno,_92,_Conductor_and_Co-Founder_of_Lyric_Opera_of_Chicago_and_Dallas_Opera,_has_Died.html| title=Nicola Rescigno, 92, Conductor and Co-Founder of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Dallas Opera, has Died| work=[[Opera News]]| date=October 2008| volume=73| issue=4| accessdate=June 18, 2009| archive-date=November 21, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121233200/https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2008/8/News/Nicola_Rescigno,_92,_Conductor_and_Co-Founder_of_Lyric_Opera_of_Chicago_and_Dallas_Opera,_has_Died.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Born into a musical family in [[New York City]], he studied with [[Pizzetti]], Giannini and Polacco. He made his debut in 1943, conducting ''[[La traviata]]'', at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] for [[Alfredo Salmaggi]]'s opera company. He then toured the [[United States]] with the [[San Carlo Opera Company]] |
Born into a musical family in [[New York City]], he studied with [[Ildebrando Pizzetti|Pizzetti]], Giannini and Polacco. He made his debut in 1943, conducting ''[[La traviata]]'', at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] for [[Alfredo Salmaggi]]'s opera company. He then toured the [[United States]] with the [[San Carlo Opera Company]], serving as the company's music director from 1944-1947. He then took music director posts with the [[Connecticut Opera]] and [[Havana Opera]]. He made his conducting debut with the [[San Francisco Opera]] in 1950 conducting [[Lily Pons]] in ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'' and [[Dorothy Kirsten]] in ''[[Madama Butterfly]]''.<ref name="opera"/> |
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In 1953, Rescigno co-founded the [[Lyric Opera of Chicago]] with singer [[Carol Fox]] and businessman [[Lawrence V. Kelly]], serving as the company's artistic director and principal conductor from 1954 to 1956. For the company's |
In 1953, Rescigno co-founded the [[Lyric Opera of Chicago]] with businesswoman and amateur singer [[Carol Fox (Chicago opera)|Carol Fox]] and businessman [[Lawrence V. Kelly]], serving as the company's artistic director and principal conductor from 1954 to 1956. For the company's inaugural performance he conducted [[Maria Callas]] in her American debut in the title role of [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]]'s ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]''. He went on to collaborate with the famous soprano several more times, including conducting her only stage appearances as Cio-Cio-San (Chicago, 1955) and her 1959 [[Carnegie Hall]] concert of ''[[Il pirata]]''.<ref name="opera"/> |
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In 1957, Rescigno co-founded the [[Dallas Opera]] with Kelly after the two left Chicago following a dispute with the Lyric board. He served as artistic director and principal conductor of the Dallas Opera from 1957 to 1990. While there he conducted the U.S. debuts of such singers as [[Teresa Berganza]], [[Montserrat Caballé]], [[Plácido Domingo]], [[Gwyneth Jones (soprano)|Gwyneth Jones]], [[Magda Olivero]], Dame [[Joan Sutherland]], [[Jon Vickers]], and stage director [[Franco Zeffirelli]]. He also worked with [[Maria Callas|Callas]] in [[Dallas]]. He presented there the American premieres of [[Handel]]'s ''[[Alcina]]'' and [[Vivaldi]]'s ''[[Orlando furioso (Vivaldi)|Orlando furioso]]'', the latter of which starred [[Marilyn Horne]] and was the first Vivaldi opera |
In 1957, Rescigno co-founded the [[Dallas Opera]] with Kelly after the two left Chicago following a dispute with the Lyric board. He served as artistic director and principal conductor of the Dallas Opera from 1957 to 1990. While there he conducted the U.S. debuts of such singers as [[Teresa Berganza]], [[Montserrat Caballé]], [[Plácido Domingo]], Dame [[Gwyneth Jones (soprano)|Gwyneth Jones]], [[Magda Olivero]], Dame [[Joan Sutherland]], [[Jon Vickers]], and stage director [[Franco Zeffirelli]]. He also worked with [[Maria Callas|Callas]] in [[Dallas]]. He presented there the American premieres of [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]'s ''[[Alcina]]'' and [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]]'s ''[[Orlando furioso (Vivaldi)|Orlando furioso]]'', the latter of which starred [[Marilyn Horne]] and was the first Vivaldi opera ever to be mounted in the United States. He also conducted the world premieres of [[Virgil Thomson]]'s ''Fantasy in Homage to an Earlier England'' (1966) and [[Dominick Argento]]'s ''[[The Aspern Papers (opera)]]'' (1988).<ref name="opera"/> |
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He made his debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in 1978, conducting ''[[Don Pasquale]]'' (with [[Beverly Sills]], in [[John Dexter]]'s production), followed by ''L'elisir d'amore'' (1980), ''L'italiana in Algeri'' (with [[Marilyn Horne]] and [[Rockwell Blake]], |
He made his debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in 1978, conducting ''[[Don Pasquale]]'' (with [[Beverly Sills]], in [[John Dexter]]'s production), followed by ''L'elisir d'amore'' (1980), ''L'italiana in Algeri'' (with [[Marilyn Horne]] and [[Rockwell Blake]], 1981), and ''La traviata'' (1981–1982). He conducted at most of the major opera houses of Italy, and made guest appearances at [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera]], [[Royal Opera, London|Royal Opera]] at [[Covent Garden]], [[Opéra National de Paris]], [[Vienna State Opera]], [[Zurich Opera]], and the [[Teatro Colón]] among other theaters. |
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His close association with Maria Callas, having been one of her favourite conductors, resulted in several album recordings of operatic arias made for [[EMI]], from 1958 to 1969. He also recorded an album of Verdi arias with [[Robert Weede]] (in 1953), excerpts from ''Francesca da Rimini'' (with [[Mario |
His close association with Maria Callas, having been one of her favourite conductors, resulted in several album recordings of operatic arias made for [[EMI]], from 1958 to 1969. He also recorded an album of Verdi arias with [[Robert Weede]] (in 1953), excerpts from ''Francesca da Rimini'' (with [[Mario Del Monaco]] and Magda Olivero, 1969), and complete sets of ''Tosca'' (with [[Mirella Freni]], 1978) and ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' (with [[Edita Gruberová]], 1983). Also available, on DVD, are a 1959 concert from [[Hamburg]] with Callas, and a 1981 performance of ''L'elisir d'amore'' from the Met, with [[Judith Blegen]] and [[Luciano Pavarotti]]. |
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⚫ | Nicola Rescigno was the uncle of conductor [[Joseph Rescigno]]. He died at the age of 92 in a hospital in [[Viterbo]], [[Italy]], while awaiting surgery on his broken [[femur]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/arts/music/06rescigno.html?ref=obituaries "Nicola Rescigno, Who Helped Found Opera Companies in Chicago and Dallas, Dies at 92".] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> He was survived by his long-term companion Aldo Marcoaldi. |
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He was the uncle of the conductor [[Joseph Rescigno]]. |
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⚫ | He died at the age of 92 in a hospital in [[Viterbo]], [[Italy]], while awaiting surgery on his broken [[femur]].<ref>[ |
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*''Grove Music Online'', Cori Ellison, June 2008. |
*''Grove Music Online'', Cori Ellison, June 2008. |
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*[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7D91F3CF930A25752C0A966958260 The New York Times] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDQkgjzky44 YouTube: Nicola Rescigno conducting an excerpt from ''Il pirata'', with Maria Callas (1959)] |
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*[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/080508glrescignoobit.364d7bc.html Obituary] |
*[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/080508glrescignoobit.364d7bc.html Obituary] |
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/Nicola_Rescigno.jpg/200px-Nicola_Rescigno.jpg)
Nicola Rescigno (May 28, 1916 – August 4, 2008) was an Italian-American conductor, particularly associated with the Italian opera repertory. Opera News said that "Rescigno was a seminal figure in the history of opera in America, a maestro and mentor who shaped the destiny and reputation of two major U.S. companies — Lyric Opera of Chicago and Dallas Opera — as well as countless singing and conducting careers. Vigorous musical integrity, idiomatic style and unfailing support of his singers were the hallmarks of his performances throughout his distinguished career, which lasted more than fifty years."[1]
Biography
[edit]Born into a musical family in New York City, he studied with Pizzetti, Giannini and Polacco. He made his debut in 1943, conducting La traviata, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for Alfredo Salmaggi's opera company. He then toured the United States with the San Carlo Opera Company, serving as the company's music director from 1944-1947. He then took music director posts with the Connecticut Opera and Havana Opera. He made his conducting debut with the San Francisco Opera in 1950 conducting Lily Pons in The Barber of Seville and Dorothy Kirsten in Madama Butterfly.[1]
In 1953, Rescigno co-founded the Lyric Opera of Chicago with businesswoman and amateur singer Carol Fox and businessman Lawrence V. Kelly, serving as the company's artistic director and principal conductor from 1954 to 1956. For the company's inaugural performance he conducted Maria Callas in her American debut in the title role of Bellini's Norma. He went on to collaborate with the famous soprano several more times, including conducting her only stage appearances as Cio-Cio-San (Chicago, 1955) and her 1959 Carnegie Hall concert of Il pirata.[1]
In 1957, Rescigno co-founded the Dallas Opera with Kelly after the two left Chicago following a dispute with the Lyric board. He served as artistic director and principal conductor of the Dallas Opera from 1957 to 1990. While there he conducted the U.S. debuts of such singers as Teresa Berganza, Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Magda Olivero, Dame Joan Sutherland, Jon Vickers, and stage director Franco Zeffirelli. He also worked with Callas in Dallas. He presented there the American premieres of Handel's Alcina and Vivaldi's Orlando furioso, the latter of which starred Marilyn Horne and was the first Vivaldi opera ever to be mounted in the United States. He also conducted the world premieres of Virgil Thomson's Fantasy in Homage to an Earlier England (1966) and Dominick Argento's The Aspern Papers (opera) (1988).[1]
He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1978, conducting Don Pasquale (with Beverly Sills, in John Dexter's production), followed by L'elisir d'amore (1980), L'italiana in Algeri (with Marilyn Horne and Rockwell Blake, 1981), and La traviata (1981–1982). He conducted at most of the major opera houses of Italy, and made guest appearances at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Royal Opera at Covent Garden, Opéra National de Paris, Vienna State Opera, Zurich Opera, and the Teatro Colón among other theaters.
His close association with Maria Callas, having been one of her favourite conductors, resulted in several album recordings of operatic arias made for EMI, from 1958 to 1969. He also recorded an album of Verdi arias with Robert Weede (in 1953), excerpts from Francesca da Rimini (with Mario Del Monaco and Magda Olivero, 1969), and complete sets of Tosca (with Mirella Freni, 1978) and Lucia di Lammermoor (with Edita Gruberová, 1983). Also available, on DVD, are a 1959 concert from Hamburg with Callas, and a 1981 performance of L'elisir d'amore from the Met, with Judith Blegen and Luciano Pavarotti.
Nicola Rescigno was the uncle of conductor Joseph Rescigno. He died at the age of 92 in a hospital in Viterbo, Italy, while awaiting surgery on his broken femur.[2] He was survived by his long-term companion Aldo Marcoaldi.
Sources
[edit]- Grove Music Online, Cori Ellison, June 2008.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Nicola Rescigno, 92, Conductor and Co-Founder of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Dallas Opera, has Died". Opera News. Vol. 73, no. 4. October 2008. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
- ^ "Nicola Rescigno, Who Helped Found Opera Companies in Chicago and Dallas, Dies at 92". The New York Times.