Franco Vittadini
Franco Vittadini (9 April 1884 in Pavia – 30 November 1948 in Pavia) was an Italian composer and conductor. Franco Vittadini was born in Pavia, he began his musical studies in 1903 at the Milan Conservatory, but left prematurely because of a disagreement with the director, Giuseppe Gallignani. For a short period he was maestro di cappella and organist in Varese, thereafter spending the rest of his life in Pavia, where he was the director of the Istituto Musicale from 1924 until his death.
Franco Vittadini
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- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
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- conductor · composer
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- opera
- Education
- Milan Conservatory
- Languages
- Italian
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His ballet Vecchia Milano (1928) was also very successful. Vittadini considered his opera Caracciolo (1938) to be his finest work, but his opera Fiammetta e l'avaro (1942 - 1951) was more successful at winning audiences. Vittadini received attention outside the theatre for his religious works. He wrote numerous masses and motets in a style very similar to that of Lorenzo Perosi. His oratorio L'agonia del Redentore (1933) is considered to be one of his finer works, and his religious drama Nazareth (1925) forms a bridge between his achievements within sacred compositions and dramatic works.
• Il mare di Tiberiade (1914) • Anima allegra (1918–19) • Nazareth (1925) • La Sagredo (1930) • Il natale di Gesù (1933) • Caracciolo (1938) • Fiammetta e l'avaro (1942)
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Franco Vittadini (9 April 1884 – 30 November 1948) is described as a composer and conductor in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Franco Vittadini was born on 9 April 1884; the birthplace is recorded as Pavia by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Pavie, Italie by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Franco Vittadini died on 30 November 1948; the place of death is recorded as Pavia by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Pavie, Italie by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The activity of Franco Vittadini is recorded for 1892.
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