R.I.P. 〓 Italian baritone singer Claudio Desderi

2018/07/02

Italian baritone singer Claudio Desderi died in Florence on June 30. He was 75 years old. Father is composer Ettore Desderi (1892 – 1974). In 1969 he debuted as an opera at the Edinburgh International Festival’s Rossini “Il signor Bruschino” Gaudenzio. He has a wide repertoire from Monteverdi to Nono and he has a tasteful performance and singing in the opera buffa works of Mozart and Rossini. He also appeared in music festivals such as Salzburg, Proms, Glyndebourne. After that, he served as Artistic Director (1991 – 1998) at the Verdi Theater in Pisa, and Artistic Director (1999 – 2001) at Turin’s “Teatro Reggio”. He was also known as an excellent music teacher and was teaching at Rome’s Santa Cecilia Conservatory and Verbier Music Festival.

He debuted in Teatro alla Scala in 1973. Since then, many performances have been performed with Italian Maestro such as Claudio Abbado and Riccardo Muti. Famous picture of ‘Cenelentra’ in the scala in 1981, conducted by Abbado. Also with Muti, there is “Don Paspuale” of the 2006 Ravenna Music Festival, and in the performance of Scala the image of the performance of “Don Giovanni” of 1987, “Così fan tutte” of 1989 is there. “The Marriage of Figaro” has a picture of the 1987 Glyndebourne Music Festival of Bernard Haitink conducting. His songs are also used in movies, including “Liberal Arts” in 2012 and “Last Weekend” in 2014.

Photo：Conservatorio di Musica “Antonio Buzzolla”

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  6. GENEVA 〓 Russian Dmitry Shishkin won the piano division of Geneva International Music Competition

  7. BERLIN 〓 The award ceremony for the German record award “OPUS KLASSIK” was held at the Konzerthaus

  8. AMSTERDAM 〓 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will launch its own Youth Orchestra

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  12. CHICAGO 〓 Lyric Opera of Chicago cancels its entire 2020/2021 season due to the coronavirus pandemic

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  14. BERLIN 〓 Barenboim abandons conducting of the new production of “Ring” due to ill health, Thielemann to replace him

  15. NANCY 〓 The Opera National de Lorraine has announced that it will welcome Polish conductor Marta Gardolińska as the next music director

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