Federico Del Cupolo
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Federico Del Cupolo was an Italian orchestra conductor whose activity mainly focussed on Italian opera
. His career developed in Italy and abroad spanning 60 years and including some recordings from the early 50s which have been recently resumed for their historical and artistic significance.
by Rossini; in 1951 he recorded with the Orchestra of La Scala
the operas L'arlesiana
and Adriana Lecouvreur
by Francesco Cilea
, the latter interpreted by Mafalda Favero
, Elena Nicolai
and Nicola Filacuridi
.
In 1953, he recorded two operas by Puccini: La rondine
with the Antonio Guarnieri Orchestra and Chorus of Milan, and Manon Lescaut
, with the Turin RAI Orchestra.
Italian opera
Italian opera is both the art of opera in Italy and opera in the Italian language. Opera was born in Italy around the year 1600 and Italian opera has continued to play a dominant role in the history of the form until the present day. Many famous operas in Italian were written by foreign composers,...
. His career developed in Italy and abroad spanning 60 years and including some recordings from the early 50s which have been recently resumed for their historical and artistic significance.
Discography
In 1929 in Philadelphia he recorded the ouverture of La gazza ladraLa gazza ladra
La gazza ladra is a melodramma or opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was by Giovanni Gherardini after La pie voleuse by JMT Badouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez....
by Rossini; in 1951 he recorded with the Orchestra of La Scala
La Scala
La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala...
the operas L'arlesiana
L'arlesiana
L'arlesiana is an opera in three acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Leopoldo Marenco. It was originally written in four acts, and was first performed on 27 November 1897 at the Teatro Lirico di Milano in Milan...
and Adriana Lecouvreur
Adriana Lecouvreur
Adriana Lecouvreur is an opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the play by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé...
by Francesco Cilea
Francesco Cilea
Francesco Cilea was an Italian composer. Today he is particularly known for his operas L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur.-Biography:...
, the latter interpreted by Mafalda Favero
Mafalda Favero
Mafalda Favero was an Italian operatic soprano.Mafalda Favero was born in Portomaggiore, near Ferrara. When she was 17, she started studying with Alessandro Vezzani at the Conservatory in Bologna and attracted the notice of Franco Alfano...
, Elena Nicolai
Elena Nicolai
Stoyanka Savova Nikolova, more famous by her stage name Elena Nicolai , was a Bulgarian mezzo-soprano and opera singer.-Biography:...
and Nicola Filacuridi
Nicola Filacuridi
Nicola Filacuridi was an Egyptian-born operatic tenor of Greek origin, who had an illustrious career in Italy in the 1950s....
.
In 1953, he recorded two operas by Puccini: La rondine
La rondine
La rondine is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on a libretto by Alfred Maria Willner and Heinz Reichert...
with the Antonio Guarnieri Orchestra and Chorus of Milan, and Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut is a short novel by French author Abbé Prévost. Published in 1731, it is the seventh and final volume of Mémoires et aventures d'un homme de qualité . It was controversial in its time and was banned in France upon publication...
, with the Turin RAI Orchestra.