Manno Wolf-Ferrari was an Italian conductor, nephew of composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari was an Italian composer and teacher. He is best known for his comic operas such as Il segreto di Susanna...

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He studied in Venice

Venice

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 and Siena

Siena

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, 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

London

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, Madrid

Madrid

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, etc. He can be heard on disc in Il matrimonio segreto

Il matrimonio segreto

Il matrimonio segreto is an opera in two acts, music by Domenico Cimarosa, on a libretto by Giovanni Bertati, based on the play The Clandestine Marriage by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick...

, with Alda Noni

Alda Noni

Alda Noni was an Italian soprano leggiero, one of the leading soubrette of the immediate postwar period.Born in Trieste, she first studied voice and piano in her native city, and completed her studies in Vienna...

, Giulietta Simionato

Giulietta Simionato

Giulietta Simionato was an Italian mezzo-soprano. Her career spanned from the 1930s until her retirement in 1966.-Life:Born at Forlì, Romagna, she studied in Rovigo and Padua, and made her operatic debut at Montagnana in 1928...

, Cesare Valletti

Cesare Valletti

Cesare Valletti was an Italian operatic tenor, one of the leading tenore di grazia of the postwar era. He was much admired for his polished vocal technique, his musical refinement and elegance, and beauty of tone....

, and Sesto Bruscantini

Sesto Bruscantini

Sesto Bruscantini was an Italian baritone, one of the greatest buffo singers of the post-war era, especially renowned in Mozart and Rossini....

 and in I Lombardi alla prima crociata

I Lombardi alla prima crociata

I Lombardi alla prima crociata is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on an epic poem by Tommaso Grossi. Its first performance was given at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 11 February 1843...

with Maria Vitale

Maria Vitale

Maria Vitale was an Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.She studied with the renowned Giannina Arangi-Lombardi in Milan. At first it was assumed that her voice was that of a coloratura soprano, however upon the recommendation of composer Riccardo...

and Gustavo Gallo.

Sources

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