Alberto Veronesi (

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, 1965) is an Italian conductor. He is a student of Myung-Whun Chung''The rough guide to opera'' Matthew Boyden, Nick Kimberley, Joe Staines - 2002 "of the Guido Cantelli Orchestra and their conductor Alberto Veronesi (a student of Myung-Whun Chung's) are irresistible,"

Discography

Veronesi began recording operas for Deutsche Grammophon in 2006 working with

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in rarer

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repertoire such as

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’s '' Edgar'' and rare Puccini arias and duets,

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’s '' I Medici'' and ''La Nuit de mai'', and Giordano’s '' Fedora''. In 2008 he recorded Mascagni's

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with

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and

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live in Berlin for

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Veronesi, Alberto Italian male conductors (music) Musicians from Milan Living people 21st-century Italian conductors (music) 21st-century Italian male musicians Year of birth missing (living people)