Claudio Desdèri (9 April 1943 – 30 June 2018) was an Italian baritone and conductor.

Life

Born in Alessandria, son of

Ettore Desderi Ettore Desderi (December 10, 1892 – November 23, 1974) was an Italian composer. Born in Asti, He studied composition at the conservatory in Turin, graduating in 1921, as well as undertaking studies in architecture, which he completed in 1920. ...

, he made his debut in 1969 as Gaudenzio in Rossini's '' Il signor Bruschino'' in Edinburgh. A versatile baritone, he preferred comic roles. He was

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of the Pisa

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from 1991 to 1998, of the Turin Teatro Regio from 1999 to 2001 and superintendent of the Palermo

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from 2002 to 2003, the latter of which he brought to economic and cultural revival. In addition to his activities as singer and director of opera companies, from the early 1990s he also worked as a conductor. Desdèri died in Florence at age 75.Desdèri, Claudio
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online

Discography

* Bussotti: ''The Rara Requiem'' - Carol Plantamura/Claudio Desderi/Delia Surrat/Gianpiero Taverna/Giuseppe Baratti/ Giuseppe Sinopoli/NDR Sinfonieorchester/Saarbrücken Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, 2007 Deutsche Grammophon * Rossini: ''Il Signor Bruschino'' - Alessandro Codeluppi/Claudio Desderi/I Virtuosi Italiani/Massimiliano Barbolini, 2004 Naxos * Rossini: ''

La pietra del paragone ' (''The Touchstone'') is an opera, or ''melodramma giocoso'', in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, to an original Italian libretto by Luigi Romanelli. Performance history ''La pietra del paragone'' was first performed at La Scala, Milan, on 26 Sep ...

'' - Claudio Desderi/Alessandro Svab/Paolo Rumetz/Maria Costanza Nocentini/Paolo Barbacini/Coro Lirico Amadeus Teatro Comunale di Modena/Helga Müller-Molinari/Roberto Scaltriti/Vincenzo di Matteo/Antonella Trovarelli/Orchestra Camerata Musicale, 2008 Nuova Era

Videography

* Donizetti: ''

Don Pasquale ''Don Pasquale'' () is an opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Paves ...

'' ( Ravenna Festival 2006) - Claudio Desderi/

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, Arthaus Musik/Naxos * Mozart: ''

Così fan tutte (''All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers''), K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte ...

'' (La Scala, 1989) - Daniela Dessì/

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/Claudio Desderi/Riccardo Muti, Opus Arte/Naxos * Mozart: ''

Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spani ...

'' (La Scala, 1987) - Thomas Allen/

Edita Gruberová Edita Gruberová (; 23 December 1946 – 18 October 2021) was a Slovak coloratura soprano. She made her stage debut in Bratislava in 1968 as Rosina in Rossini's '' Il barbiere di Siviglia'', and successfully auditioned at the Vienna State Oper ...

/ Natale De Carolis/Riccardo Muti, Opus Arte/Naxos * Rossini, ''

La Cenerentola ' (''Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant'') is an operatic '' dramma giocoso'' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the libretti written by Charles-Guillaume Étienne for the opera ''Cendrillo ...

'' - Abbado/Stade/Araiza/Desderi, directed by

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (19 February 1932 – 11 August 1988) was a French opera director, set and costume designer. Biography Ponnelle was born in Paris. He studied philosophy, art, and history there and, in 1952, began his career in Germany a ...

, 2005 Deutsche Grammophon

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Desderi, Claudio Italian operatic baritones Italian male conductors (music) 1943 births 2018 deaths People from Alessandria 20th-century Italian male opera singers 20th-century Italian conductors (music) 21st-century Italian conductors (music)