Giuseppe Cesare Gaetano Molla (1845 – 1894) was an Italian
impresario
An impresario (from Italian ''impresa'', 'an enterprise or undertaking') is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, Play (theatre), plays, or operas, performing a role in stage arts that is similar to that of a film producer, film or ...
, Conducting, conductor, pianist, and opera director. Born in Milan, then part of the Austrian Empire, he first came to prominence as the chorus-master at La Scala. After touring with the opera company to Russian Empire in 1863, he settled in Taganrog where he became director of the Taganrog Theatre. He became the center of the town's music life for the next 31 years, notably organizing a new and highly successful symphony orchestra for the city. Among his admirers was a young Anton Chekhov. Gaetano Molla died in a train on the way from Kharkiv to Taganrog.
February 9, 2012 a memorial plaque dedicated to Gaetano Molla and Valerian Molla, founders of music education in Taganrog was placed on the front entrance of the Taganrog Tchaikovsky School for Music.
Memorial plaque in honor of Gaetano and Valerian Molla unveiled in Taganrog
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References
* Таганрог. Энциклопедия, Таганрог, издательство АНТОН, 2008
External links
on the official web site of Taganrog City
Italian impresarios
People from the Austrian Empire
Italian conductors (music)
Italian male conductors (music)
Italian opera directors
Russian male conductors (music)
Conductors (music) from the Russian Empire
Immigrants to the Russian Empire
Musicians from Milan
1845 births
1888 deaths
19th-century conductors (music)
19th-century Italian musicians
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