Claudio Desdèri (9 April 1943 – 30 June 2018) was an Italian

baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...

and conductor.

Life

Born in Alessandria, son of Ettore Desderi, he made his debut in 1969 as Gaudenzio in Rossini's ''

Il signor Bruschino ''Il signor Bruschino, ossia Il figlio per azzardo'' ''(Signor Bruschino, or The Accidental Son)'' is a one act operatic farce ( farsa giocosa per musica) by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, based upon the 1809 play ''Le f ...

'' in Edinburgh. A versatile baritone, he preferred comic roles. He was

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the ...

of the Pisa

Teatro Verdi Teatro Verdi may refer to: * Teatro Verdi (Brindisi), Brindisi * Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto * Teatro Verdi (Florence), Florence * Teatro Verdi (Padova), Padova, by architect Achille Sfondrini * Teatro Verdi (Pisa), Pisa * Teatro Verdi (S ...

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

Teatro Massimo The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located on the Piazza Verdi in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (at the time of its i ...

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
on

Treccani The ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' (Italian for "Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as ''Treccani'' for its developer Giovanni Treccani or ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', is an Italian-language en ...

online

Discography

* Bussotti: ''The Rara Requiem'' - Carol Plantamura/Claudio Desderi/Delia Surrat/Gianpiero Taverna/Giuseppe Baratti/

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/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 Se ...

'' - 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 Pavesi's ...

'' (

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2006) - Claudio Desderi/ Mario Cassi/ Juan Francisco Gatell/

Riccardo Muti Riccardo Muti, (; born 28 July 1941) is an Italian conductor. He currently holds two music directorships, at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and at the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale ...

/ Andrea De Rosa, 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 w ...

'' (La Scala, 1989) -

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Alessandro Corbelli Alessandro Corbelli (born September 21, 1952) is an Italian baritone opera singer. One of the world's pre-eminent singers specializing in Mozart and Rossini, Corbelli has sung in many major opera houses around the world and won admiration for his ...

/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 Spanis ...

'' (La Scala, 1987) -

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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 Opera ...

Natale De Carolis Natale de Carolis (born 25 July 1957 in Anagni) is an Italian operatic baritone, who has had an active career in major opera houses internationally since the early 1980s. He is particularly associated with the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and G ...

/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 '' Cendrillon'' ...

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

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (19 February 1932 – 11 August 1988) was a French opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the ...

, 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)