Giuseppe Patanè (1 January 1932 – 29 May 1989) was an Italian

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 Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...

conductor. He was born in

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, the son of the conductor Franco Patanè (1908–1968), and studied in his native city. He made his debut there in 1951. He was principal conductor at the

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opera in 1961–62. He subsequently was chief conductor of the

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from 1985 to 1989. Patanè collapsed suddenly from a heart attack while conducting a performance of ''

Il barbiere di Siviglia ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( it, Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione ) is an ''opera buffa'' in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based ...

'' at the

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in Munich, on 29 May 1989. He was taken to hospital where he died. He and his wife Rita, from whom he was separated at the time of his death, had two daughters.

Discography

* 1986 Umberto Giordano: '' Fedora'' – CBS Records * 1987 Giacomo Puccini: ''

Il tabarro ''Il tabarro'' (''The Cloak'') is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on 's play ''La houppelande''. It is the first of the trio of operas known as ''Il trittico''. The first performance was given ...

'' – Eurodisc * 1987 Giordano: '' Andrea Chénier'' – CBS Records * 1988 Puccini: ''

Gianni Schicchi () is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's ''Divine Comedy''. The work is the third and final part of Pucci ...

'' – Eurodisc * 1988 Puccini: ''

Suor Angelica ''Suor Angelica'' (''Sister Angelica'') is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an original Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is the second opera of the trio of operas known as ''Il trittico'' (''The Triptych''). It received its wo ...

'' – Eurodisc * 1988 Leoncavallo: '' Pagliacci'' – Decca * 1993 Gaetano Donizetti: ''

Lucia di Lammermoor ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' () is a (tragic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel '' The Bride of Lammermoo ...

'' (highlights) – Corona Classic Collection * 1993 Gioachino Rossini: ''

'' London * 1993 Giuseppe Verdi: '' La forza del destino'' (excerpts) – Berlin Classics * 1993 Verdi: '' La traviata'' – Orfeo * 1993 Verdi: '' La traviata'' (highlights) – Berlin Classics * 1995 Donizetti: ''

'' – Curb * 1996 Verdi: ''

Simon Boccanegra ''Simon Boccanegra'' () is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play ''Simón Bocanegra'' (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, whose play ''El trovador'' had b ...

'' – Hungaroton * 1998 Verdi: ''

Aida ''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 Decemb ...

'' (in German) – Berlin Classics * 1998 Georges Bizet: '' Carmen'' (excerpts in German) – Berlin Classics * 1998 Verdi: '' La forza del destino'' – Myto Records * 2001 Verdi: ''

Don Carlos ''Don Carlos'' is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play '' Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Fried ...

'' (excerpts in German) – EMI Music Distribution * 2003 Donizetti: ''

Maria Stuarda ''Maria Stuarda'' (Mary Stuart) is a tragic opera (''tragedia lirica''), in two acts, by Gaetano Donizetti, to a libretto by Giuseppe Bardari, based on Andrea Maffei's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 1800 play '' Maria Stuart''. The ope ...

'' – Philips * 2004 Pietro Mascagni: ''

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'' * 2005 Vincenzo Bellini: ''

I Capuleti e i Montecchi ''I Capuleti e i Montecchi'' (''The Capulets and the Montagues'') is an Italian opera (''Tragedia lirica'') in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini. The libretto by Felice Romani was a reworking of the story of ''Romeo and Juliet'' for an opera by Nicol ...

'' – Gala Records * Bellini: ''

'' – EMI Music Distribution * Amilcare Ponchielli: '' La Gioconda'' – Myto Records * Puccini: '' Madama Butterfly'' – Hungaroton * Verdi: ''

Un ballo in maschera ''Un ballo in maschera'' ''(A Masked Ball)'' is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, '' Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué''. Th ...

'' – GAO * Verdi: '' La traviata'' – Madacy * Verdi: '' Messa da Requiem'' – Berlin Classics Details may be found on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
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References

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