Giuseppe Sturani (1855 – January 17, 1940) was an Italian
conductor
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who was known for his work in the field of
opera.
Biography
Born in
Ancona, Sturani worked as a conductor at
La Fenice
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in Venice and the
Teatro Regio in Turin before moving to the United States in 1908 to join the conducting staffs of two opera companies operated by
Oscar Hammerstein I: the
Manhattan Opera Company and the
Philadelphia Opera Company. While working with these companies, he became a close friend and associate of conductor
Cleofonte Campanini. In 1911, he joined the conducting staff at the
Metropolitan Opera at the behest of
Giulio Gatti-Casazza. He remained at the Met until 1915 when he left to join the conducting staff at the
Chicago Opera Association (COA) at the invitation of Campanini. He remained with the COA through 1919. In 1920 he led a touring opera troupe in performances throughout South America and Mexico, after which he retired from conducting. In 1928 he was appointed musical secretary at the Metropolitan Opera, a position he held until his death 12 years later. He died in Manhattan at the age of 75.
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1855 births
1940 deaths
Italian conductors (music)
Italian male conductors (music)