Pino Donati (9 May 1907 – 24 February 1975) was an Italian composer and for many years artistic director of the

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. Donati was born in

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. From 1936 he was superintendent of the

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and then from 1950 the Teatro Comunale of Bologna. In 1958 he left Italy for

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to work for Carol Fox and remained employed there till his death in Rome at the age of 67. His wife, who survived him, was the soprano

Maria Caniglia Maria Caniglia (5 May 1905 – 16 April 1979) was one of the leading Italian spinto sopranos of the 1930s and 1940s. Life and career Caniglia was born in Naples and studied at the Music Conservatories of Naples with Agostino Roche. She made ...

Works, editions, recordings

* theatre music for the play ''Fiorenza'' by

Sem Benelli Sem Benelli (August 10, 1877 – December 18, 1949) was an Italian playwright, essayist and librettist. He provided the texts for several noted Italian operas, including Italo Montemezzi's ''L'amore dei tre re'' and ''L'incantesimo'', and Umbert ...

* chamber music – ''Pastorale della trincea'' 1933 *''Hungaria'' for choir and orchestra Operas *''Corradino lo svevo'' on the life of

Conradin Conrad III (25 March 1252 – 29 October 1268), called ''the Younger'' or ''the Boy'', but usually known by the diminutive Conradin (german: link=no, Konradin, it, Corradino), was the last direct heir of the House of Hohenstaufen. He was Duke ...

the Swabian, to a libretto by the Veronese writer Arturo Rossato (1882–1942) – premiere Verona 1931. *''Lancillotto del Lago'' premiere Bergamo 1938''Chi è?'' ed. Angelo Fortunato Formiggini 1957 "Autore di musica operistica: «Corradino lo Svevo», 1931; «Lancillotto del Lago», 1938; musica sinf, : «Pastorale della trincea», orch. da camera, 1933; «Hungaria», coro e orch., 1935 ; musica strumentale e vocale da camera."

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