Nino Sanzogno (13 April 1911 – 4 May 1983) was an Italian conductor and composer.

Life

Sanzogno was born in Venice, where he studied the violin with Hermann Scherchen and composition with

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at the Liceo Musicale. He later studied conducting in Vienna with Scherchen. He conducted the Gruppo Strumentale in concerts in Italy and abroad before becoming resident conductor at La Fenice in Venice in 1937, and the

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Milan Symphony Orchestra soon afterwards. He first conducted at La Scala in Milan in 1939. A specialist of contemporary works, he conducted at La Scala the premieres of

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's '' The Fiery Angel'', while abroad, notably in Britain, he introduced several works by Italian composers such as Malipiero, Dallapiccola and Pizzetti. He conducted the premiere of the final revised version of

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in 1957. Sanzogno was admired for his precision and firm discipline marked by outward charm and elegance. His compositions include two symphonic poems, ''I quattro cavalieri del'Apocalisse'' (1930) and ''Vanitas'' (1931), and concertos for

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(1937), as well as music for chamber ensembles. In later years, he taught conducting in Darmstadt. He conducted Joan Sutherland's first complete opera studio recording (''

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'') with Decca Records in 1961. He died in Milan in 1983.

Selected recordings

* 1954 – A.Berg – ''Wozzeck'' (in Italian) – Tito Gobbi, Dorothy Dow, Hugues Cuénod, Italo Tajo – RAI Orchestra Roma – MYTO Records * 1956 – D.Cimarosa – ''Il matrimonio segreto'' – Eugenia Ratti, Graziella Sciutti, Ebe Stignani, Luigi Alva, Carlo Badioli, Franco Calabrese – Coro e orchestra del Teatro alla Scala – EMI * 1959 – G.Donizetti – ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' – Renata Scotto, Giuseppe di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, Ivo Vinco – Coro e orchestra del Teatro alla Scala – RICORDI * 1961 – G.Verdi – ''Rigoletto'' – Cornell McNeil, Joan Sutherland, Renato Cioni, Cesare Siepi, Stefania Malagù – Coro e orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma – Decca

Opera films

* 1954 – Verdi – ''La traviata'' – Rosanna Carteri, Nicola Filacuridi, Carlo Tagliabue – Rai Milan Chorus and Orchestra – BELCANTO * 1956 – Mozart – ''Le nozze di Figaro'' – Heinz Rehfuss, Marcella Pobbe, Rosanna Carteri, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Dora Gatta – Rai Milan Chorus and Orchestra – VAI * 1958 – Mozart – Don Giovanni – Mario Petri, Ilva Ligabue, Luigi Alva, Sesto Bruscantini, Orch. A. Scarlatti, dir. Franco Zeffirelli – RAI

Sources

* ''Le guide de l'opéra'', Roland Mancini & Jean-Jacques Rouveroux, (Fayard, 1989) * ''Grove Music Online'', Leonardo Pinzauti, July 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanzogno, Nino Italian male conductors (music) 1911 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Italian conductors (music) 20th-century Italian male musicians