Tullio Serafin (1 September 1878 – 2 February 1968)[1] was an Italian conductor and former Musical Director at La Scala.
Biographyedit
Tullio Serafin was a leading Italian opera conductor with a long career and a very broad repertoire who revived many 19th-century bel canto operas by Bellini, Rossini and Donizetti to become staples of 20th-century repertoire. He had an unparalleled reputation as a coach of young opera singers and famously harnessed and developed both Renata Tebaldi's and Maria Callas's considerable talents.
Born in Rottanova (Cavarzere), near Venice, and trained in Milan, he played viola in the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan under Arturo Toscanini, later being appointed Assistant Conductor. He took over as Music Director at La Scala when Toscanini left to go to New York, and served 1909–1914, 1917–1918, and returned briefly after the Second World War, 1946–1947.[1]
Maestro Serafin was very appreciated in Buenos Aires. During 9 seasons at the Teatro Colón between 1914 and 1951, he conducted 368 opera performances of 63 different operas. This included many operas that are seldom performed, by composers such as Alfano, Catalani, Giordano, Massenet, Montemezzi, Monteverdi, Pizzetti, Respighi, Rimsky Korsakov, and Zandonai.[3]
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^"Tullio Serafin, Conductor, Dies". New York Times. 4 February 1968. p. 80. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
^"Base de datos de las óperas en el Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires".
^"Obituaries: Claudia Pinza Bozzolla". Opera News. November 2017.
Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 782 pages, ISBN 0-19-869164-5
Nicla Sguotti, Tullio Serafin, il custode del bel canto, Padova, Armelin Musica, 2014, ISBN 978-88-95738-78-9