Gino Marinuzzi

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Gino Marinuzzi
Milan, Italy

Gino Marinuzzi (24 March 1882 – 17 August 1945) was an Italian conductor and composer, particularly associated with the operas of Wagner and the Italian repertory.

Biography

Gino Marinuzzi about 1920

Marinuzzi was born and studied in

Wagner operas) and many revivals of rarely performed operas such as Lucrezia Borgia, La straniera, Beatrice di Tenda and L'incoronazione di Poppea. In 1930 he conducted the world premiere of Ildebrando Pizzetti's Lo straniero
.

He made guest appearances at the

Rome Opera from 1928 to 1934. He conducted opera at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires during seven seasons between 1915 and 1933. This included the Western Hemisphere premieres of Puccini's La Rondine (first version) in 1917 and Turandot in June 1926 with Muzio and Lauri Volpi, two months after the world premiere at La Scala.[1]

He was reputed for his "grand style" inherited from the post-romantic tradition.

He left a noted recording of La forza del destino from 1941, with Maria Caniglia, Galliano Masini, Carlo Tagliabue, Ebe Stignani, Tancredi Pasero, and Saturno Meletti.

He died in Milan in 1945, aged 63.

Legacy

His son Gino Marinuzzi Jr (7 April 1920, New York City – 8 November 1996, Rome, Italy) was also a conductor and composer of music for films.[2]

Works

Operas:

Orchestral:

  • Suite siciliana (1909)[5]
  • Sicania (1912)[6]
  • Sinfonia in A (1943) [7][8]
  • Preludio & Preghiera[9]

Sources

  1. ^ "Home". operas-colon.com.ar.
  2. ^ Gino Marinuzzi Jr
  3. ^ recording: Andrea Licata, Nuova Era 1994
  4. ^ recording: Luca Salsi, Francesco Meli, Anna Netrebko; Riccardo Chailly, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Decca 2022
  5. ^ recording: Giuseppe Grazioli, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Decca 2017
  6. ^ recording: Golac-Rilovic, HRT SO, Bareza Dynamic 2002
  7. ^ recording: Golac-Rilovic, HRT SO, Bareza Dynamic 2002
  8. ^ recording: Giuseppe Grazioli, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Decca 2017
  9. ^ recording: Golac-Rilovic, HRT SO, Bareza Dynamic 2002
  • Le guide de l'opéra, R. Mancini & J.J. Rouvereux, (Fayard, 1986),