Pier Giorgio Morandi

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Pier Giorgio Morandi
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Biella, Italy
Occupations
  • Oboist
  • Conductor
Organizations

Pier Giorgio Morandi (born 1958) is an Italian oboist and conductor, especially of

Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. He recorded productions of Verdi's Il trovatore at the Verona Arena and Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera
.

Career

Morandi was born in

Opernhaus Zürich, the Vienna State Opera, the Semperoper in Dresden, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, among others.[2]

Morandi is focused on

streamed live, with Hui He in the title role.[5] He conducted at the Oper Frankfurt Puccini's Madama Butterfly and Il trittico among others,[2] the latter in 2022 in a 2008 production directed by Claus Guth, with Željko Lučić, Elza van den Heever and Victória Pitts in leading roles.[6] In 2023 he conducted Verdi's Falstaff at the Greek National Opera
.

References

  1. ^ a b "Pier Giorgio Morandi". Vienna State Opera. 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Pier Giorgio Morandi / Dirigent" (in German). Oper Frankfurt. 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  3. ^ Billinge, Dave (February 2014). "Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) / La fanciulla del West". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ^ Cummings, Robert (August 2020). "Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) / Il trovatore". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Madama Butterfly". archives.metoperafamily.org. 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Dritte Wiederaufnahme / Il trittico" (PDF) (in German). Oper Frankfurt. 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

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