Italian conductor (1914-1968). Signed postcard photograph. no place. 150 : 100 mm.
$ 373 / 350 €
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A rare head and shoulders postcard photograph of the Italian conductor. He was known mostly for his work in the Italian operatic repertoire, especially Puccini and Verdi. After graduating in 1933, he took up conducting, and was leading the Orchestra Sinfonica dell' EIAR by the early 1940s. In 1946, he took first prize in a conducting competition with Tullio Serafin heading the jury. He was soon recording and performing at the world's major opera houses with the leading singers of the day, including Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Price, Tucker, Giorgio Tozzi, and Giuseppe di Stefano. While his reputation was still on the ascent, he was killed in a car accident in 1968 at the age of 54.