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Italian opera conductor
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (born 4 July 1911
Bologna; died 8 August 1996 Bologna) was a prominent Italian
opera
conductor. He studied piano and composition at Bologna, and graduated from the
Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome in 1938. He made his debut at
La Scala in 1946 and his
Covent Garden debut in 1955.
[1] His account of
Puccini's
Turandot with
Birgit Nilsson and
Franco Corelli is commonly regarded as one of the greatest recordings of that work.
Discography
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Giuseppe Verdi:
Simon Boccanegra - (Cetra, 1951)
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Friedrich von Flotow:
Martha - (Cetra, 1953)
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Jules Massenet:
Werther - (Cetra, 1953)
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Giuseppe Verdi:
La traviata - (Decca, 1954)
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Giacomo Puccini:
Manon Lescaut - (Decca, 1954)
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Gaetano Donizetti:
L'elisir d'amore - (Decca, 1955)
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Giuseppe Verdi:
La forza del destino - (Decca, 1955)
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Giacomo Puccini:
Tosca - (Decca, 1959)
- The Art of the Prima Donna: "
Joan Sutherland" - (Decca, 1960)
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Giacomo Puccini:
Turandot - (EMI, 1965)
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Giacomo Puccini:
La rondine - (RCA, 1966)
References
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^ Tosca, 28 June 1955 (Covent Garden Archive)
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