Nicola Rescigno

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Nicola Rescigno was an American conductor renowned for his work in Italian opera and for co-founding major U.S. opera companies, where he helped launch the American careers of several prominent singers.

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Nicola Rescigno canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American citizen ⓘ
human ⓘ
opera conductor ⓘ
orchestral conductor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
coFounded Dallas Opera ⓘ
linked to: The Dallas Opera

Lyric Opera of Chicago ⓘ
coFounderWith Carol Fox ⓘ
Lawrence Kelly ⓘ
Lawrence V. Kelly ⓘ
conductedPremiereOf American premiere of Anna Bolena at Lyric Opera of Chicago ⓘ
American premiere of I Capuleti e i Montecchi at Lyric Opera of Chicago ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath Italy ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-05-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2008-08-04 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Italian-American ⓘ
familyName Rescigno ⓘ
father Raffaele Rescigno ⓘ
fieldOfWork opera ⓘ
genreSpecialization Italian opera ⓘ
givenName Nicola ⓘ
helpedLaunchCareerOf Beverly Sills ⓘ
Joan Sutherland ⓘ
Maria Callas ⓘ
Montserrat Caballé ⓘ
Plácido Domingo ⓘ
Sherrill Milnes ⓘ
knownFor collaborations with Maria Callas ⓘ
interpretations of bel canto repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
madeDebutAt Metropolitan Opera ⓘ
New York City Opera ⓘ
San Francisco Opera ⓘ
name Nicola Rescigno ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor co-founding Dallas Opera ⓘ
co-founding Lyric Opera of Chicago ⓘ
parentOccupation musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Viterbo ⓘ
positionHeld artistic director of Dallas Opera ⓘ
artistic director of Lyric Opera of Chicago ⓘ
principal conductor of Dallas Opera ⓘ
principal conductor of Lyric Opera of Chicago ⓘ
residence Chicago ⓘ
Dallas ⓘ
uncle Gennaro Papi ⓘ

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Lyric Opera of Chicago → founder → Nicola Rescigno ⓘ
Nicola Rescigno → name → Nicola Rescigno ⓘ