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Nicola Rescigno (May 28, 1916 – August 4, 2008) was an Italian-American conductor, particularly associated with the Italian opera repertory. Opera News said that "Rescigno was a seminal figure in the history of opera in America, a maestro and mentor who shaped the destiny and reputation of two major U.S. companies — Lyric Opera of Chicago and Dallas Opera — as well as countless singing ...
Vincenzo Celli, born as Vincenzo Yacullo in Salerno, Italy, emigrated with his parents to Chicago, Illinois, at an early age.He was first exposed to ballet as a teenager and was awed by the movements of dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, whom he saw perform in 1916 during an American tour of the Ballets Russes, under the direction of Sergei Diaghilev.
Rick Foley, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings). [490] Gillian Gear, 72, English historian and archivist (Barnet Museum). [491] Benjamin Hutto, 67, American organist, choirmaster and academic, gallbladder cancer. [492] Susumu Ito, 96, American cell biologist and WW2 veteran (442nd Regiment ...
The truth is I’ve done this whole project out of love. And it’s so clear me where I come from,” Cooper said. "Maestro" premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival in September ...
The following is a list of deaths in June 2009.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), what subject was known for, cause of death (if known), and reference.
A U.S. court on Tuesday granted prosecutors' request to drop the criminal case against two associates of President Donald Trump who were accused of obstructing a probe into his mishandling of ...
When backlash over Bradley Cooper’s nose prosthetic in “Maestro” first erupted in August ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Cooper himself could not speak out ...
Wilfredo Alarcón, 77, Chilean Catholic priest. [20]Dame Beryl Bainbridge, 77, English novelist (Harriet Said..., An Awfully Big Adventure), cancer. [21]Mahfoud Ali Beiba, 57, Sahrawi politician and negotiator, President of Sahrawi National Council (2003–2010), heart attack.