Votto, Antonino

Antonino Votto ( Italian: Antonino Votto , October 30, 1896, Piacenza - September 9, 1985, Milan , Italy ) - Italian opera conductor . Votto conducted the La Scala choir and orchestra on many studio recordings by Maria Callas at EMI in the 1950s and left an extensive discography.

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Votto made his debut at the conductor in 1923 in La Scala (La Scala, Manon Lescaut ). He was an assistant to Arturo Toscanini . Constantly worked in La Scala since 1948. He performed at the Arena di Verona festival, at the Edinburgh Festival (1957) ^[4] .

Votto was a successful conductor, but musicologists sometimes criticize his recordings for lack of emotionality. Some believe that such a dry performance is a feature of studio recordings, since the recordings of live performances by Callas under his control, including the operas Bellini 's Norma (December 1955, La Scala) and Somnambula (1957, Cologne ) are considered outstanding, as and recordings of the operas Gioconda by Ponchielli and Verdi's Masquerade Ball ^[4] . Votto's pupil Riccardo Muti is a famous conductor, the long-time chief conductor of La Scala ^[5] .