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Roberto Moranzoni

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'''Roberto Moranzoni''' (October 5, 1880, [[Bari]] - December 14, 1959, [[Milan]]) was an Italian [[conductor (music)|conductor]], principally of [[opera]].

Moranzoni was a pupil of [[Pietro Mascagni]] and was selected by Mascagni to give his debut performances with the composer's ''[[Le maschere]]'' in 1901. Moranzoni was active internationally in the decade of the 1910s, directing the [[Boston Grand Opera]] from 1910 to 1917 and conducting in Paris and London.<ref>"Roberto Moranzoni". ''[[Oxford Music Online]]'', entry written 1992. ([https://ift.tt/2O3WN29 paywalled online access])</ref> He conducted primarily from the Italian repertory at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] from 1917 to 1924, then was named conductor at the [[Chicago Civic Opera]] from 1924 to 1929.

Among his most noteworthy performances were the first run of ''Le maschere'' (following Mascagni's own first production), the inaugural British production of [[Italo Montemezzi]]'s ''[[L'amore dei tre re]]'' (1914), the world premiere of [[Francis Poulenc]]'s ''[[Il trittico]]'' at the Metropolitan Opera in 1918, and the world premiere of [[Joseph Carl Breil]]'s ''[[The Legend (opera)|The Legend]]'', also at the Metropolitan Opera, in 1920.

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