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Fausto Cleva
Date of birth
17.05.1902
Date of death
06.08.1971
Profession
conductor
Country
Italy, USA
He made his debut in Milan (“La Traviata”). From 1920 he lived in the USA. Artistic director of the Chicago Opera from 1944-46. Italian repertoire specialist. His recording of “Valli” by Catalani (soloists Tebaldi, Del Monaco, Cappuccili, Decca) gained great fame. From 1950 he performed at the Metropolitan Opera (in the Italian repertoire). He died suddenly during the performance of Orpheus and Eurydice by Gluck in Athens.
E. Tsodokov
