Silvio Varviso (26 February 1924 - 1 November 2006) was a Swiss conductor of classical music known for his "elegant touch for opera. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music "[1]
Silvio Varviso was born in Zürich where his father was a voice teacher. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the The son studied "everything but voice"[2] at the Zurich Conservatory: piano, violin, clarinet, trumpet and percussion. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member The clarinet is a Musical instrument in the Woodwind family The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word [3] He continued his study of conducting with the Austrian conductor Clemens Krauss in Vienna. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Clemens Heinrich Krauss ( March 31, 1893 &ndash Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria.
Varviso made his conducting debut at age 20 leading Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Stadttheater in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The Magic Flute (German Die Zauberflöte, K 620 is an Opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart St Gallen ( Saint-Gall San Gallo is the capital of the canton of St He became principal conductor of the Basel Opera (1950-62) and subsequently served as music director at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, the Staatsoper Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Opera), the Baden-Württemberg National Theater and the Paris Opera (1973-1985). "Basilia" redirects here For the Fly Genus, see Basilia (fly. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Staatsoper Stuttgart ( Stuttgart State Opera) is an Opera company in Stuttgart.
Silvio Varviso first conducted in the United States in 1959 at the San Francisco Opera and at the Metropolitan Opera in 1961 conducting Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor with the soprano Joan Sutherland in her memorable debut. San Francisco Opera (SFO is the second largest Opera company in North America. The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic Opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (born 7 November 1926
Silvio Varviso lived quietly in Basel and on the Côte d’Azur. The French Riviera (Côte d'Azur Occitan: Còsta Azzura) is one of the most famous resort areas in the world extending along the Mediterranean Sea west His last appearances on the podium were conducting Puccini’s Tosca on September 17 and 19, 2006 at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp, Belgium. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Tosca is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on ||-||-||-||} Antwerp ( Dutch:, French: Anvers) is a City and Municipality in Belgium and the capital of the The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those He died in Antwerp on November 1, 2006 at the age of 82.
External links
- Silvio Varviso, 82, Conductor With Elegant Touch for Opera, Dies, obituary written by Anne Midgette, published in The New York Times, November 3, 2006
- Biography of Silvio Varviso on Colbert Artists Management site
- Entry to Silvio Varviso, in The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music, published by Oxford University Press, 1994, powered by The Gramophone
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