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Rodolfo Ferrari (Staggia, near San Prospero, Modena, 1864 – Rome, January 10, 1919) was an Italian conductor. Ferrari studied music initially with his father, an amateur musician, then continued under Alessandro Busi at the Conservatory (Liceo Musicale) in Bologna, graduating in composition in 1882.〔Rosa, ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''〕 Ferrari appeared in the most important Italian and foreign theaters, conducting both operas and symphonic music, and was particularly attracted by the operas of Richard Wagner.〔 Among the world premières directed by Ferrari, those of ''L'amico Fritz'' (Rome, 1891) and ''Silvano'' (Milan, 1895) by Pietro Mascagni, ''Andrea Chénier'' (Milan, 1896) and ''Regina Diaz'' (Naples, 1894) by Umberto Giordano, ''La Tilda'' by Francesco Cilea (Florence, 1892), ''I Medici'' by Ruggero Leoncavallo (Milan, 1893), ''La colonia libera'' by Pietro Floridia (Rome, 1899), ''Ondina'' by Giovanni Bucceri (Naples, 1917) and ''Villa Clermont'' by Daniele Napoletano (Naples, 1918). Ferrari was the conductor of the first Italian performances of ''Manon'' by Jules Massenet (Milan, 1894) and ''Parsifal'' (Bologna, 1914). During the season 1917-1918 he conducted saveral Italian operas at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.〔 Ferrari married the harpist Cleopatra Serato.〔 He was buried in the cemetery of the Certosa di Bologna. ==References== Notes Sources * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rodolfo Ferrari」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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