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Franco Capuana

Umqhubi wase-Italy. Wasebenza ezindlini ze-opera zasePalermo, eGenoa. Ngo-1927 wenza i-opera Turandot eBrescia. Ngo-1930-37 wenza eNaples. Ngo-1937-40 eLa Scala. Kusukela ngo-1946 wenza eCovent Garden. Ngo-1949-51 umqhubi omkhulu weLa Scala. Wandisa ingoma yetiyetha futhi wenza ama-opera asesiteji ka-Janacek, u-Hindemith, u-Alfano no-Malipiero. Wenze imisebenzi kaRossini (uMose eGibhithe), uWagner nabanye. Phakathi kwemikhiqizo yokugcina - i-Alzira kaVerdi (1967, Rome). Phakathi kokurekhodiwe kukhona ethi “Pirate” kaBellini (abacula yedwa uCapuccili, Caballe nabanye, Memories), “Werther” Massenet (abacula yedwa uTagliavini, uSimionato nabanye, uBongiovanni), “Intombazane YaseNtshonalanga” Puccini (abacula yedwa uTebaldi, Del Monaco, McNeil , Deka).

E. Tsodokov