Marcello Conati

Background

Marcello Conati was born on April 26, 1928 in Milan, Italy. Son of Lorenzo (a lyricist) and Anita Grazia Conati.

Education

Conati graduated from Conservatorio di Musica, Parma in 1953. Then he studied at Conservatorio di Musica, Milan and graduated in 1959.

Career

From 1953 to 1960 Marcello undertook a number of activities: conductor of orchestras in small theaters in Lombardy, chorus director, and tutor. Engaged by Herbert Graf at the opera house in Zurich from 1961 to 1971 he assumed the duties of music director, substitute conductor and assistant director. Upon his return to Italy in 1971, he was engaged by the Istituto di Studi Verdiani as a researcher and librarian. Conati was named professor of “Arte scenica” at the Conservatory “Niccolini” in Piacenza in 1971, and then at the Conservatory “Boito” in Parma. From 1991 to 1994 he taught musical dramaturgy and theatrical techniques at the University of Macerata. Since 1966 Conati has been active in musicological research and participated in six Congressi Internazionali di Studi Verdiani, as well as in numerous musicological conferences held in Europe and North America. In 1979 he developed a “Festival Verdiano” project, and in 1982 he organized research on the orchestras in Emilia-Romanga from the nineteenth century to the present day. For the European Year of Music in 1984 he was author of the “Ernani project” produced at the Teatro Comunale in Modena for the authentic performance of the mise en scène of Verdi’s Ernani. In addition, Conati has contributed to the publication Discoteta, worked actively as a music critic, and served the Società Italiana di Musicologia as a member of the editorial board (1982-1984), and as a counselor and director (1992 to the present).

Achievements

• Conati’s many fields of interest have also led him to conduct research in ethnomusicology. His record of publication is extensive. Among his many volumes are: Carteggio Verdi-Boito, a cura di Mario Medici e Marcello Conati, (1979) (was awarded the Raffaele Mattioli Prize); Interviste e incontri con Verdi, Milano, (1980); La bottega della musica. Verdi e la Fenice (1983); Verdi. Autobiographie à travers la correspondance.

Works

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  • Encounters with Verdi

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  • Simon Boccanegra di Giuseppe Verdi (Musica e spettacolo) (Italian Edition)
  • CANTI POPOLARI DELLA VAL D'ENZA E DELLA VAL CEDRA
  • Piegare la Nota. Contrappunto e Dramma in Verdi.
  • Intorno a Giovanni Pacini a Cura Marco Capra
  • Strenna teatrale europea, 1838-1848 (Répertoire international de la presse musicale) (Italian Edition)
  • Rigoletto: Un'analisi drammatico-musicale (Musica critica) (Italian Edition)
  • L'Italia musicale, 1847-1859 (Répertoire international de la presse musicale) (Italian Edition)

Membership

Marcello Conati has been a member of Societa Italiana di Musicologia, Societa Italiana di Etnomusicologia, Ordine dei Giomalisti.

Connections

Marcello Conati is married to Licia Vallon.

Father:

Lorenzo Conati

Mother:

Anita Grazia Conati

Wife:

Licia Vallon