Victor Alessandro

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Victor Nicholas Alessandro (1915-1976) was an orchestra conductor and long-time resident of San Antonio, Texas. Born in Waco, Texas, he studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Alessandro also spent a number of years in Italy during his youth where he studied with Ildebrando Pizzetti. Alessandro served as the conductor of the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra from 1950 until 1976. He conducted operatic performances as well, bringing the work of his favorites Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini to San Antonio audiences. He made numerous recordings of classical music in the 1950s and early 1960s when long-playing records were in vogue. He and his wife Ruth lived for many years on Garraty Road in Terrell Hills, a suburb of San Antonio.