Alfredo Silipigni

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Alfredo Silipigni (b. Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 9, 1931; d. Livingston, New Jersey, March 25, 2006) was an American conductor. He was best known for his conducting of operas, and for his directorship of the New Jersey State Opera. He attended Westminster Choir College and the Juilliard School.

His last residence was West Orange, New Jersey. He died in Livingston, New Jersey, at the age of 74, due to complications from pneumonia.[1]

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  1. ^ Wakin, Daniel J. "Alfredo Silipigni, 74, Who Founded an Opera Company, Dies", The New York Times, March 29, 2006. Accessed June 2, 2008. "Alfredo Silipigni, a conductor and specialist in lesser-known Italian operas who founded the New Jersey State Opera and ran it for four decades, died on Saturday in Livingston, N.J. He was 74 and lived in West Orange, N.J."

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