Vittorio Gui
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Vittorio Gui (born 14 September 1885 in Rome; died 16 October 1975 in Florence) was an Italian conductor and composer.
In 1933 Bruno Walter invited him to be guest conductor at the Salzburg Festival.
His 1949 recording of Verdi's opera Un ballo in maschera has been reissued on CD, as has his 1950 performance of Wagner's Parsifal with Maria Callas. His superb 1962 Abbey Road Studio-1 stereo recording by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) has been released on the Great Recordings of the Century by EMI (5 67765 2). There is also a brilliantly lively recording of Le Nozze di Figaro from Glyndebourne on EMI Classics (Gemini), with the superb Sena Jurinac as Contessa.
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| Preceded by Fritz Busch |
Musical Directors, Glyndebourne Opera Festival 1951–1963 |
Succeeded by John Pritchard |
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