Renato Fasano

Renato Fasano (Naples, August 21, 1902 – Rome, August 3, 1979) was an Italian conductor and musicologist particularly associated with 18th century Italian works.

Renato Fasano studied in his native Naples, and founded the chamber orchestra "Collegium Musicum Italicum" later renamed "I Virtuosi di Roma" in 1947. This small orchestra helped popularize Italian Baroque music. He conducted widely in Europe works by such composers as Arcangelo Corelli, Baldassarre Galuppi, Alessandro Marcello, Giovanni Paisiello, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, and Antonio Vivaldi. He also founded the "Piccolo Teatro Musicale Italiano" in 1957.

He left a notable recording of Orfeo ed Euridice, with Shirley Verrett, Anna Moffo, Judith Raskin.

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