Alberto Zedda

Conductor and musicologist Alberto Zedda was widely recognized as one of the world's most prominent authorities on the operas of Gioachino Rossini. Zedda was born in Milan, Italy, on January 2, 1928. He was educated at Milan Conservatory, studying conducting with Carlo Maria Giulini and Alceo Galleria. Zedda made his debut in 1956, leading the Polytechnic chamber group of Milan. After a few years spent teaching at the Cincinnati College of Music, Zedda began his international concert career in earnest, holding posts at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin and the New York City Opera, ...