Franco Alfano

Alfano studied privately with Longo, Nardis and Serrao at the Conservatorio di S Pietro a Maiella, Naples and later in Leipzig with Jadassohn. For a short time he worked as a pianist in Berlin. He spent most of his career as a professor of composition and opera and as an administrator at conservatories throughout Italy. Outside of Italy, Alfano is remembered as the composer who finshed Puccini's Turandot. He was also an accomplished composer in his own right. He first received recognition with Risurrezione, an opera in the Puccini tradition. Later works were influenced by Debu...