Sunday, June 9, 2013

Italian maestro Bruno Bartoletti dies in Florence

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2007 file photo Maestro Bruno Bartoletti waves to the audience as he takes to the podium at the beginning of rehearsal for Verdi's "La Traviata" at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. An Italian music company says maestro Bruno Bartoletti, who was associated with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for a half-century, has died a day before his 87th birthday, Sunday, June 9, 2013. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino said Bartoletti died in a Florence hospital Sunday after a long illness. In a career that saw Bartoletti conduct into his 80s, he served as the first music director of Chicago's Lyric Opera, starting as guest conductor there in 1956, when he was relatively unknown. Conducting frequently in Italy, Bartoletti was artistic director at Maggio Musicale from 1986-1991. He also conducted in Buenos Aires and at Milan's La Scala. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) ROME (AP) — Bruno Bartoletti, an orchestra conductor who was associated with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for a half-century, and who championed modern opera as well as classic works, died on Sunday in his native Tuscany, a day before his 87th birthday.








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