‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ Duet “Fra gli amplessi in pochi istanti”
David Montefiore, Ferrando – Carol Walker, Fiordiligi
Anton Coppola, Conductor
‘Here is a natural Mozart tenor.’
Donald Hodson, Daily American/Rome
‘Outstanding individual performances by the singers were David Montefiore, who possesses a ringing tenor voice and Italian bravura on stage.’
Nash, International Courier/Rome
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Coppola
Antonio Francesco Coppola – March 21, 1917 – March 9, 2020 was an American opera conductor and composer. He was the uncle of film director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, as well as the great-uncle of Nicolas Cage, Christopher Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman, and the younger brother of American composer and musician Carmine Coppola.
Anton Coppola, conductor, was born in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, on March 21, 1917, but grew up mostly in East Harlem. He was the son of Maria (née Zasa) and Agostino Coppola, who came to the United States from Bernalda, Basilicata. Coppola started his career at the age of eight with the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus. At the age of 9 he was in the Met’s debut of Turandot. He served as an army bandmaster during World War II, conductor at Radio City Music Hall and director of both the Symphony and Opera Departments at the Manhattan School of Music. He earned a bachelor’s degree (1964) and a master’s degree (1965) in composition from Manhattan School of Music and received honorary Doctorates from the University of Tampa and Quinnipiac University in Connecticut.
Maestro Anton Coppola died at the young age of 102 in 2020.
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