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Victor de Sabata

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Victor de Sabata · Arts & Literature

What

Conductor and composer

When

1892, Trieste, Austria-Hungary (now Italy) — 1967, Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy

Where

Italy

Biography

Victor de Sabata is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Conductor and composer

How & why

Victor de Sabata was an Italian conductor and composer of partial Jewish descent through his mother, Rosita Tedeschi, and one of the twentieth century's greatest operatic conductors, celebrated for his Verdi, Puccini and Wagner. Succeeding Toscanini as principal conductor at La Scala in Milan, he left a legendary recording of Puccini's 'Tosca'. He was also a gifted composer of orchestral and stage works.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Conductor and composer

1892

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music