13 Facts About Lamberto Gardelli

Lamberto Gardelli was an Italian naturalized Swedish conductor, particularly associated with the Italian opera repertory, especially the works of Giuseppe Verdi.

Lamberto Gardelli started his career as a pianist and double-bass player in Italy.

Lamberto Gardelli made his conducting debut at the Rome Opera with La traviata in 1944.

Lamberto Gardelli conducted at the Drottningholm Theatre, and eventually adopted Swedish nationality and became a Court conductor.

Lamberto Gardelli made guest appearances at the Glyndebourne Festival from 1964, the Royal Opera House in London, the Metropolitan Opera in New York and Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Lamberto Gardelli was chief Conductor of the Munich Radio Orchestra from 1982 to 1985 and of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1986 until 1988.

Lamberto Gardelli "showed a firm command of a work's structure and used expressive nuance with discernment, eschewing any hint of excess".

Lamberto Gardelli was made an "Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" in 1995, by the Ministere de la Culture.

Lamberto Gardelli composed five operas, of which only L'impresario delle Americhe of 1959 was performed, while a post-Romantic Requiem was well received at performances in Budapest.

Lamberto Gardelli died on 17 July 1998 in Munich, Germany, at the age of 82.

Lamberto Gardelli was considered a specialist in the works of Verdi and he made several recordings of that composer's operas in the 1960s and 1970s, conducting pioneering recordings of the neglected early operas with record companies such as Philips and Orfeo.

Lamberto Gardelli made studio recordings of four Respighi operas with Hungaroton.

Lamberto Gardelli was mentor to several noted sopranos, including Lucia Aliberti and Sylvia Sass.