What is Alberto Zedda?
[[File:Alberto Zedda.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Zedda in 1957]] '''Alberto Zedda''' (2 January 1928 &ndash; 6 March 2017) was an Italian [[Conducting|conductor]] and [[musicologist]]. He was known for his work relating to the 19th-century Italian repertoire. He was born in [[Milan]]. Zedda studied the works of [[Antonio Vivaldi]], [[George Frideric Handel]], [[Gaetano Donizetti]], [[Vincenzo Bellini]], [[Giuseppe Verdi]], and most notably [[Gioachino Rossini]]. He was known for his research on [[ornamentation (music)|vocal ornamentation]] and his aim at authentic performing style. Zedda died on 6 March 2017 in [[Pesaro]], Italy, aged 89.<ref>[http://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/17_marzo_07/morto-maestro-alberto-zedda-rossini-opera-festival-pesaro-direttore-e3c03fca-031f-11e7-abb5-4486feee70af.shtml?refresh_ce-cp Lutto nel mondo della lirica, è morto il maestro Alberto Zedda] {{in lang|it}}</ref> ==More readings== * Roland Mancini & Jean-Jacques Rouveroux, ''Le guide de l'opéra'', Fayard, 1986. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zedda Alberto}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Italian conductors]] [[Category:Musicologists]] [[Category:Musicians from Milan]]