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Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

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Francesco Molinari-Pradelli by Annemarie Heinrich

Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (4 July 1911 – 8 August 1996) was a prominent Italian opera conductor. He studied piano and composition at Bologna, and graduated from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, in 1938. He made his debut at La Scala in 1946 and his Covent Garden debut in 1955.[1] His account of Puccini's Turandot with Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli is commonly regarded as one of the greatest recordings of that work.[citation needed]

Molinari-Pradelli died in Bologna, Italy, the city of his birth.

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  1. ^ Tosca, 28 June 1955 (Covent Garden Archive)
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