Guido Cantelli
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- 1920-04-27
- Died
- 1956-11-24
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Guido Cantelli (27 April 1920 – 24 November 1956) was an Italian orchestral conductor. He was named Musical Director of La Scala, Milan in November 1956 but his promising career was cut short only one week later by his death at the age of 36 in an airplane crash in Paris, France. Biography Born in Novara, Italy, in 1920, Cantelli studied at the Milan Conservatory and began a promising conducting career, which was interrupted by World War II, during which he was forced to serve in the Italian ar
Key dates
- Born
- 27 April 1920
- Died
- 24 November 1956
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Guido
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Novara
- Place of death
- Orly
- Occupation
- conductor
- Educated at
- Milan Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Student of
- Antonino Votto
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1920 births1956 deaths20th-century Italian conductors (music)20th-century Italian male musiciansEscapees from German detentionItalian escapeesItalian male conductors (music)Milan Conservatory alumniMusic & Arts artistsPeople from NovaraRoyal Italian Army personnel of World War IIVictims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1956