- Alfredo Silipigni
Alfredo Silipigni (b. Atlantic City,
New Jersey ,April 9 ,1931 ; d. Livingston,New Jersey ,March 25 ,2006 ) was an American conductor. He was best known for his conducting ofopera s, and for his directorship of theNew Jersey State Opera . He attendedWestminster Choir College and theJuilliard School .His last residence was
West Orange, New Jersey . He died inLivingston, New Jersey , at the age of 74, due to complications frompneumonia . [Wakin, Daniel J. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/29/arts/music/29silipigni.html "Alfredo Silipigni, 74, Who Founded an Opera Company, Dies"] , "The New York Times ",March 29 ,2006 . AccessedJune 2 ,2008 . "Alfredo Silipigni, a conductor and specialist in lesser-known Italian operas who founded the New Jersey State Opera and ran it for four decades, died on Saturday in Livingston, N.J. He was 74 and lived in West Orange, N.J."]References
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* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/29/arts/music/29silipigni.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Obituary from "The New York Times"]
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