Mario Del Monaco was an Italian operatic tenor.
Mario Del Monaco
As Otello
Portrait of Mario Del Monaco, tenor (1915-1982). Photo by Sedge Le Blang, before 1982.
Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini"
The Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" is a music conservatory in Pesaro, Italy. Founded in 1869 with a legacy from the composer Gioachino Rossini, the conservatory officially opened in 1882 with 67 students and was then known as the Liceo musicale Rossini. By 2010 it had an enrollment of approximately 850 students studying for higher diplomas in singing, instrumental performance, composition, musicology, choral conducting, jazz or electronic music. The conservatory also trains music teachers for secondary schools and holds regular master classes. Its seat is the 18th century Palazzo Olivieri–Machirelli on the Piazza Oliveri in Pesaro. Amongst its past Directors are the composers Carlo Pedrotti, Pietro Mascagni, Riccardo Zandonai and Franco Alfano. Mascagni's opera Zanetto had its world premiere at the conservatory in 1896.
Gioachino Rossini, whose legacy led to the founding of the conservatory
Carlo Pedrotti, the first Director of the conservatory
Pietro Mascagni in 1902, his final year as Director of the conservatory
Fresco by Gianandrea Lazzarini in the Palazzo Olivieri–Machirelli