Giulio Gatti-Casazza

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Giulio Gatti-Casazza (February 3, 1869 – September 2, 1940) was an italian opera manager. He was general manager of La Scala in Milan, Italy and later the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

Contents 1 Biography 2 References 3 Sources 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Gatti-Casazza was born at Udine, in northeastern Italy, and in 1893 succeeded his father as manager of the municipal theatre in Ferrara. He was manager of La Scala in Milan from 1898 to 1908, before his move to New York City. He was head of the Metropolitan Opera from 1908 to 1935.^[1] In 1910 he married the soprano Frances Alda; they divorced in 1928 and he married the dancer Rosina Galli. Gatti-Casazza retired in 1935 and spent the last years of his life in his native Italy. He died in 1940 in Ferrara.

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[edit] Sources

• Giulio Gatti-Casazza - Memories of the Opera (1941) (autobiography)
• Gabriel, Gilbert W. [writing as Golly-Wogg], "Maestrissimo!" The New Yorker 1/1 (21 February 1925) : 9-10 (profile)

[edit] External links

• www.niaf.org Giulio Gatti-Casazza page
• TIME magazine cover

Persondata
NAME	Gatti-Casazza, Giulio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Manager of La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera
DATE OF BIRTH	1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Udine
DATE OF DEATH	1940
PLACE OF DEATH

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Roy Chapman Andrews	Cover of Time Magazine 5 November 1923	Succeeded by Woodrow Wilson
Preceded by George Brinton McClellan Harvey	Cover of Time Magazine 1 November 1926	Succeeded by Togo Heihachiro