Erede, Alberto (1909–2001)

Italian conductor. He studied in Milan and with Weingartner and Fritz Busch; he was assistant to Busch at Glyndebourne from 1934 and conducted Figaro and Don Giovanni 1938–39. He returned in 1955 for Il barbiere di Siviglia. He gave many performances at the Cambridge Theatre, 1946–48, with the New London Opera Company, and was engaged at the New York Metropolitan Opera House 1950–55 (making his debut with Traviata). He conducted opera in Düsseldorf 1958–62 and in 1968 led Lohengrin at Bayreuth; he also led Otello for the Scottish Opera in 1975, and Boccanegra at Rome in 1988. He made many recordings of Italian opera.