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Contino, Fiora

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Personal name headingContino, Fiora
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Variant(s)Corradetti, Fiora d'Itala Rosa
Associated placeBloomington (Ind.)
Birth date1925-06-17
Death date2017-03-05
Place of birthLynbrook (N.Y.)
Place of deathCarmel (Ind.)
Field of activityConducting Opera
Profession or occupationConductors (Music) Music teachers College teachers
Special noteMachine-derived authority record.
Found inLCCN 89-740751: Contino, F. Fiora Contino interview, 19---
Mahler, G. Das Lied von der Erde [SR] 1975: program (Fiora Contino, conductor)
Contino, F. Problems of realization in Monteverdi's "L'incoronazione di Poppea ...", 1964: t.p. (Fiora Corradetti Contino) vita (b. June 17, 1925, Malverne, N.Y.)
New York times WWW site, viewed Mar. 16, 2017 (in obituary published Mar. 15: Fiora Corradetti Contino; b. Fiora d'Itala Rosa Corradetti. June 17, 1925, Lynbrook, Long Island; m. Joseph Contino (div.); d. Mar. 5, Carmel, Ind., aged 91; founded her first opera company when she was only 27 and became an accomplished maestra who conducted for 50 years, until she was 81)
Maestra--the legacy of Fiora Corradetti Contino, 2014: title page (Fiora Corradetti Contino) page 80 (master's degree in conducting and doctorate in opera conducting, Indiana University, Bloomington)
Associated languageeng