Joseph Rescigno
Joseph Rescigno has served as Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor of the Florentine Opera Company (Milwaukee) since 1981 and became Music Director of La Musica Lirica festival in Italy in 2005. In these and other positions as well as guest engagements, he has conducted music from across the repertory for such companies as the Montreal Symphony and the New York City Opera. From 1996 to 2000, he also served as music director of L’Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal, where he made five studio recordings: Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Verismo. In addition, he conducts the live recordings of Jōruri and Río de Sangre, two operatic world premieres. Rescigno comes from a long line of musicians on both sides of his family and holds a Master of Music (piano) from the Manhattan School of Music. His home is New York City where he is also working on his first book.