Nello Santi
Nello Santi was born on September 22, 1931, in Adria, Italy. At age four, he
attended an open-air performance of Verdi's Rigoletto, igniting his passion for
music. Santi learned multiple instruments as a child and studied at the Liceo
musicale of Padua. He made his conducting debut in 1951 at the Teatro Verdi in
Padua with Rigoletto. In 1958, he was appointed music director of the Zürich
Opera House, where he conducted various operas including La forza del destino
and returned for decades to conduct rarities such as Ernani, I Lombardi, and I
due Foscari. From 1962 to 2000, Santi ...
