Victor Alessandro
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Victor Nicholas Alessandro (27 November 1915 – 27 November 1976) was an orchestra conductor and long-time resident of San Antonio, Texas. Born in Waco, Texas, he studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Alessandro also spent a number of years in Italy during his youth where he studied with Ildebrando Pizzetti. Alessandro served as the conductor of the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra from 1950 until 1976. He conducted operatic performances as well, bringing the work of his favorites Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini to San Antonio audiences. He made numerous recordings of classical music in the 1950s and early 1960s, including the first complete recording of Debussy's Le martyre de Saint Sébastien with the Oklahoma City Symphony (Allegro Elite Long Playing Record, 1952, Mono). He and his wife Ruth lived for many years on Garraty Road in Terrell Hills, a suburb of San Antonio.
[edit] External links
- Oral history interview - Archives of American Art
| Preceded by Max Reiter |
Music Directors, San Antonio Symphony 1950–1976 |
Succeeded by François Huybrechts |
