Attilio Parelli

Attilio Parelli
Parelli c.1900
Born	Attilio Enrico Paparella (1874-05-31)31 May 1874 Monteleone d'Orvieto, Italy
Died	26 December 1944(1944-12-26) (aged 70) Monteleone d'Orvieto, Italy
Occupations	composer conductor

Monteleone d'Orvieto, the birthplace of Parelli

Attilio Enrico Paparella, known professionally as Attilio Parelli (31 May 1874 – 26 December 1944) was an Italian conductor and composer.

Born in the village of Monteleone d'Orvieto, about 35 km southwest of Perugia, he studied with Cesare de Sanctis at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome between 1891 and 1899. He started work as a conductor in Italy and Paris, before moving to the United States. From 1906 he collaborated with Cleofonte Campanini at the Manhattan Opera House and the Chicago Grand Opera Company.^[1]

His most important opera, I dispettosi amanti (The Lovers' Quarrel), received its premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, in March 1912. In 1925 Parelli returned to Italy and became artistic director of the newly formed Unione Radiofonica Italiana (Italian Radio Union; now RAI) in Milan. In 1926, I dispettosi amanti became the first opera to be broadcast in its entirety on Italian radio.^[2][3]

Parelli married his student Isolina Rapalli. They had no children. He died in Monteleone d'Orvieto on 26 December 1944 and lies buried in the cemetery of his native village.^[1]

References

1. s.n. (10 May 2017). "Museo Parelli - La figura di Parelli". Comune di Monteleone di Orvieto. Retrieved 17 March 2019 (in Italian).
2. Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (2nd edition), p. 280. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0810893029
3. Gilleri, Alessandro and Bisleri, Pierpaolo (2014). Lo spettacolo va in scena, p. 50. FrancoAngeli. ISBN 8891704857 (in Italian)

Further reading

• Brumana, Biancamaria (2002). Il fondo musicale Attilio Parelli (1874- 1944) del comune di Monteleone d'Orvieto. Morlacchi Editore. ISBN 8887716544