Lamberto Gardelli

Lamberto Gardelli (8 November 1915 – 17 July 1998) was an Italian conductor, particularly associated with the Italian opera repertory, especially the works of Giuseppe Verdi. Born in Venice, Italy, he studied with Amilcare Zanella and Adriano Ariani at the Liceo Musicale Rossini in Pesaro, and later at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He worked as the assistant of Tullio Serafin at the Rome Opera, and made his debut as conductor there with La traviata in 1944.