Nicola Rescigno was an American conductor, especially associated with opera and with the Dallas Opera, where he worked closely with Maria Callas and other major singers.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Cherubini’s Medea from Covent Garden, with Maria Callas, Jon Vickers, Fiorenza Cossotto and Nicola Zaccaria.

Rescigno’s conducting was practical, singer-aware and steeped in Italian operatic style, the kind of podium craft that keeps dramatic line and vocal breath moving together.

His page is justified by stature and catalogue context. Rescigno gives the Callas-Cherubini shelf a firm operatic pulse.