page_title: Joseph Rescigno
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Rescigno / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Thomas Rescigno (top) and Joseph Rescigno with two Muskellunges at Eagle Lake, Ontario, 1961.
context_page_description: Joseph Rescigno is an American conductor best known for his work in opera in North America and Europe. He served as Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor of the Florentine Opera Company of Milwaukee, WI for 38 seasons beginning in 1981. He also served as Artistic Director of l'Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, in Quebec, Canada, for four seasons. His commitment to young musicians and singers returns him each year to La Musica Lirica, a summer program for singers in Northern Italy, where he has been Music Director since 2005., He has mentored Solti Foundation U.S. Award recipients as part of the Foundation's residency project since the 2014–2015 season, first at the Florentine and later elsewhere. In this program, award recipients apprentice through an entire rehearsal and performance cycle. In addition, he serves on the advisory committee of the Olga Forrai Foundation, which supports the training, education, and career development of singers and conductors.
  Rescigno is also the author of Conducting Opera: Where Theater Meets Music.
context_section_description: Rescigno has sketched and painted in pastels throughout his life, on occasion creating and contributing original works to be sold at benefit auctions.
  He also enjoys visiting museums and collecting antiques with his wife Jeanne. They married in 1971 and reside in New York City.
  Other favorite recreational activities include both surf-casting and fly fishing.
  An avid gastronome and oenophile, Rescigno also can often be found in the kitchen and at wine auctions.
caption: Thomas Rescigno (top) and his brother Joseph, with a couple of muskellunges at Eagle Lake, Ontario, 1961.
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