Gilbert Bezzina

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rdf:langString Gilbert Bezzina is a French violinist and conductor of baroque opera. Gilbert Bezzina studied violin at the Conservatory of Nice and continues to perform and record as a violinist. In 1965 he founded the “Société de Musique Ancienne de Nice”, and in 1982 the “Ensemble Baroque de Nice”, with which he has presented, and in some cases recorded, a series of revivals of baroque operas. A selection of Bezzina's major opera revivals include: * Vivaldi's L'incoronazione di Dario: Gérard Lesne, Henri Ledroit, Dominique Visse, , Isabelle Poulenard, dir. Gilbert Bezzina, recorded for Harmonia Mundi. * 2003 Vivaldi's , Opéra de Nice. * 2007 Handel's Teseo at the Opéra de Nice. Bezzina also has revived oratorios: * In 2007 Bezzina premiered a little-known second setting by Alessandro Scarlatti of La Giuditta in a by Gilbert Blin. * 2009 Alessandro Scarlatti: Agar et Ismaele esiliati.