Giuseppe Patanè

He was born in Naples, the son of the conductor Franco Patanè (1908–1968), and studied in his native city.

[1] He subsequently was chief conductor of the Munich Radio Orchestra from 1985 to 1989.

Patanè collapsed suddenly from a heart attack while conducting a performance of Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, on 29 May 1989.

He and his wife Rita, from whom he was separated at the time of his death, had two daughters.

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