Gualtiero Negrini

Gualtiero Negrini, born on January 24, 1961, is an American conductor, filmmaker, singer, actor, director, and vocal coach of Irish-Italian heritage. He was born in California at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center to Luciano Negrini, a former Catholic Priest and bass opera singer from Milano, Italy, and Clare Mary Negrini (nee Young), an Irish-American mezzo-soprano opera singer from Chicago. With a family background in opera, Negrini's great uncle, Carlo Negrini, even created a role for Giuseppe Verdi's Simon Boccanegra in 1857. Negrini attended St Casimir's Elementary School, Daniel Murphy High School, and USC Opera Workshop, all in Los Angeles. He considers himself a proud Angeleno.More