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Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano (28 August 1867 – 12 November 1948) was an Italian composer, mainly of operas. His best-known work in that genre was Andrea Chénier (1896). He was born in Foggia in Apulia, southern Italy, and studied under Paolo Serrao at the Conservatoire of Naples.
Umberto Giordano was an Italian opera composer in the verismo, or “realist,” style, known for his opera Andrea Chénier. Giordano, the son of an artisan, studied music at Foggia and Naples. His early operas, among them Mala vita (1892; Evil Life), were written in the forceful, melodramatic style.
Aug 28, 2018 · By David Salazar. Born on August 28 1867 in Foggia, Umberto Giordano would go on to become one of the most renowned Italian composers of the verismo era. He wrote his first opera “Marina” for a competition that would mark the beginning of the Verismo era. For years the composer experimented with differing works, including “Mala Vita ...
Premiere. 17 November 1898. ( 1898-11-17) Teatro Lirico, Milan. Fedora is an opera in three acts by Umberto Giordano to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the 1882 play Fédora by Victorien Sardou. Along with Andrea Chénier and Siberia, it is one of the most notable works of Giordano.
Umberto Giordano ( Foggia, 28 agosto 1867 – Milano, 12 novembre 1948) è stato un compositore italiano che ha legato il suo nome ad alcune opere liriche entrate stabilmente nel repertorio internazionale quali Andrea Chénier e Fedora . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Considerazioni sull'artista. 3 Opere. 4 Note. 5 Bibliografia. 6 Voci correlate.
May 11, 2018 · Umberto Giordano. Giordano, Umberto. views 3,280,548 updated May 11 2018. Giordano, Umberto, noted Italian composer; b. Foggia, Aug. 28, 1867; d. Milan, Nov. 12, 1948. He studied with Gaetano Briganti at Foggia and then with Paolo Serrao at the Naples Cons. (1881-90).
Nov 17, 2017 · Nov 17, 2017. Opera Profile: Umberto Giordano’s ‘Fedora’. By David Salazar. Umberto Giordano’s “Fedora” will never rank with the likes of “Andrea Chénier” in the operatic canon, but the composer’s second most popular work still gets its looks from time to time.
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