Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano (August 28, 1867 – November 12, 1948) was an Italian composer, mainly of opera. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto
He was born in Foggia in Puglia, southern Italy, and studied under Paolo Serrao at the Conservatoire of Naples. Foggia is a city of Puglia, Italy, capital of the Province of Foggia. Apulia ( Italian: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east the Ionian Sea Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Paolo Serrao (b Filadelfia ( Catanzaro) 1830 d Naples, 17 March 1907) was a distinguished and influential Italian Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the His first opera Marina, was written for the competition staged by the music publishers Casa Sonzogno for the best one-act opera, remembered today because it marked the beginning of Italian verismo; the winner was Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana. Edoardo Sonzogno ( April 21, 1836 - March 14, 1920) was an Italian Publisher. Verismo (meaning "realism" from Italian vero, meaning "truth" was an Italian literary movement born approximately between 1875 and 1895 WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Pietro Mascagni ( December 7, 1863 &ndash August 2, Cavalleria rusticana ( Rustic Chivalry) is an Opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti Giordano, the youngest candidate, placed sixth among seventy-three with Marina, which generated enough interest for Sonzogno to commission an opera to be staged in the 1891-92 season.
The result was Mala Vita, a gritty verismo opera concerning a labourer who vows to reform a prostitute if he is cured of his tuberculosis. Verismo (meaning "realism" from Italian vero, meaning "truth" was an Italian literary movement born approximately between 1875 and 1895 This caused something of a scandal when performed at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, in February 1892. The Teatro Argentina is an Opera house and theatre located in the Largo di Torre Argentina, a square in Rome Italy. It played successfully at Vienna, Prague and Berlin.
Giordano tried a more romantic approach with his next opera, Regina Diaz with libretto writing by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci (1894), but this was also a failure, taken off the stage after just two performances. For the italian medician and entomologist (1712-1783 see Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti. Guido Menasci ( Livorno, March 24 1867 - December 27, 1925) was an italian Opera librettist
Giordano then moved to Milan, and returned to verismo with his best-known work, Andrea Chénier (1896), based on the life of the French poet, André Chénier. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Andrea Chénier is an Opera in four acts by the Verismo composer Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian Libretto by Luigi Illica Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. André Marie Chénier ( October 30, 1762 &ndash July 25, 1794) was a French Poet, associated with the events of the Fedora (1898), based on Victorien Sardou's play, featured a scarcely-known young tenor, Enrico Caruso; it was also a success, and is still performed today. Fedora is an Opera in three acts by Umberto Giordano to an Italian Libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the play Victorien Sardou ( September 5, 1831 - November 8, 1908) was a French Dramatist. Enrico Caruso (born Errico Caruso; February 25 1873 &ndash August 2 1921) was an Italian Opera singer His later works are much less known, but occasionally revived.
The most important theater in Foggia has been dedicated to Umberto Giordano, in which Andrea Chenier was lately performed. A square in Foggia is also dedicated to him, with many statues representing his more famous works.
Other works
- Il Voto (1902)
- Siberia (1903, revised 1927)
- Marcella (1907)
- Mese mariano (1910)
- Madame Sans-Gêne (1915)
- La cena delle beffe (1924)
- Il Re (1929)
- La festa del Nilo (incomplete)
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