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unusual facts about Umberto Giordano


Umberto Giordano

This caused something of a scandal when performed at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, in February 1892.


Angelo Badà

At the Met he sang in the world premieres of several operas, including Giacomo Puccini's, La fanciulla del West (1910), Umberto Giordano's Madame Sans-Gêne (1915), Charles Wakefield Cadman's Shanewis (1918), Puccini's Il tabarro (1918), Puccini's Gianni Schicchi (1918), Albert Wolff's, L'oiseau bleu (1919), and Deems Taylor's Peter Ibbetson (1931).

Francesco Maria Bonini

He remained committed to that theatre through 1905, portraying such roles as Walitzin/Commissario in Umberto Giordano's Siberia and Johannes Rathenow in the Italian premiere of Ruggero Leoncavallo's Der Roland von Berlin.

Galileo Chini

His theatrical work included designing the sets for the European premiere of Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi (Rome, January 1919) and the world premiere of his Turandot (Milan, 1926), and the sets for the premieres of Umberto Giordano's opera La cena delle beffe (Milan, 1924) and Sem Benelli's play of the same name on which the opera was based (Rome, 1909).

Juan Pons

In the 97-98 season he was highly acclaimed in a production of Sly by Wolf-Ferrari alongside José Carreras, as well as in Giordano's La Cena delle Beffe, both productions presented at the Zurich Opera.

Marthe Chenal

Between 1908-1910 Chenal made a number of lauded appearances at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, including the title roles in Umberto Giordano's Fedora, Camille Saint-Saëns' Proserpine, Alexander Dargomyzhsky's Rusalka, and Giacomo Puccini's Tosca among others.

Sofia Scalchi

She appeared, too, in the initial American productions of Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda and Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chénier.

Tancredi Pasero

Pasero notably sang the role The Miller in the world premiere of Umberto Giordano's Il re on the 12 January 1929 at La Scala.


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