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Umberto Giordano

Umberto Giordano

Born: 28th August 1867, Foggia, Italy

Died: 12th November 1948, Milan, Italy

Nationality: Italian

Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano 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. His first opera, Marina, was written for a competition promoted 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.

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  • Giordano's Marina rediscovered

    31st Jul 2026by Katherine Cooper

    Submitted for a competition in the late 1880s, the Italian composer's first opera finally sees the light of day on a live recording with Eleonora Buratto in the title-role and Freddie De Tommaso as the enemy fugitive who captures her heart.

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