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 2026
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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All Works: Giordano, U
- Alla Gavotta (1)
- Amor ti vieta (from Fedora) (76)
- Andrea Chénier (42)
- Andrea Chénier (highlights) (1)
- Arias from "Andrea Chénier" (1)
- Caffé Notturno (1)
- Canzone Guerresca (2)
- Carillon (1)
- Cocktail (1)
- Colpito qui m'avete (from Andrea Chénier) (3)
- Come un bel dì di maggio (from Andrea Chénier) (60)
- Compiacente a'colloqui (from Andrea Chenier) (1)
- Credo a una possanza arcana (from Andrea Chénier) (4)
- È lui! È lui! Andate! (from Fedora) (2)
- Ecco l'altare ... la mamma morte ... Vicino a te ... La nostra morte (from (from Andrea Chénier) (2)
- Ecco l'altare... Ora soave (from Andrea Chénier) (2)
- Fedora (8)
- Fedora (excerpts) (1)
- Fedora: Intermezzo, Act 2 (11)
- Fedora: Se innocente sei davvero, credera (1)
- Gerard's monologue from 'Andréa Chénier' (1)
- Gerbes de Feu (1)
- Idillio (1)
- Il Re (2)
- Io non ho amato ancor (from Andrea Chenier) (1)
- La Cena delle Beffe (3)
- La donna russa (from Fedora) (2)
- La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier) (68)
- Lamento (2)
- Loris Ipanoff, oggi lo Czar (from Fedora) (1)
- Mala Vita (1)
- Marcella (2)
- Marina (1)
- Mese mariano (1)
- Mi chiamo Lisabetta (from La Cena delle Beffe) (1)
- Mia madre, la mia vecchia madre (Fedora) (3)
- Minuetto (1)
- Natale dei Bambini (1)
- Nel Deserto (1)
- Nel so amore from Siberia (2)
- Nemico della patria (from Andrea Chénier) (24)
- No! se un pensier torture (from Siberia) (1)
- Notturno (1)
- Ora soave (from Andrea Chenier) (2)
- Organetto di Barberia (1)
- Questa bocca tua (from Madame Sans-Gêne) (1)
- Sei liriche (1)
- Sempre cosi (from La Cena delle Beffe) (1)
- Si, fui soldato (from Andrea Chénier) (9)
- Siberia (6)
- Son la vecchia Madelon (from Andrea Chenier) (1)
- Son sessant' anni, o vecchio (from Andrea Chénier) (1)
- Squillo 'Giornale Radio' (1)
- Tci-Yang (1)
- Tutto tramonta from Fedora (1)
- Un dì, all' azzurro spazio (from Andrea Chénier) (44)
- Un dì, m'era di gioia (from Andrea Chénier) (1)
- Valzer Sentimentale (2)
- Valzer Serenata (2)
- Vedi, io piango (from Fedora) (2)
- Vicino a te (from Andrea Chénier) (11)
- Violettes de Parme (1)
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New. Giordano: Marina
Eleonora Buratto (Marina), Freddie De Tommaso (Giorgio), Nicholas Mogg (Daniele), Mihai Damian (Lambro), Coro del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, Vincenzo Milletarì
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st July 2026
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2026, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2026, Opera Choice
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Special offer. The Italian Intermezzo: Music without words
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
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George Gagnidze: Opera Arias
George Gagnidze (baritone), Staatskapelle Weimar, Stefan Solyom
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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New. Giordano: Fedora
Vida Miknevičiūtė (Princess Fedora Romazov), Jonathan Tetelman (Count Loris Ipanov), Julia Muzychenko (Olga), Navasard Hakobyan (De Siriex), Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, John Fiore, Christof Loy
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New. Giordano: Fedora
Vida Miknevičiūtė (Princess Fedora Romazov), Jonathan Tetelman (Count Loris Ipanov), Julia Muzychenko (Olga), Navasard Hakobyan (De Siriex), Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, John Fiore, Christof Loy
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New. Giordano: Marina
Eleonora Buratto (Marina), Freddie De Tommaso (Giorgio), Nicholas Mogg (Daniele), Mihai Damian (Lambro), Coro del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, Vincenzo Milletarì
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st July 2026
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2026, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2026, Opera Choice
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New. Giordano: Fedora
Vida Miknevičiūtė (vocals), Matthew Peña (vocals), Benjamin Dickerson (vocals), Simon Grindberg (vocals), Arianna Manganello (vocals), Navasard Hakobyan (vocals), Tobias Kehrer (vocals), Michael Bachtadze (vocals), Artur Garbas (vocals), Jonathan Tetelman (vocals), Julia Muzychenko (vocals), Michael Dimovski (vocals), Volodymyr Morozov (vocals), Chris Reynolds (piano), François Bader (vocals), Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, John Fiore
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