Marcello Giordani (born Marcello Guagliardo; 25 January 1963 – 5 October 2019) was an Italian operatic

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who sang leading roles of the Italian and French repertoire in opera houses throughout Europe and the United States. He had a distinguished association with the New York

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, where he sang in over 240 performances from the time of his debut there in 1993. He founded the Marcello Giordani Foundation to help young opera singers.

Biography

Giordani was born on 25 January 1963 in the small town of Augusta, Sicily. His father, a former prison guard, was the owner of a major gasoline station in the town, and his mother was a housewife. He showed a talent for singing at an early age and took private lessons in Augusta as well as singing in a church choir. When he was nineteen, he quit his job in a bank. He studied voice first in Catania and from 1983 in

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with Nino Carta. Giordani made his professional operatic debut in 1986 as the Duke in ''

Rigoletto ''Rigoletto'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play '' Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had co ...

'' at the Festival dei Due Mondi in

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. His debut at La Scala came two years later when he sang Rodolfo in ''

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''. He went on to sing throughout Italy and Europe, and in 1988, he made his American debut singing Nadir in '' Les pêcheurs de perles'' with

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, a company with which he frequently appeared early in his career. Engagements with several other American opera companies followed, including

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, Los Angeles Opera and the

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. He performed at the

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first in 1992 as Sänger in ''

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'' by Richard Strauss, and appeared there in 14 roles in 72 performances. Giordani made his

debut in 1993 as Nemorino in a Parks performance of '' L'elisir d'amore'' opposite Maria Spacagna as Adina. His first performance on the actual stage at the Metropolitan Opera House was on 11 December 1995 as Rodolfo to Hei-Kyung Hong's Mimì with Carlo Rizzi conducting. In 1994, vocal problems that begun to surface in the previous years became more acute. He began to retrain his voice with Bill Schuman in New York but did not cancel his engagements. In 1995 he sang Alfredo in '' La traviata'' at Covent Garden under

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, whose guidance he credited as a great help in the rebuilding of his career. In 1997, Giordani again sang at Covent Garden under Solti (as Gabriele Adorno in ''

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''), in what turned out to be the final opera performances that Solti would ever conduct. His career at the Met, which had initially been sporadic, began to flourish. He sang over 240 performances with the company, in 27 roles, including the leading tenor roles in the Met's premieres of '' Benvenuto Cellini'' and ''

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''. He also sang in the Met's season opening performances in both 2006 (Pinkerton in '' Madama Butterfly'') and 2007 (Edgardo in ''

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''), and on 18 September 2008, he was the tenor soloist in the Met's performance of Verdi's Requiem in memory of Luciano Pavarotti. A reviewer for

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wrote that he sang Pinkerton "with full-bodied Italianate passion; warm, rich tone; and clarion top notes". Amongst the other opera houses and festivals where Giordani performed during his career were the Opernhaus Zürich,

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in Barcelona,

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, Houston Grand Opera,

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, Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania,

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, the

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, and the

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. In August 2008, Giordani appeared in concert with Salvatore Licitra and

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's Great Hall of the People during the first week of the 2008 Olympic Games. 2008 also saw his appointment as Artistic Director for Musical Events at ''Città della Notte'', a new arts center near Augusta. In December 2008 he gave his first

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es there.Master class "Marcello Giordani"
, ''Città della Notte''. Retrieved 3 December 2008. In 2010, Giordani created the Marcello Giordani Foundation to help young opera singers at the beginning of their careers. The first annual Marcello Giordani Vocal Competition was held in Sicily in 2011. Giordani met his wife, Wilma, when he was singing in Lucerne in 1988. They married two years later. The couple and their two sons lived in New York and Sicily. Giordani died of a heart attack at his home in Augusta on 5 October 2019 at the age of 56.

Operatic repertoire

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'' (Arturo) ** ''

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'' (Arturo) * Hector Berlioz ** '' Benvenuto Cellini'' (Cellini) ** ''

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'' (Faust) ** '' Les Troyens'' (Énée) ** '' Requiem'' * Georges Bizet ** '' Carmen'' (Don Jose) ** '' Les pêcheurs de perles'' (Nadir) * Francesco Cilea ** '' Adriana Lecouvreur'' (Maurizio) * Gaetano Donizetti ** ''

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'' (Fernand) ** ''

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'' (Tonio) ** ''

'' (Edgardo) ** '' Lucrezia Borgia'' (Gennaro) ** '' L'elisir d'amore'' (Nemorino) *

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** '' Andrea Chénier'' (Chenier) *

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'' (Faust) ** '' Roméo et Juliette'' (Romeo) * Jules Massenet ** '' Manon'' (Des Grieux) ** ''

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'' (Werther) * Giacomo Meyerbeer ** ''

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'' (Raoul) *

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** ''

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'' (Hoffmann) * Amilcare Ponchielli ** '' La Gioconda'' (Enzo) *

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** '' Edgar'' (Edgar) ** ''

'' (Rodolfo) ** ''

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'' (Dick Johnson) ** '' Madama Butterfly'' (Pinkerton) ** ''

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'' (Des Grieux) ** ''

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'' (Mario Cavaradossi) ** ''

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'' (Calaf) *

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'' (Arnold) * Richard Strauss ** ''

'' (Italian singer) *

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** ''

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'' (Lensky) * Giuseppe Verdi ** '' Attila'' (Foresto) ** ''

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'' (Don Carlo) ** ''

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'' (Arrigo) ** ''

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'' (Manrico) ** '' La forza del destino'' (Alvaro) ** '' La traviata'' (Alfredo) ** ''

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(Henri) ** ''

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'' (Rodolfo) ** '' Requiem'' ** ''

'' (The Duke) ** ''

'' (Gabriele Adorno) ** ''

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'' (Riccardo) ** '' Ernani'' (Ernani) *

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** '' Francesca da Rimini'' (Paolo Malatesta)

Discography

Giordano made DVD recordings of complete operas, and recorded tenor recitals on CD, including: * ''

'' (

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, Elena Mosuc, Marcello Giordani,

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, Cheyne Davidson,

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; Opernhaus Zürich Orchestra and Chorus;

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, conductor). Label:

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(DVD) * '' La Gioconda'' (Lucia Mazzaria, Marcello Giordani, Alberto Mastromarino, Julia Gertseva, Lidia Tirendi, Michael Ryssov, Andrea Cortese, Valerio Saggi; Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania Orchestra, Chorus, and Corps de Ballet; Donato Renzetti, conductor). Label: Kikko Classics (DVD) * '' Madama Butterfly'' ( Fiorenza Cedolins, Francesca Franci, Marcello Giordani,

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, Carlo Bosi;

Orchestra and Chorus;

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, conductor). Label: TDK (DVD) * ''

'' (

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, Marcello Giordani,

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, Dale Travis;

Orchestra and Chorus;

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, conductor). Label: EMI Classics (DVD) * ''Steven Mercurio: Many Voices'' (

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, Marcello Giordani,

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, and Gino Quilico;

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; Steven Mercurio, conductor). Label:

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(CD) * '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' – Soundtrack (Marcello Giordani,

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) Label:

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(CD) * ''Sicilia Bella'' (Marcello Giordani, tenor; Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania Orchestra; Steven Mercurio, conductor). Label: VAI (CD) * ''Tenor Arias'' (Marcello Giordani, tenor; Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania Orchestra; Steven Mercurio, conductor). Label:

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(CD) * Verdi: ''

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'' (Marcello Giordani, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Marina Mescheriakova;

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;

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, conductor). Label:

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(CD) * '' Viva Verdi A 100th Anniversary Celebration'' (Compilation – various artists). Label: Decca (CD)

References

External links

*
Marcello Giordani Foundation
marcellogiordani-foundation.org * *
Official biography
Atelier Musicale Artist Management
Reviews, articles, photos and list of future performances for Marcello Giordani
on TheOperaCritic.com *Video *
Intervista al tenore Marcello Giordani
Interview (in Italian) – Augusta, January 2008 *
"Nessun dorma" from ''Turandot''
Marcello Giordani & Friends concert – Augusta, January 3, 2008 *

Marcello Giordani & Friends concert – Augusta, January 3, 2008 *
"Cielo e mar" from ''La Gioconda''
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Teatro Massimo Bellini The Teatro Massimo Bellini is an opera house located on Piazza Vincenzo Bellini in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is ...

, Catania, 2006 *
"Amis, amis secondez ma vengeance" from ''Guillaume Tell''
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Opera Orchestra of New York The Opera Orchestra of New York (also known as OONY) specializes in the performance of opera in concert form. It is particularly known for its work in presenting rarely performed repertory. Among the numerous American premieres it has presented are ...

, 2005 *
Finale from ''Guillaume Tell''
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Thomas Hampson Thomas Walter Hampson (born June 28, 1955) is an American lyric baritone, a classical singer who has appeared world-wide in major opera houses and concert halls and made over 170 musical recordings. Hampson's operatic repertoire spans a range ...

, Marcello Giordani, Hasmik Papian, and Gaele Le Roi) –

Opéra Bastille The Opéra Bastille (, "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's '' Grands Travaux'', it became the main facility of the Paris Nat ...

, 2003 *
"Sempre libera" from ''La traviata''
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June Anderson June Anderson (born December 30, 1952) is a Grammy Award-winning American coloratura soprano. She is known for ''bel canto'' performances of Rossini, Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini. Subsequently, she has extended her repertoire to include a wi ...

and Marcello Giordani) –

Avery Fisher Hall David Geffen Hall is a concert hall in New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The 2,200-seat auditorium opened in 1962, and is the home of the New York Philharmonic. The facility, desi ...

, New York, 1997. *
Final trio from ''Faust''
(June Anderson, Marcello Giordani, and Jeffrey Wells) –

Lincoln Center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 milli ...

, New York, 1996 *
Act I duet from ''La traviata''
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Carol Vaness Carol Theresa Vaness (born July 27, 1952) is an American lirico-spinto soprano and university professor. Early life and education Vaness was born in San Diego and graduated with her bachelor's degree from California State Polytechnic Universit ...

and Marcello Giordani) –

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal O ...

, 10 July 1995 *
Sextet: "Chi mi frena in tal momento" from ''Lucia di Lammermoor''
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, Dolora Zajick, Luciano Pavarotti, Marcello Giordani,

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, and Haijing Fu) – Lincoln Center, 1991 {{DEFAULTSORT:Giordani, Marcello 1963 births 2019 deaths People from Augusta, Sicily Italian operatic tenors 20th-century Italian male opera singers 21st-century Italian male opera singers