Giordano
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948) was an Italian opera composer associated with the verismo generation. Born in Foggia, he studied in Naples and found his theatrical voice in the emotionally direct operatic world that followed Mascagni and Leoncavallo.
His best-known opera is Andrea Chénier, a French Revolution drama that remains a favourite vehicle for dramatic tenors and sopranos. He also wrote Fedora, Siberia,...
GIORDANO Andrea Chénier
Live recording, 4 December, 1954, Metropolitan Opera House, NYC
Total duration: 1hr 48:25
Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco
Maddalena - Zinka Milanov
Carlo Gérard- Leonard Warren
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Fausto Cleva, conductor
Arias and scenes from:
PUCCINI Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi; Turandot; Suor Angelica
VERDI Macbeth; Nabucco; Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Don Carlo
BELLINI La sonnambula; Il pirata
BOITO Mefistofele
CATALANI La Wally
CHERUBINI Medea
CILEA Adriana Lecouvreur
DELIBES Lakmé
DONIZETTI Anna Bolena
GIORDANO Andrea Chénier
MEYERBEER Dinorah
ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia
SPONTINI La vestale
THOMAS Hamlet
Ambient Stereo and stereo studio recordings, 1954-1958
Three-volume collection: PACO225, PACO239 and PACO242
Total duration: 3hr 52:47
Maria Callas, soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Philharmonia Chorus
Conducted by Tullio Serafin and Nicola Rescigno
LYRIC ARIAS Suor Angelica, Adriana Lecouvreur, Andrea Chénier, La Wally, Mefistofele
COLORATURA ARIAS Il barbiere di Siviglia, Dinorah, Lakmé, I vespri siciliani
LA SCALA SCENES Medea, La sonnambula
Studio recordings, 1954 & 1955
Total duration: 79:15
Maria Callas, soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin