Enrico Giordani
I wish to thank Larry Holdridge for the recording. The transfer to RA was done using the track produced by The Record Collector (editor Larry Lustig) for the annual CD.
Giordani was a famous comprimario; he interpreted both Abate and Incredibile in Andrea Chénier as well as
Spoletta in Tosca in the respective world premieres. He sang in many cities, including: Genova, Milano, Napoli,
Venezia, New York, Roma, Monte Carlo, Bologna, Firenze, Paris, Boston and maybe Philadelphia.
He committed suicide. Carmen (Dancaïre) – Genova, Regina Margherita, February 1886 La furia domata by Samara – Milano, Lirico, 19 November 1895 La Navarraise (Ramon) – Milano, Scala, 6 February 1896 Andrea Chénier (Abate, Incredibile) – Milano, Scala, 28 March 1896 Le maître de chapelle (Benetto) – Napoli, 17 February 1897 La bohème by Leoncavallo (Gaudenzio, Durand) – Venezia, Fenice, 6 May 1897 Werther (Schmidt) – Venezia, Fenice, 1897 L'attaque du moulin (Sentinel) – Milano, Lirico, 8 January 1898 Tosca (Spoletta) – Roma, Costanzi, 14 January 1900 Le maschere (Arlecchino) – Venezia, Fenice, 17 January 1901 La bohème (Alcindoro) – Monte Carlo, Garnier, February 1902 Adriana Lecouvreur (Abate) – Milano, Lirico, 26 November 1902 Les contes d'Hoffmann (Spalanzani) – Bologna, Comunale, 28 November 1903 Rigoletto (Borsa) – Monte Carlo, Garnier, March 1904 Aida (Messenger) – New York, Met, 21 November 1904 Lucrezia Borgia (Vitellozzo) – New York, Met, 5 December 1904 Un ballo in maschera (Judge) – New York, Met, 6 February 1905 Fedora (Rouvel) Mignon (Laërte) Guglielmo Ratcliff (Lesley) Cendrillon (Doyen) Euryanthe (Rudolf) Messaline (Myrrhon) Lucia di Lammermoor (Normanno) La traviata (Gastone) La Gioconda (Isepo) Le nozze di Figaro (Don Curzio)
Black & Silver Columbia, New York City, December 1904 M134-1 Sul margine d'un rio (Baldelli) 3122 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): O Colombina 3131 Reference 1: The Record Collector, September 2001 Enrico Giordani by Jim McPherson |