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Marcello Giordani (Marcello Guagliardo) was born on 25 January, 1963 in Augusta, Italy, is an Italian operatic tenor (1963–2019). Discover Marcello Giordani's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

Popular As Marcello Guagliardo
Occupation Operatic tenor
Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 25 January 1963
Birthday 25 January
Birthplace Augusta, Italy
Date of death 5 October, 2019
Died Place Augusta, Italy
Nationality Italy

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1963

Marcello Giordani (born Marcello Guagliardo; 25 January 1963 – 5 October 2019) was an Italian operatic tenor who sang leading roles of the Italian and French repertoire in opera houses throughout Europe and the United States.

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 at a bank.

1983

He studied voice first in Catania and from 1983 in Milan with Nino Carta.

1986

Giordani made his professional operatic debut in 1986 as the Duke in Rigoletto at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto.

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

1988

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 Portland Opera, a company with which he frequently appeared early in his career.

Engagements with several other American opera companies followed, including San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera and the Opera Company of Philadelphia.

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.

1992

He performed at the Vienna State Opera first in 1992 as Sänger in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, and appeared there in 14 roles in 72 performances.

1993

He had a distinguished association with the New York Metropolitan Opera, 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.

Giordani made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1993 as Nemorino in a Parks performance of L'elisir d'amore opposite Maria Spacagna as Adina.

1994

In 1994, vocal problems that began 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.

1995

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 1995 he sang Alfredo in La traviata at Covent Garden under Sir Georg Solti, whose guidance he credited as a great help in the rebuilding of his career.

1997

In 1997, Giordani again sang at Covent Garden under Solti (as Gabriele Adorno in Simon Boccanegra), 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 Il pirata.

2008

He also sang in the Met's season opening performances in both 2006 (Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly) and 2007 (Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor), 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 The New York Times 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, Vienna State Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Houston Grand Opera, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, Arena di Verona, the Verbier Festival, and the Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago.

In August 2008, Giordani appeared in concert with Salvatore Licitra and Ramón Vargas in Beijing'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 master classes there.

2010

In 2010, Giordani created the Marcello Giordani Foundation to help young opera singers at the beginning of their careers.

2011

The first annual Marcello Giordani Vocal Competition was held in Sicily in 2011.

2019

Giordani died of a heart attack at his home in Augusta on 5 October 2019 at the age of 56.

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