1. Marcello Giordani 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.
15 Facts About Marcello Giordani
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Marcello Giordani founded the Marcello Giordani Foundation to help young opera singers.
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Marcello Giordani's father, a former prison guard, was the owner of a major gasoline station in the town, and his mother was a housewife.
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Marcello Giordani studied voice first in Catania and from 1983 in Milan with Nino Carta.
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Marcello Giordani made his professional operatic debut in 1986 as the Duke in Rigoletto at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto.
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Marcello Giordani went on to sing throughout Italy and Europe, and in 1988, he made his American debut singing Nadir in Les pecheurs de perles with Portland Opera, a company with which he frequently appeared early in his career.
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Marcello Giordani performed at the Vienna State Opera first in 1992 as Sanger in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, and appeared there in 14 roles in 72 performances.
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Marcello Giordani made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1993 as Nemorino in a Parks performance of L'elisir d'amore opposite Maria Spacagna as Adina.
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Marcello Giordani began to retrain his voice with Bill Schuman in New York but did not cancel his engagements.
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In 1997, Marcello Giordani again sang at Covent Garden under Solti, in what turned out to be the final opera performances that Solti would ever conduct.
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Marcello Giordani 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.
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Marcello Giordani sang in the Met's season opening performances in both 2006 and 2007, and on 18 September 2008, he was the tenor soloist in the Met's performance of Verdi's Requiem in memory of Luciano Pavarotti.
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Amongst the other opera houses and festivals where Marcello Giordani performed during his career were the Opernhaus Zurich, Vienna State Opera, Opera 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.
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Marcello Giordani met his wife, Wilma, when he was singing in Lucerne in 1988.
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Marcello Giordani died of a heart attack at his home in Augusta on 5 October 2019 at the age of 56.