OPERA - GIRALDONI, Eugenio (Marseille – Helsinki, 1924)

OPERA - GIRALDONI, Eugenio (Marseille – Helsinki, 1924)
He was the son of another prominent baritone, Leone Giraldoni, and the soprano and violinist Carolina Ferni. His mother gave him singing lessons and he made his debut in Barcelona, in the role of Escamillo in Carmen, in 1891. Giraldoni consolidated his career by appearing in various opera houses in Italy and, in 1898, with a tour in South America. Then, in 1900, he earned his place in opera history when he created the role of Baron Scarpia in Tosca at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. He also sang in the first performance of Alberto Franchetti's La figlia di Jorio at Italy's leading opera house, La Scala in Milan, in 1906. He sang in Russia and Poland from 1901 to 1907 and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York during the 1904-05 season. In 1913, he appeared at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, in the roles of Scarpia and Sharpless. Giraldoni had a dark, resonant (though unclear) voice and a strong stage presence, according to contemporary descriptions of his performances. Besides Scarpia, his important roles included Don Carlo, Amonasro, Telramund, Hamlet, Méphisto and Onegin. But like his direct rival, the Sicilian baritone Mario Sammarco, Giraldoni's vehement singing style was more suited to the operas of verismo composers such as Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chénier, and Alberto Franchetti's Germania and Cristoforo Colombo. After the First World War, Giraldoni sang on the Italian provincial theatre circuit. He retired from the stage in Trieste in 1921 and died three years later in Finland, where he had gone to teach. His last operatic appearance was in the role of the Father in Louise. Giraldoni made several recordings before the First World War, some of which have been reissued on CD. Autograph photo, dated 1920, of the famous baritone in the part of Scarpia Very good condition Photograph; 22.7x13.7 cm
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