Past performances 1999 — Yesterday
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Concerto celebrativo per i 75 anni di attività dello Sperimentale, Various
Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di SpoletoSoloist
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From his native Pompei to the stages of the world: the story of Massimo Giordano, one of the most prominent tenors of the international opera scene. Fate Born in this small city outside of Naples to a blue-collar family, at age eight Giordano goes to live with his parents and little sister in Trieste, where his father gets a job as a custodian at Giuseppe Tartini Musical Conservatory. Even if the ties with his homeland are never severed and his father’s Neapolitan spirit plays a crucial role in his future, moving to Trieste will prove to be a sign of fate. Massimo begins studying flute in conservatory, but at eighteen, on the eve of his graduation, something surprising happens…. How the music world lost a flutist and gained a tenor As Massimo himself recalls: “As an instrumentalist I tho