Marcello Giordani
Marcello Giordani
Marcello Giordaniis an Italian operatic tenor who has sung leading roles in opera houses throughout Europe and the United States. He has had a distinguished association with the New York Metropolitan Opera, where he has sung in over 200 performances since his debut there in 1993...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth25 January 1963
CountryItaly
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The Italians are not indulgent, as Americans are. They don't have the patience to teach young singers how to move. They think you should learn in school.
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God smiled on me in every sense. I was born a tenor, and you know what that means. Tenors are a rare commodity.
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Sicily is a blessed land. First, because of its geographic position in the Mediterranean. Second, for its history and all the different peoples who have settled there: Arabs, Greeks, Normans, the Swedes. That has made us different from others. We exaggerate, we overdo. We love Greek tragedy. We cry, we fight, sometimes for nothing.
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I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument.
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When you're insecure about your technique, you close yourself off. Your shoulders tighten. The first thing, you should open your body and sing. Be happy. Sing real vowels, real Italian vowels. When you're learning a good way to sing technically, you find it's very easy to sing well.