GIACOMO OREFICE (VICENZA, 27 AUGUST, 1865 – MILAN, 22 DECEMBER, 1922)
He was born on 27 August 1865 in Vicenza, which was then part of the Austrian Empire, but was annexed into Italy in the following year. He studied under Alessandro Busi and Luigi Mancinelli at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, and later became professor of composition at the Milan Conservatory. His students included Andree Aeschlimann Rochat. He died in Milan on 22 December 1922.
His works include:
Operas
L’oasi (1885)
Mariska (1889)
Consuelo (1895, after George Sand’s novel; the title role was created by Cesira Ferrani, who the following year created Mimí in Puccini’s La bohème)
Il gladiatore (1898)
Chopin (1901); Orefice’s most successful work in which he incorporated music by Frédéric Chopin, arranged as arias and duets; it depicts a rather fanciful interpretation of some events in Chopin’s life and the operatic arrangements are not highly regarded (Scott “Record of Singing” Duckworth Press, 1978). Excerpts recorded by the tenors Amadeo Bassi, Enzo Leliva and others c1903 to 1905. At the time also performed in Polish.
Cecilia (1902)
Mosè (1905)
Pane altrui (1907)
Radda (1912, after Maxim Gorky’s short story Makar Chudra)
Il castello del sogno (not produced)
Ballet
La Soubrette (1907)
Orchestral
Symphony in D minor
Sinfonia del bosco
Anacreontiche (4 movements: Ad Artemide, A Faune, Ad Eros, A Dionisio)
Concertos
Cello Concerto
Chamber
Riflessi ed ombre (quintet)
Piano Trio
2 violin sonatas
cello sonata
Piano
Preludi del mare
Quadri di Böcklin
Crespuscoli
Miraggi
Songs
various songs.
TRACKLIST
Arminio Ballistini Trovatore (Verdi): Un istante almen with Carlo Albani and Bianca Besalu 110143 Odeon Fonotipia, Milano 1911?
Angelo Pilotto Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Addio, fiorito asil with Alessandro Valente S 10206 30-614 HMV, Milano 1929-06-04
Angelo Pilotto Erodiade (Massenet): Vision fuggitiva 168774 b Odeon Fonotipia, Milano 1930
Angelo Pilotto La Danza (Rossini) Odeon 172199 F 5653
Italo Righi Briani Otello (Verdi): Niun mi tema D9358 42355 Columbia, Milano 1914?
Italo Righi Briani Otello (Verdi): Dio mi potevi scagliare D9358 42356 Columbia, Milano 1914?
Italo Righi Briani Otello (Verdi): Ora e per sempre addio D9357 42357 Columbia, Milano 1914?
Alberto Caffo Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti): A consolarmi affrettati with Emma Trentini 62090 7021b Victor, USA 1905
Alberto Caffo Fra Diavolo (Auber): Quell’uom del fiero aspetto with Emma Trentini 54062 7022b G&T, Milano 1905
Fanny Lotti Otello (Verdi): Già nella notte densa with Francesco Conti 54437 910ah Gramophone, Milano 1910-11-24
Fanny Lotti Otello (Verdi): Quando narravi with Francesco Conti 054301, 212aj Gramophone, Milano 1910-11-24
Fanny Lotti Otello (Verdi): Venga la morte with Francesco Conti 054308 213aj Gramophone, Milano 1910-11-24
Guido Vaccari Walküre (Wagner): Cede il verno ai rai (Winterstürme) 39557 Xph1710 Fonotipia, Milano 1906-03-15
Guido Vaccari Freischütz (Weber) La finestra s’apre (Durch die Wälder, pt 2) Fonotipia 39524 XPh1709
Alessandro Ravazzolo Mefistofele (Boito): Folletto, folletto with Oreste Luppi 7000 Odeon, Milano 1905
Alessandro Ravazzolo Faust (Gounod): Salve dimora 37035 Odeon, Milano 1905
Alessandro Ravazzolo Traviata (Verdi): Parigi o cara with Elisa Tromben 37058 Odeon, Milano 1905
Vittorio De Goetzen Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Il pallor funesto with Bianca Mangini 054322 S3364 Gramophone, Milano 1911-06-28
Vittorio De Goetzen Poliuto (Donizetti): La sacrilega parola with Pavoni, Gilberti, Cannetti & chorus 054326 351aj Gramophone, Milano 1911-07-28
Vittorio De Goetzen Luisa Miller (Verdi): Andrem raminghi e poveri 054333 364aj Gramophone, Milano 1911-07-31
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