''Marcella'' is a 1907 opera by

Umberto Giordano Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano (28 August 186712 November 1948) was an Italian composer, mainly of operas. He was born in Foggia in Apulia, southern Italy, and studied under Paolo Serrao at the Conservatoire of Naples. His first opera, ''Mari ...

.Burton D. Fisher ''Giordano's Andrea Chénier'' 1102009032 2005 Page 22 "But suddenly Giordano's fortunes began their decline: Marcella (1907), a story of love and renunciation caused by class barriers, failed, as did Mese Mariano (1910), whose plot uncannily anticipated Puccini's Suor Angelica."

Recordings

*''Marcella'', DVD filmed at the Palazzo Ducale,

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, Italy, 4–6 August 2007, as part of the 33rd Festival of the Valle d'Itria,

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, Danilo Formaggia, Pierluigi Dilengite, Natalizia Carone, Angelica Girardi, Mara D’Antini, Maria Rosa Rondinelli, Marcello Rosiello, Giovanni Coletta & Graziano De Pace Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia & Slovak Chamber Choir, Manlio Benzi (conductor) & Alessio Pizzech (director). Dynamic

References

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