Giacomo Orefice (27 August 1865 – 22 December 1922) was an Italian composer. He was born in

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. He studied under Alessandro Busi and

Luigi Mancinelli Luigi Mancinelli (; 5 February 1848 – 2 February 1921) was an Italian conductor, cellist and composer. His early career was in Italy, where he established a reputation in Perugia and then Bologna. After 1886 he worked mostly in other count ...

at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, and later became professor of composition at the

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. He died in Milan in 1922. His works include: Operas * ''L'oasi'' (1885) * ''Mariska'' (1889) * ''Consuelo'' (1895, after

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; the title role was created by

Cesira Ferrani Cesira Ferrani (May 8, 1863 in Turin – May 4, 1943 in Pollone) was an Italian operatic soprano who is best known for debuting two of the most iconic roles in opera history, Mimì in the original 1896 production of Giacomo Puccini's ''La bohèm ...

, who the following year created Mimí in Puccini's ''

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'') * ''Il gladiatore'' (1898) * '' Chopin'' (1901); Orefice's most successful work in which he incorporated music by

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, 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

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'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 * ''Riflessioni ed ombre'' (quintet) * Piano Trio * 2 violin sonatas * cello sonata Piano * ''Preludi del mare'' * ''Quadri di Böcklin'' * ''Crespuscoli'' * ''Miraggi'' Songs * various songs.

Sources

* ''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', 5th ed., 1954

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