Gialdino Gialdini

Gialdino Gialdini (November 10, 1843 Pescia, Tuscany-March 6, 1919 Pescia) was an Italian composer and orchestra conductor.

He studied at Florence with Teodulo Mabellini. He won a prize offered by the Pergola Theatre of that city for the best opera, with "Rosmunda", which met, however, with an unfavorable reception when produced in 1868. After two more operas he tired of composing operas and started conducting opera productions, to international acclaim. In 1889 he conducted Wagner's "Lohengrin" at Bologna. Later he returned to composing operas. In September 1904 he became the Artistic Director of the "Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi" in the then Austrian city of Trieste but had to abandon the post when Italy entered the war against Austria in May 1915. He then returned to his native Pescia for retirement.

Works

*"Rosmunda" (opera, premiered March 5, 1868 at the Teatro Pergola, Florence)
*"La secchia rapita" (opera buffa, premiered 1872 at the Teatro Goldoni, Florence)
*"l'Idolo cinese" (opera buffa, premiered 1874 at the Teatro delle Logge, Florence)
*"I due soci" (opera buffa, premiered February 24, 1892 at the Teatro Brunetti, Bologna)
*"La Pupilla" (opera in 2 acts, premiered October 23, 1896 at the Societá Filarmonica Drammatica, Trieste)
*"La Bufera" (opera, premiered November 26, 1910 at the Politeama Ciscutti, Pola)
*"Album vocale"
*"Minuetto" (for string orchestra)
*"Eco della Lombardia " (collection of 50 popular songs, edited by Giardini and Giulio Ricordi)