Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Marcello Giordani

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Italian musician Marcello Giordani.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Marcello Giordani

Marcello Giordani was an Italian operatic tenor who sang leading roles of the Italian and French repertoire in opera houses throughout Europe and the United States. He had a distinguished association with the New York Metropolitan Opera, where he sang in over 240 performances from the time of his debut there in 1993. He founded the Marcello Giordani Foundation to help young opera singers.

I play piano very badly. That's my great regret.
I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument.
The tenor voice should be like sunshine. — © Marcello Giordani
The tenor voice should be like sunshine.
I want my wife and children to travel always with me and share good things and bad things. That's what the family is for.
I try to steal something from the great singers. Of course, I don't want to imitate their sound, but I try to do a sort of compromise.
In the past, my voice was my enemy.
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.
God smiled on me in every sense. I was born a tenor, and you know what that means. Tenors are a rare commodity.
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.
I quit my job in the bank when I was 19. I took a chance. I went to Milan to study opera and singing. My father really supported me economically.
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.
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