Gialdino Gialdini was an Italian composer

Composer

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 and orchestra conductor.

He studied at Florence

Florence

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 with Teodulo Mabellini

Teodulo Mabellini

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. 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

Richard Wagner

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 Lohengrin

Lohengrin (opera)

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at Bologna

Bologna

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. Later he returned to composing operas. In September 1904 he became the Artistic Director of the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in the then Austrian

Austria-Hungary

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 city of Trieste

Trieste

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 but had to abandon the post when Italy entered the war

World War I

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 against Austria in May 1915. He then returned to his native Pescia for retirement.

Works

• Rosmunda (opera, premiered 5 March 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 24 February 1892 at the Teatro Brunetti, Bologna
  Bologna
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• La Pupilla (opera in 2 acts, premiered 23 October 1896 at the Societá Filarmonica Drammatica, Trieste
  Trieste
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• La Bufera (opera, premiered 26 November 1910 at the Politeama Ciscutti, Pola
  Pula
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• Album vocale
• Minuetto (for string orchestra)
• Eco della Lombardia (collection of 50 popular songs, edited by Giardini and Giulio Ricordi)