- COMPLINE: Praying the Hours (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2021
- Great Voices of The Century: Enrico Caruso · 2015
- Tenor Gramophone and Typewriter Company (G & T) Recordings 1903-1909 Itaian Song Volume 3 · 2010
- Gramophone and Typewriter Company (G & T) Recordings 1903-1909 Volume 2 · 2010
- The Record of Singing 1899-1952 · 2009
- Adriana Lecouvereur · 2004
- Adriana Lecouvereur · 2004
- Adriana Lecouvereur · 2004
- Adriana Lecouvereur · 2004
- Adriana Lecouvereur · 2004
- Adriana Lecouvereur · 2004
- Adriana Lecouvereur · 2004
- Adriana Lecouvereur · 2004
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About Francesco Cilea
The reputation of Italian composer Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) primarily rests on one work, the verismo opera Adriana Lecouvreur (1902), based on the true story of an ill-fated eighteenth century actress. Cilea came from a middle-class background, and his family did not approve of his pursuit of music. Nevertheless, Cilea diligently worked to become a respected conservatory professor, composing on the side. Adriana Lecouvreur was preceded by one moderate operatic success, L'Arlesiana (1897), and a string of failures; afterward Cilea was unable to find further success and gave up composing by 1930, concentrating on teaching and in revising older works.
- HOMETOWN
- Palmi, Italy
- BORN
- 23 July 1866
- GENRE
- Classical