Giacomo Orefice

Who was Giacomo Orefice?

Giacomo Orefice was an Italian composer.

He was born in Vicenza. He studied under Busi and Mancinelli at the Liceo Bologna, and later became professor of composition at the Milan Conservatory. He died in Milan in 1922.

His works include:

Operas

⁕L'oasi

⁕Mariska

⁕Consuelo

⁕Il gladiatore

⁕Chopin; Orefice's most successful work in which he incorporated music by Frédéric Chopin, 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. Excerpts recorded by the tenors Amadeo Bassi, Enzo Leilva and others c1903 to 1905. At the time also performed in Polish.

⁕Cecilia

⁕Mosè

⁕Pane altrui

⁕Radda

⁕Il castello del sogno

Ballet

⁕La Soubrette

Orchestral

⁕Symphony in D minor

⁕Sinfonia del bosco

⁕Anacreontiche