Madame Sans-Gene

Umberto Giordano wrote 18 operas in all, but only two of them are produced with any regularity: “Fedora” and “Andrea Chenier.” On this week’s Sunday Opera (6/22 3:00 p.m.), we’ll be looking at two of his other operas that, although not unknown, aren’t produced nearly as often, and this came about after a conversation with one of our long-time listeners in Bethlehem, PA. Those operas are “La cena delle beffe” (“The Jester’s Supper”) and “Madame Sans-Gene. (“Madame Carefree”).

This week's Sunday Opera looks at two operas by Umberto Giordano: the well known "Fedora", and the lesser-known "Madame Sans-Gene"

Two works by Umberto Giordano will be featured on this week’s Sunday Opera (2/11 3:00 p.m.). Giordano was on the forefront of the verismo (realism)…