MUSIClassical ALLEGRO
Topic: MILESTONES 2008
Giuliano Ciannella, an active exponent of the lyric tenor and Verdi repertory in the 1980s, has died, 13 JAN 2008. A student of Carlo Bergonzi, the tenor made his professional debut at Teatro Nuovo, Milan, in 1974, and arrived at La Scala in 1976, as Cassio in Otello. His first appearances with the Met were as Alfredo in spring 1979 Parks concerts of La Traviata: his official Met debut came the following autumn, as Cassio in a season-opening Otello that was also telecast on Live from the Met. 
