Angelo, Gioacchino
Part of The Encyclopedia of Southern Italy.
Angelo, Gioacchino: (b. 1899, Palermo. d. 1971, Ostia Lido, Rome). Composer and conductor. He studied violin with Prof. Franco Tufari and composition with Maestro Felice Longo and Maestro Francesco Cilea at the Conservatory “V. Bellini” in Palermo. At the age of 20, Pietro Mascagni had him as his collaborator at “Massimo” in the same city. In Rome, Umberto Giordano asked him to orchestrate music for the film “Fedora” and music for the film Una notte dopo l’Opera (A night after the Opera). Maestro Angelo was a conductor and a composer. He conducted many symphonic concerts, also in R.A.I. and has composed much music, part of it recorded on “Cetra” and “Voce del Padrone.” He wrote nine lyrical operas including L’Ajo nell’imbarazzo” that was transmitted in R.A.I., under the direction of the same Autor and, “La Coppa di Cipro” that has been produced on stage on the Italian stage many times.