DICTIONARY OF MUSIC - El Atril

174 GIUGLINI GLADSTONE
GIUGLINI, Antonio, 'born at Fano, 1827 ;
appeared in London first in 1857 at Her Majesty's
Tlieatre, [wliere on April 11 he made liis debut
under Lumley , as Fernando in ' La Favorita,
and afterwards sang as Arturo, Edgardo, and
Manrico. In 1858 lie was re-engaged, and
played asThaddeus on the production, in Italian,
of the ' Bohemian Girl,' Ferdinand in Verdi's
' Luisa Miller,' and Raoul at Titiens's debut.
In 1859 and 1860 he sang under E. T. Smith
at Drury Lane and Her Majesty's. In 1861
he sang under Mapleson at the Lyceum, in
1862-64 at Her Majesty's under the same
manager. His parts in new operas comprised
Eiceardo in ' Un Ballo,' Zamberto in Schira's
' Nicolo de' Lapi,' Faust, Fenton in 'Falstaff'
and Vincent in ' Mirella. ' In the autunm of
1864 he was engaged at St. Peterslrarg, but did
not appear owing to incipient madness. In
1865 he returned to England, but had to be
confined by his manager in Dr. Tuke's Asylum
at Chiswick. In the autumn he was removed
to Italy, and died at Pesaro on Oct. 12, 1865.
A. c] He possessed a sweet and high tenor
' voice, which was a welcome variety after the
stentorian exhibitions of recent singers before
him ; and an elegance of style of which some
critics, nevertheless, complained asoold, languid,
and over drawn-out' (Chorley).
GIULIETTA E KOMEO. Opera
j. M.
in three
acts, libretto by Remain, music by N. Vaccaj.
Produced at Milan, Oct. 31, 1825 ; at the King's
Theatre, Haymarket, London, April 10, 18.32.
For other operas on the subject see Romeo and
Juliet.
GIURAMENTO, IL. A Dramma serio
libretto by Rossi from V. Hugo's Angela ;
music by Mercadante. Produced at La Scala,
Milan, in the spring of 1837 ; at Her Majesty's
London, 1840; and at the Theatre- Italien,
Paris, Nov. 22, 1858. Another better-known
opera on the same subject is by Ponohielli. See
GlOOONDA, LA. G.
GIUSTO, correct, suitable— 'Tempo giusto,'
' in suitable time ; as the fugues in Israel in
Egypt,' 'Egypt was glad,' ' He led them through
the deep ' ; and also ' Thy right hand, Lord,'
and ' The horse and his rider.' Also used in the
sense of ' strict, ' to restore the time after a tempo
rabato. G.
GIZZIELLO, GlOACCHiNO Gonti, detto, so-
called after his master, D. Gizzi, was one of the
greatest singers of the 1 8th century. Born Feb.
28, 1714, at Arpino (Naples), he early underwent
the preparation for the career of a sopranist.
He gained a round, full, sweet voice of great
e.xtent and penetrating quality, which was united
to a strong natural taste and feeling in music.
At the age of fifteen he made his d^but at Rome,
with immense success. In 1731 he excited the
greatest enthusiasm there by his singing in
Vinci's ' ' ' Didone and Artaserse.' An anecdote
is related of this occasion, showing how much
other singers were already affected by his fame.
[See Farinelli.] He sang at Naples in 1732
and 1733 with the same success. Three years
later (April 13, 1736), he is announced in the
London newspapers as ' expected here in a few
days.' This was the critical moment at which
the split occurred in Handel's company, and
the great master was at a loss
replace those who had seceded.
for artists to
On May 5, he
began with ' Ariodante,' and Gizziello, who then
made his first appearance in London, ' met with
an uncommon reception ; in justice to his voice
and judgment, he may be truly esteemed one of
thebest performers in this kingdom ' {Daily Post).
In presence of Farinelli, no more could be said
of the young singer, who was still ' so modest
and diffident, that when he first heard Farinelli,
at a private rehearsal, he burst into tears, and
fainted away with despondency ' (Burney). ' Ata-
lanta' was brought out May 12, Gizziello again
singing the principal man's part, as he did, a
little later, in ' Poro. ' Inl737he appeared in
'Arminio, ' 'Berenice,' 'Giustino, ' and ' Parte-
nope.' In 1743 he went to Lisbon, where the
improvement in his style, due to the example of
Farinelli, was at once perceived. Charles III.
King of Naples, engaged both him and CaHarelli
to sing in the ' Achille in Sciro ' of Pergolesi.
Caffarelli came from Poland, and Gizziello from
Portugal, and met for the first time. The former
sang the first song with splendid eH'ect, and
Gizziello thought himself lost, as he listened to
the continued applause ; but he sang his own
song, which followed, with such pathos and
expression that he divided the honours of the
performance. In 1749 he was invited by Farinelli
to sing at Madrid Avith Mingotti ; and
stayed there three years. He then returned to
Portugal. About the end of 1753 he quitted
the stage, and settled at his native place.
He died at Rome, Oct. 25, 1761. An excellent
mezzotint portrait of him was scraped
by Alex. Van Haecken, after a picture by G.
Lucy, in 1736, folio. A good impression of it
is scarce. j. M.
GLADSTONE, Dr. Francis Edward, was
born atSummertown, near Oxford, March 2, 1845.
When fourteen he was articled to Dr. S. S. Wesley,
with whom he remained at Winchester for five
years. After being organist for two years at Holy
Trinity Church, Weston-super-Mare, in 1866 he
obtained the post of organist atLlandaffCathedral.
In March 1870 Gladstone was appointed organist
at Chichester Cathedral, but three years later
he moved to Brighton, where he remained until
1876, when, after a short residence in London
as organist of St. Mark's, Lewisham, he accepted
the post of organist at Norwich Cathedral, which
he held from 1877 to 1881. Dr. Gladstone
then became organist of Christ Church, Lancaster
Gate, London, a post which ill -health
compelled him to resign in 1886. He took the
degree of Mus. B. Cantab, in 1876, and shortly