A buon Giorno from Odyssey Opera
Baritone Michael Chioldi as Belfiore. Photo: Kathy WittmanWatching Odyssey Opera's new production of Verdi's Un giorno di regno, it's hard to believe this charmer ever failed on its opening night - much less that it was then forgotten for well over a century! Indeed, Un giorno's fatal first bow put the young Verdi into such a funk that he almost gave up on opera; luckily for us, the libretto for Nabucco changed…