Fiorello Giraud (22 October 1870 – 28 March 1928)[1] was an Italian operatic tenor who sang leading roles in many Italian opera houses during the course of his career, including La Scala, the Teatro Regio di Parma, and the Teatro Regio di Torino, as well as in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. He is remembered today for having created the role of Canio in the world premiere of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.
- ^ Staccioli (2001) gives his birth year as 1870. Steane (2008) gives it as 1868.