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 Adelson e Salvini (1825) |
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The original play has been compared with Bellini's opera and the influence of Il Pirata on Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor has been noted[1] Also, Bellini's recycling of his own music in this opera has been analyzed, as well as his utilizing "a more self-consciously innovative compositional style" and participating more in work on the libretto, as compared with prior efforts where he was more deferential to the librettists chosen by the Naples opera management and the corresponding texts. Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic Opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. [2] In addition, 19th-century commentary has noted the musical influence of Il Pirata on the early Richard Wagner opera Das Liebesverbot[3]
Contents |
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, October 27, 1827 (Conductor: - ) |
|---|---|---|
| Ernesto, Duke of Caldora | baritone | Antonio Tamburini |
| Imogene, his wife | soprano | Henriette Méric-Lalande |
| Gualtiero, former Count of Montalto | tenor | Giovanni Rubini |
| Itulbo, Gualtiero's lieutenant | tenor | Lorenzo Lombardi |
| Goffredo, a hermit, once tutor to Gualtiero | bass | Pietro Ansilioni |
| Adele, Imogene's companion | soprano | Marietta Sacchi |
| A little boy, son to Imogene and Ernesto | silent | |
| Fishermen and women, pirates, knights, ladies | ||
Synopsis
- Place: Sicily
- Time: 13th century
Act 1
On a stormy sea-shore, fisherfolk watch a shipwreck. Das Liebesverbot ( The Ban on Love) is an early Opera in two acts by Richard Wagner, with the Libretto written by the composer after Shakespeare's This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. Antonio Tamburini ( March 28, 1800 - November 8, 1876) was an Italian Baritone. This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. Henriette Méric-Lalande (1798 Dunkerque - September 7, 1867, Chantilly) was a French operatic Soprano, one of the leading sopranos The tenor is the highest male voice within the Modal register, just above the Baritone voice Giovanni Battista Rubini ( April 7, 1794 - March 3, 1854) was an Italian Tenor, as famous in his time as Enrico Caruso Among the survivors is Gualtiero, who is recognised and offered refuge by Goffredo. Gualtiero tells him that he drew strength from his continuing love for Imogene ("Nel furor delle tempeste"), although she is now married to Ernesto. She arrives to offer hospitality to the shipwrecked strangers, but Gualtiero does not reveal himself, and Imogene assumes from what Itulbo tells her that he is dead. She tells Adele that she dreamt that he had been killed by her husband ("Lo sognai ferito, esangue").
At night, Itulbo warns the strangers not to reveal that they are the pirates who have been pursued by Ernesto. Meanwhile, Imogene is strangely fascinated by Goffredo's guest, who soon reveals to her who he really is. Gualtiero learns that she had married Ernesto only because he had threatened her father's life, and when he sees that she has borne Ernesto's child, he starts to think of revenge ("Pietosa al padre").
Ernesto and his men celebrate victory over the pirates ("Sì, vincemmo"), but he is annoyed that Imogene is not celebrating, too. He questions Itulbo (who pretends to be the pirates' chief) about Gualtiero's fate, and the act ends with all the principals expressing their conflicting emotions, though Goffredo manages to restrain Gualtiero from giving his identity away.
Act 2
Adele tells Imogene that Gualtiero wishes to see her before he leaves. Ernesto accuses Imogene of being unfaithful to him, but she defends herself by saying that her continuing love for Gualtiero is based solely on her remembrance of their past encounters. Ernesto is inclined to take her word for it, but, when he is told that Gualtiero is being sheltered in his own castle, he is consumed by rage.
Despite Itulbo's pleas, Gualtiero meets Imogene again before he leaves. Their acceptance of the situation alternates with passionate declarations of love, and Ernesto, arriving, conceals himself and overhears the end of their duet. He is discovered, and exits with Gualtiero, each determined to fight to the death.
It is Ernesto who is killed. Gualtiero, to the amazement of Ernesto's retainers, gives himself up to justice, and, as he is taken away, he prays that Imogene may forgive him ("Tu vedrai la sventurata"). She appears in a state of anguish and sees visions of her dead husband and her son ("Col sorriso d'innocenza . . . Oh sole, ti vela di tenebre oscure"). Meanwhile, the Council of Knights has condemned Gualtiero to death.
Selected recordings
| Year | Cast (Imogene, Gualtiero, Ernesto, Goffredo) | Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Maria Callas, Pier Miranda Ferraro, Constantino Ego, Chester Watson | Nicola Rescigno, American Opera Society Orchestra and Chorus | Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: D232361 (Live concert performance) |
| 1971 | Montserrat Caballé, Bernabé Marti, Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi | Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Radiotelevisione Italiana Orchestra and Chorus | Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 7243 567121 (Re-issued 2005) |
| 1994 | Lucia Aliberti, Stuart Neill, Roberto Frontani, Kelly Anderson | Marcello Viotti, Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra | Audio CD: Berlin Classics Cat: B0000035MR |
References
- ^ Stephen A. Pier Miranda Ferraro (1924 &ndash January 18, 2008) was an Italian Operatic Tenor. Artists Composers Thomas Adès Karl Jenkins Sir Paul McCartney Ian Anderson Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepció Caballé i Folc, better known as Montserrat Caballé (born April 12 1933) is a Spanish Catalan Piero Cappuccilli ( November 9, 1929 - July 12, 2005) was an Italian operatic Baritone Ruggero Raimondi (born 3 October 1941) is an Italian Bass-baritone opera singer and sometime screen actor Gianandrea Gavazzeni (25 July 1909 - 5 February 1996 was an Italian Pianist, conductor (especially of Opera) Composer and musicologist Rai - Radiotelevisione Italiana, known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian public service broadcaster, and is considered Artists Composers Thomas Adès Karl Jenkins Sir Paul McCartney Ian Anderson Lucia Aliberti (born August 12, 1963 in Messina) is a prominent Sicilian Soprano Opera singer Marcello Viotti (born June 29, 1954, Vallorbe Switzerland; died February 16, 2005, Munich) was a Swiss classical The Deutsche Oper Berlin is an Opera company located in Berlin, Germany, in what was formerly West Berlin. Willier, "Madness, the Gothic, and Bellini's Il pirata". The Opera Quarterly, 6, 7-23 (1989).
- ^ Mary Ann Smart, "In Praise of Convention: Formula and Experiment in Bellini's Self-Borrowings", Journal of the American Musicological Society, 53(1), pp. 25-68 (Spring, 2000).
- ^ "Wagner on Bellini", The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, 27(516), pp. 66-68 (1886).
- Harewood, Earl of (1987). George Henry Hubert Lascelles 7th Earl of Harewood KBE (born 7 February 1923) styled The Hon Kobbé's Complete Opera Book, 10th edition. The Complete Opera Book is a guide to Operas by American music critic and author Gustav Kobbé first published (posthumously in the United States London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 0-370-31017-9.
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