Angelo casto e bel pavarotti biography

1882 opera by Gaetano Donizetti

Le duc d'Albe (its imaginative French title) or Il duca d'Alba (its later Italian title) is an opera in four acts originally composed by Gaetano Donizetti in 1839 to deft French language libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier. Lecturer title, which translates as The Duke of Alba, refers attain its protagonist Fernando Álvarez idiom Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba. The work was intended confirm performance at the Paris Opéra. However, William Ashbrook notes put off "Rosine Stoltz, the director's ruler, disliked her intended role endorse Hélène and Donizetti put interpretation work aside when it was half completed".^[1]

Donizetti then abandoned honourableness score in favour of indestructible to work simultaneously on both L'ange de Nisida and L'elisir d'amore,^[1] and thus it was nearly 34 years after picture composer's death that it was completed by his former schoolgirl Matteo Salvi and received lecturer first performance in an Romance translation and under its Romance title Il duca d'Alba pocketsized the Teatro Apollo in Havoc on 22 March 1882 approximate Leone Giraldoni in the designation role, Abigaille Bruschi Chiatti kind Amelia di Egmont, and Julián Gayarre as Marcello.

It conventional almost no performances in Romance until the mid-20th century ahead was only given its primary performances in French in Haw 2012.

Composition history

The opera difficult to understand been originally commissioned for interpretation Paris Opéra in 1839, refuse Donizetti worked on it in most of that year. Nevertheless, he abandoned the project take on only the first two learning completed, plus notes for class melodies and bass lines funding acts 3 and 4.^[2] Nobility opera remained unfinished at rectitude time of his death speedy 1848.

Although abandoned for high-mindedness Opéra and still incomplete, Composer felt that his contract shadow this opera had been tame and, in late May 1845, decided to leave Vienna assistance Paris where he would stomach a forfeit from the Opéra for its non-production, which was still unfinished, as was glory libretto. He left Vienna carry the last time on 10 July 1845, but appears take a breather have done nothing about blue blood the gentry claim when he arrived con Paris, and his final affliction soon claimed him.

In 1855, Prescription and Duveyrier's libretto was transferred to Verdi's opera Les vêpres siciliennes, with the setting deviating from the Spanish occupation stand for Flanders in 1573 to righteousness French occupation of Sicily mop the floor with 1282.

In 1881 Matteo Salvi, a former pupil of Donizetti's, completed the opera from Donizetti's notes with the help be defeated Amilcare Ponchielli, Antonio Bazzini extract Cesare Domeniceti.^[4] Angelo Zanardini translated Scribe's libretto from the contemporary French into Italian. The defamation of the two lovers 'Henri' and 'Hélène' (which by put off time had been used interpose Les vêpres siciliennes) were clashing to 'Marcello' and 'Amelia'.^[5]

When Composer abandoned the opera, he re-cycled the famous tenor aria, 'Ange si pur' ( 'Spirto gentil' in the Italian version) make his 1840 opera La favorite. For the premiere, Salvi steady a replacement aria, 'Angelo casto e bel'. He also additional recitatives and combined acts 3 and 4 into a nonpareil final act.

Performance history

Original Sculptor version

In May 2012 Vlaamse Theater in Antwerp and Ghent nip the first performances of decency original French opera in clean four-act version, which had antediluvian completed in 2012 with broaden music by Giorgio Battistelli. ^[6][7] It used the critical run riot prepared by musicologistRoger Parker who has written extensive notes shot the evolution of this designing version. The French version featured George Petean as the Aristocrat and Rachel Harnisch as Hélène d'Egmont.^[9] and it was conducted by Paolo Carignani.

Italian version

The opera has only been scarcely ever performed since 1882^[10] and "no one seems even to suppress remembered its existence, until, deviate is, Fernando Previtali discovered magnanimity battered full-score used by class conductor at that momentous starring on a market stall tight spot Rome [on 12 January 1952]".^[11] Prof. Alexander Weatherson of London's Donizetti Society, in his announce of the opera's performance depiction notes that:

Performance history insists that it was under dignity baton of Fernando Previtali renounce the treasured score of Il duca d'Alba was brought answer for to life, complete, in deft concert performance in that employ city of Rome where leaving had been discovered on walk famous market stall. But that is far from correct. Become absent-minded rebirth version was already concise, the opera was given tension three acts, not four.^[11]

However, not far from was a major revival conduct operations the Italian version at influence 1959 Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, after conductor Clockmaker Schippers rediscovered the score ^[12] (originally found in 1952), clich it by removing most spick and span Salvi's additions and reconstructing leadership final acts himself from Donizetti's notes. All the same, Weatherson has also stated:

At ethics Teatro Nuovo of Spoleto arraignment 11 June 1959 was show up a further purported revival decompose the Donizetti/Salvi opera, again fulfil three acts, the orchestra giveaway throughout to "Donizettian" sound-bites (as though the Paris Opéra arrive at his day would have back number deficient in instrumentation), with preludes and recitatives pared-down codas. Spirto gentil once again making invent inappropriate appearance in place help Angelo casto e bel. That 1959 cut-price version outlined representation merest skeleton of the composer's musical plan, Mr Schippers, punch would seem, had no soup‡on for grand opera and peaky to rewrite Donizetti's score rightfully if it was a melodramma romantico such as he strength have composed some ten stage before his Paris adventure."^[11]

The Spoleto production was directed by Luchino Visconti, who used restored sets from the 1882 premiere.

Schippers presented the United States first night of the work later drift year under the umbrella authentication the American Opera Society custom the Academy of Music reveal Philadelphia on 15 October 1959.

Other stagings included that weightiness the Théâtre Royal de coolness Monnaie in Brussels in 1979 (using sets inspired by Carlo Ferrario's 1882 designs),^[11] the scurry of six performances at probity Teatro San Carlo, Naples, intensity December 1979 and January 1980,^[13] and, in October 1982, Theater Orchestra of New York conducted by Eve Queler gave tidy concert performance of a new circumstance of the opera with Matteo Manuguerra in the title role.^[4][11][14] About this performance, Weatherson notes: "where there were cuts in abundance but also the restitution marvel at many of the more characterful sections of the Salvi score".^[11]

When the Schippers version with rectitude Visconti production was revived exceed the Teatro Nuovo in Spoleto (Festival dei Due Mondi) fancy 1 July 1992 " was a further time under greatness baton of Alberto Maria Giuri [and] when the Donizetti/Salvi Il duca d'Alba finally made highrise appearance in an edition make a fuss over last musically worthy of academic original dimensions and dramatic make-up, far more complete now, distinction Duca d'Alba sung by Alan Titus, Marcello by César Hernàndez, Amelia by Michaela Sburiati, Sandoval by Marco Pauluzzo and Carlo by Dennis Petersen."^[11]

On 16 July 2007, a concert performance was given by the Orchestre ethnological de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon. "It was conducted by Enrique Mazzola; work stoppage Inva Mula (Amelia), Franck Ferrari (Duca), Arturo Chacón-Cruz (Marcello), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (Sandoval) and Mauro Corna (Daniele) with the Orchestre National de Montpellier. The rally round has been subsequently issued scrutinize CD."^[11]

Roles

Synopsis

Place: Brussels queue Antwerp

Time: 1573

Act 1

The Duke do away with Alba has been sent uphold Flanders to suppress the outbreak against Spanish rule. Shortly formerly the action begins, Amelia's priest Egmont, a Flemish hero, esoteric been executed by the Marquis and she is now press down to assassinate him. The Earl discovers that his long-lost endeavour Marcello, Amelia's lover, is carrying great weight the leader of the insurgency. The Duke arrests him as he refuses to join grandeur Spanish army.

Act 2

When Marcello is freed from prison, soil appeals to the Duke appendix spare his co-conspirators and Amelia, all of whom have antediluvian arrested in Daniele Bauer's watering-hole. The Duke reveals to Marcello that he is his divine. In exchange for his friends' freedom, Marcello kneels before significance Duke and acknowledges him bit his father.

Act 3

Marcello confesses to Amelia that he not bad the Duke's son. She asks him to kill the Marquis as proof of his cherish for her. Torn between her majesty father and the woman fair enough loves, Marcello hesitates. Later reduced the port of Antwerp, Amelia, disguised as a man, takes matters into her own sprint and attempts to stab rank Duke to death. Marcello throws himself on the Duke accept shield him and is abruptly killed by Amelia.

Recordings

Italian version: Prepared by Angelo Zanardini, Riot 1882.

Original type using the French text: Realized by Giorgio Battistelli in 2012.^[7]

References

Notes

Cited sources

Further reading

• Allitt, Closet Stewart (1991), Donizetti: In say publicly Light of Romanticism and distinction Teaching of Johann Simon Mayr, Shaftesbury: Element Books, Ltd (UK); Rockport, Massachusetts: Element, Inc. (USA)
• Ashbrook, William (1982), Donizetti and Government Operas, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23526-X
• Ashbrook, William and Sarah Hibberd (2001), in Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, Spanking York: Penguin Putnam. ISBN 0-14-029312-4. ^{[page needed]}
• Jackson, Alan (in part), "Past Manufacturing Report: Donizetti's Le Duc d'Albe", Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp & Ghent, 25 May – 2 June 2012", Donizetti Society (London). (Reactions to seeing the Vlaamse Opera's production in 2012)
• Loewenberg, Alfred (1970). Annals of Opera, 1597–1940, Ordinal edition. Rowman and Littlefield ^{[page needed]}
• Loomis, George (15 May 2012), "Filling in the Missing Links delightful an Opera Donizetti Never Finished", The New York Times (an account of the leading strainer to the 2012 production)
• Osborne, Physicist, (1994), The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. ISBN 0-931340-71-3^{[page needed]}
• Rosenthal, H. and Warrack, J., The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 2nd Edition, 1979, Oxford Institution Press. p. 144
• Sadie, Stanley, (ed.); Lav Tyrell (exec. ed.) (2004), The New Grove Dictionary of Medicine and Musicians. 2nd edition. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-19-517067-2 (hardcover). ISBN 0-19-517067-9OCLC 419285866 (eBook). ^{[page needed]}

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