L'arbore di Diana
| Operas by Vicente Martín y Soler |
|---|
Il burbero di buon cuore (1786) |
L'arbore di Diana (The Tree of Diana), is an opera composed in 1787 by Vicente Martín y Soler, with an original libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. Da Ponte's only other libretto not taken from an existing plot was Così fan tutte.
Its premiere on 1 October 1787 marked the wedding of Joseph II's niece, the Archduchess Maria Teresa to Prince Anton Clemens of Saxony.[1] The work was enormously successful in its day, but Martín's operas have since fallen from the repertoire. A revival was performed during the 2007 / 2008 season at the Theater Bielefeld in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.[2]
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[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast 1 October 1787 |
|---|---|---|
| Amore | soprano | Luisa Laschi-Mombelli |
| Diana | soprano | Anna Bosello-Marichelli |
| Doristo | bass | Stefano Mandini |
| Endimione | tenor | Vincenzo Calvesi |
| Silvio | tenor | Nicolò del Sole |
| Britomarte | soprano | |
| Chloe | contralto | |
| Clizia | mezzo-soprano |
[edit] Recordings
Some arias are available in various compilations. No complete recording appears to have been released.
[edit] Scholarly articles
Martin's L'arbore di Diana, Roy Jesson, The Musical Times, Vol. 113, No. 1552 (Jun., 1972), pp. 551-553
[edit] Score
Edición crítica de Leonardo Waisman, ISBN 84-8048-379-2, IBERAUTOR/ICCMU. Madrid, 2001, 544 págs.
[edit] References
- Amadeus Almanac, accessed 8 October 2009
- Anthony Holden, Lorenzo Da Ponte, The Man Who Wrote Mozart (2006)
- ^ Holden, p.95
- ^ Operabase Diary: Bielefeld
