Il bravo
| Il bravo | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Saverio Mercadante | |
 Costume for the opera's protagonist "Il bravo" (designed for the 1840 Naples production) | |
| Librettist | Gaetano Rossi |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 9 March 1839 La Scala, Milan |
Il bravo, ossia La Veneziana ("The Assassin, or The Venetian Woman") is an opera in three acts by Saverio Mercadante to an Italian-language libretto by Gaetano Rossi and Marco Marcello. Their libretto was based on the play La Vénétienne by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois, which was in turn based on James Fennimore Cooper's novel The Bravo. The opera premiered on 9 March 1839 at La Scala, Milan and subsequently played throughout Italy and abroad.[1][2] The opera was still being occasionally performed and recorded in the 20th century.[3][4]
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 9 March 1839[2] (Conductor: Eugenio Cavallini) |
|---|---|---|
| Carlo ("Il bravo"), a hired assassin | tenor | Domenico Donzelli |
| Violetta, an orphan from Genoa | soprano | Eugenia Tadolini |
| Teodora, a mysterious Venetian woman | soprano | Sofia Dall'Oca-Schoberlechner |
| Pisani, an exiled Venetian patrician | tenor | Andrea Castellan |
| Foscari, a Venetian patrician | baritone | Pietro Balzar |
| Capello, a Venetian patrician | tenor | Antonio Benciolini |
| Michelina, Teodora's maid | soprano | Angela "Angiolina" Villa |
| Marco, Teodora's gondolier | bass | Eutimio Polonini |
| Luigi, Foscari's servant | bass | Luigi Quattrini |
| Messenger | tenor | Napoleone Marconi |
| The Doge of Venice, Venetian senators, knights, counsellors, citizens, artisans, gondoliers, commedia dell'arte players, soldiers, guards, servants, pages, and squires | ||
Recordings
- Il bravo – Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Gabriele Ferro (conductor); William Johns (Il bravo), Miwako Matsumoto (Violetta), Maria Parazzini (Teodora), Paolo Washington (Foscari), Antonio Savastano (Pisani), Gino Sinimberghi (Cappello), Loris Gambelli (Marco), Mario Macchi (Luigi), Giovanna di Rocco (Michelina). Recorded live 1976. Label: Warner Fonit
- Il bravo – Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Bruno Aprea (conductor); Dino Di Domenico (Il bravo), Janet Perry (Violetta), Adelisa Tabiadon (Teodora), Stefano Antonucci (Foscari), Sergio Bertocchi (Pisani), Leonardo De Lisi (Cappello), Ambrogio Riva (Marco), Giuseppe De Matteis (Luigi), Maria Cristina Zanni (Michelina). Recorded live 1990. Label: Nuova Era
References
- ^ Mesa, Franklin (2007). Opera: An Encyclopedia of World Premieres and Significant Performances, p. 39. . McFarland. ISBN 1476605378
- ^ a b Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Il bravo". Almanacco Amadeus. Retrieved 29 October 2015 Template:It.
- ^ William Shaman, Smith, Edward Joseph; Collins, William J.; and Goodwin, Calvin M. (1999). More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings, p. 231. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0313298351
- ^ Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica (2009). Opera 2009. Annuario dell'opera lirica in Italia, p. 376. EDT srl. ISBN 8860404975 Template:It
External links
- Full copy of the manuscript score at IMSLP
- Rossi, Gaetano (1865). Il bravo: melodramma in tre atti. Ricordi
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