Il ritorno di Don Calandrino
| Il ritorno di Don Calandrino | |
|---|---|
| Intermezzo by Domenico Cimarosa | |
 Composer Domenico Cimarosa | |
| Translation | The Return of Don Calandrino |
| Other title | Armidoro e Laurina |
| Librettist | Giuseppe Petrosellini (?) |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 1778 Teatro Valle, Rome |
Il ritorno di Don Calandrino (The Return of Don Calandrino), also known as Armidoro e Laurina,[1] is an intermezzo in two acts by Domenico Cimarosa to an Italian libretto presumably written by Giuseppe Petrosellini.[2]
Performance history
[edit]The premiere took place in 1778 at Teatro Valle in Rome. Performances in Livorno (1783), Prague (1785), Vienna (1787), Barcelona (1788), Florence (1788 and 1793) and Padua (1801) followed.[3] After a long break, the opera was revived in 2007 under the musical direction of Riccardo Muti in a series of performances at the Salzburg Festival,[4][5][6][7][8][9] Teatro Pérez Galdós in Las Palmas,[10][11] Teatro Municipale in Piacenza,[12] Teatro Verdi in Pisa,[13] and the Ravenna Festival.[14]
Roles
[edit]| Role | Voice type |
|---|---|
| Livietta | soprano castrato travesti |
| Don Calandrino | soprano castrato[15] |
| Monsieur Le Blonde | bass |
| Irene | soprano castrato travesti |
| Valerio | tenor |
Synopsis
[edit]The libretto gives a humorous account of characters and actions of Don Calandrino, the son of the podestà of Monte Secco (Abruzzo, Italy),[16] who pretends he knows everything, but in fact is incapable of even thinking logically; Livietta, a haughty and rich peasant girl, who tries to act as a lady, but invariably fails both in her language and manners; Monsieur Le Blonde, a French traveler eager to talk about places he has supposedly visited, but of which he knows nothing; Irene, a simple and humble girl; and Valerio, the Mayor of Monte Secco and Irene’s brother. After several turns, the story resolves in pairing Don Calandrino with Livietta, and Le Blonde with Irene.[17]
Recordings
[edit]| Year | Cast (Livietta, Don Calandrino, Monsieur Le Blonde, Irene, Valerio) |
Conductor, Orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Laura Giordano, Juan Francisco Gatell, Marco Vinco, Monica Tarone, Francesco Marsiglia |
Riccardo Muti Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini |
CD: Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso |
References
[edit]Notes
- ^ Rossi & Fauntleroy 1999, p. 193
- ^ Rossi & Fauntleroy 1999, p. 193
- ^ Rossi & Fauntleroy 1999, p. 68 and 193
- ^ Corriere della Sera (2007-05-27), Il Cimarosa di Muti, una scoperta
- ^ La Stampa (2007-05-27), Muti a Salisburgo porta la Napoli di Calandrino
- ^ La Repubblica (2007-05-26), Muti porta Napoli a Salisburgo e Calandrino conquista tutti
- ^ Die Welt (2007-05-30), Musikfrühling an der Salzach
- ^ Die Presse (2007-05-28), Was Bach, Mozart von Neapel lernten
- ^ Deutschlandradio Kultur (2007-05-29), Inspiriert durch Neapel
- ^ El País (2007-11-11), Hipnotizados por Cimarosa y Muti
- ^ La Vanguardia (2007-11-11), Muti recupera el genio operístico de Cimarosa
- ^ Il Giornale della Musica, Un "ritorno" vivace e surreale
- ^ Teatro.it, Il ritorno di Don Calandrino[permanent dead link]
- ^ OperaClick, Ravenna - Teatro Dante Alighieri: Il ritorno di Don Calandrino
- ^ The role was sung by tenors in the performances of the opera in 2007 referred to above.
- ^ Giustiniani 1803, p. 141
- ^ Rossi & Fauntleroy 1999, p. 193
Cited sources
- Giustiniani, Lorenzo (1803), Dizionario geografico-ragionato del Regno di Napoli, Tomo VI
- Rossi, Nick, and Fauntleroy, Talmage (1999), Domenico Cimarosa: His Life and His Operas, Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-30112-3
External links
[edit]- Libretto in Italian at the Google Books
- Libretto in Italian and German at the Saxon State and University Library Dresden
- Manuscript score at the International Music Score Library Project
- Manuscript score at the Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Score of Monsieur Le Blonde's aria at the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica