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Volo di notte

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Volo di notte (Night Flight) is a one-act opera composed by Luigi Dallapiccola to an Italian libretto he wrote based on the novel Vol de nuit by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first performed at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence on May 18, 1940.[1]

The opera emphasizes individual suffering and was written as a response to the rise of fascism.

Roles

  • First employee (tenor)
  • Second employee (baritone)
  • Third employee (tenor)
  • Fourth employee (baritone)
  • Leroux, a pilot (bass)
  • Pellerin, a pilot (tenor)
  • Radio operator (tenor)
  • Rivière, the airfield director (bass-baritone)
  • Robineau, an inspector (bass)
  • Simona Fabien, wife of a pilot (mezzo-soprano)

Synopsis

The subject is an individual aviator, an Argentine long-distance mail carrier, during the early days of flying. He is caught in a storm, with no way to land; and the drama occurs both within his family, anxious for his safe return, and among his employers, anxious both for his safe return and the success of their enterprise.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Sellors, Anthony: "Volo di notte". Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macy (accessed 4 February 2008), <>