Roberto Devereux Compositore: Gaetano Donizetti
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Donizetti Operas and Revisions
GAETANO DONIZETTI LIST OF OPERAS AND REVISIONS • Il Pigmalione (1816), libretto adapted from A. S. Sografi First performed: Believed not to have been performed until October 13, 1960 at Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo. • L'ira d'Achille (1817), scenes from a libretto, possibly by Romani, originally done for an opera by Nicolini. First performed: Possibly at Bologna where he was studying. First modern performance in Bergamo, 1998. • Enrico di Borgogna (1818), libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli First performed: November 14, 1818 at Teatro San Luca, Venice. • Una follia (1818), libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli First performed: December 15, 1818 at Teatro San Luca,Venice. • Le nozze in villa (1819), libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli First performed: During Carnival 1820-21 at Teatro Vecchio, Mantua. • Il falegname di Livonia (also known as Pietro, il grande, tsar delle Russie) (1819), libretto by Gherardo Bevilacqua-Aldobrandini First performed: December 26, 1819 at the Teatro San Samuele, Venice. • Zoraida di Granata (1822), libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli First performed: January 28, 1822 at the Teatro Argentina, Rome. • La zingara (1822), libretto by Andrea Tottola First performed: May 12, 1822 at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples. • La lettera anonima (1822), libretto by Giulio Genoino First performed: June 29, 1822 at the Teatro del Fondo, Naples. • Chiara e Serafina (also known as I pirati) (1822), libretto by Felice Romani First performed: October 26, 1822 at La Scala, Milan. • Alfredo il grande (1823), libretto by Andrea Tottola First performed: July 2, 1823 at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples. • Il fortunate inganno (1823), libretto by Andrea Tottola First performed: September 3, 1823 at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples. -
Donizetti's Gemma Di Vergy in London
Donizetti’s Gemma di Vergy in London Russell Burdekin, March, 2018 Donizetti’s Gemma di Vergy is probably best known today for the recording featuring Montserrat Caballé in a concert performance at Carnegie Hall, New York, on March 14, 1976 that stemmed from a production the previous December in Naples. It has since been staged at Bergamo in 1987 and 2011. The Society’s website recently received an email from a singer considering staging it in London and enquiring about its past performance history in the UK. In fact it has only been staged here once, in 1842, but the reactions to that throw an interesting light on performance priorities and on attitudes to Donizetti in mid-19th century Britain. In the decade or so following its premiere at La Scala, Milan, on December 26, 1834, Gemma was one of Donizetti’s most successful operas in Italy and was staged in several other countries. It fell out of favour along with so many bel canto operas in the latter half of the 19th century and was not revived until the 1975 Naples production. Its British production was at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, on March 12, 1842 where it continued to be performed for the best part of a month. Gemma was Adelaide Moltini, Ida di Greville – Madame Bellini, Conte di Vergy – Signor Santi, Tomas – Signor Guasco, Rolando – Signor Galli and Guido - Signor Panzini. The cast was not well known in Britain, only Madame Bellini and Signor Galli having appeared here previously. Benjamin Lumley, who was Her Majesty’s Theatre manager at the time, wrote that the opera was the choice of the singers rather than his and reflects how singers were the main force in opera at this time (Reminiscences of the opera. -
Belisario Tragedia Lirica in Tre Parti Di Salvadore Cammarano Musica Di Gaetano Donizetti Nuova Edizione Riveduta Sull’Autografo Di Ottavio Sbragia
Edizione 2012 Belisario Tragedia lirica in tre parti di Salvadore Cammarano Musica di Gaetano Donizetti Nuova edizione riveduta sull’autografo di Ottavio Sbragia COMUNICATO Quarantadue anni separano l’ultima rappresentazione di Belisario, sulle tavole del palcoscenico del Teatro Donizetti nel 1970, in occasione del Festival autunnale dell’opera lirica “Teatro delle novità”, dall’attuale riproposizione nell’ambito della settima edizione del Bergamo Musica Festival Gaetano Donizetti, a cura della Fondazione Donizetti. Precedenti quello del 1970, soltanto due allestimenti dello stesso titolo, risalenti rispettivamente al 1837 e al 1844. La “prima” al Donizetti, allora Teatro Riccardi, di Belisario assume toni particolarmente significativi per la Città e per lo stesso compositore. Innanzitutto perché l’opera calca le scene del maggior Teatro cittadino nell’agosto del 1837, in occasione dell’annuale Stagione di Fiera, quindi la stagione successiva a quella della “primissima” dell’opera stessa, avvenuta al Teatro La Fenice di Venezia il 4 febbraio del 1836; secondariamente perché Belisario è la prima opera donizettiana ad essere rappresentata al Riccardi, mentre la musica del compositore è regolarmente presente nei cartelloni del Teatro Sociale di Città Alta fin dal 1830. Dopo un “anno di magra”, quel 1836 segnato in tutto il Nord Italia da una terribile epidemia di colera, nel 1837 la Stagione di Fiera del Riccardi, affidata alle cure dell’Impresa di Giovanni Battista Bonola, promette esiti d’alto livello. «Il languore della Fiera del passato anno, cagionato dall’inallora dominante morbo, e dalla conseguente chiusura del Teatro – relaziona il 2 aprile la Congregazione Municipale al Governo milanese – ha fatto sentire un maggior bisogno di dare un impulso al prosperamento di essa nell’anno corrente procurando un maggior concorso di Forastieri, allettandoli con uno spettacolo Teatrale di Opera e Ballo conveniente alla circostanza […]». -
Roberto Devereux
GAETANO DONIZETTI roberto devereux conductor Opera in three acts Maurizio Benini Libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, production Sir David McVicar after François Ancelot’s tragedy Elisabeth d’Angleterre set designer Sir David McVicar Saturday, April 16, 2016 costume designer 1:00–3:50 PM Moritz Junge lighting designer New Production Paule Constable choreographer Leah Hausman The production of Roberto Devereux was made possible by a generous gift from The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund The presentation of Donizetti’s three Tudor queen operas this season is made possible through a generous grant from Daisy Soros, general manager in memory of Paul Soros and Beverly Sills Peter Gelb music director James Levine Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera principal conductor Fabio Luisi and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées 2015–16 SEASON The seventh Metropolitan Opera performance of GAETANO DONIZETTI’S This performance roberto is being broadcast live over The Toll Brothers– devereux Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network, sponsored by Toll Brothers, conductor America’s luxury Maurizio Benini homebuilder®, with generous long-term in order of vocal appearance support from sar ah (sar a), duchess of not tingham The Annenberg Elīna Garanča Foundation, The Neubauer Family queen eliz abeth (elisabet ta) Foundation, the Sondra Radvanovsky* Vincent A. Stabile Endowment for lord cecil Broadcast Media, Brian Downen and contributions from listeners a page worldwide. Yohan Yi There is no sir walter (gualtiero) r aleigh Toll Brothers– Christopher Job Metropolitan Opera Quiz in List Hall robert (roberto) devereux, e arl of esse x today. Matthew Polenzani This performance is duke of not tingham also being broadcast Mariusz Kwiecien* live on Metropolitan Opera Radio on a servant of not tingham SiriusXM channel 74. -
La Place De L'opera Dans La Vie Sociale
LA VIE DES COMPOSITEURS AU 19e SIECLE (2e partie) Le mois dernier nous avons vu que les compositeurs doivent produire vite et bien, tout en s’adaptant aux goûts des différents théâtres pour lesquels ils écrivent et que, malheureusement, tout ce travail pouvait être réduit à néant, du jour au lendemain, par le bon vouloir d’un censeur du gouvernement. Rappelons qu’à cette époque l’Italie est pratiquement toute entière sous le contrôle de puissances étrangères qui craignent des soulèvements ou des révoltes (les Autrichiens au nord et les Bourbons à Naples), rendant la situation politique tendue. Ce mois-ci nous allons voir qu’écrire un opéra au 19e siècle, revient aussi, bien souvent, à se plier aux exigences, parfois tyranniques des grands noms du chant lyrique. DES ROLES TAILLES SUR MESURE POUR LES CHANTEURS En fait, bien souvent les compositeurs écrivent des rôles taillés sur mesure pour certains chanteurs, en fonction de leur tempérament. Par exemple, le personnage de Gemma dans Gemma di Vergy de Donizetti, qui est celui d’une femme complexe dévorée de jalousie, était destiné à la volcanique soprano Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis (ci-contre). Les chanteurs de l’époque sont de vraies stars qui exigent des airs qui les mettent en valeur, ce que Donizetti, entre autre, a la réputation d’avoir très bien su faire. Il a écrit pour les plus grands interprètes de l’époque, parmi lesquels on peut citer des 1 célébrités telles que Maria MALIBRAN (ci-contre) ou Giuseppina STREPPONI, la future femme de Verdi. Le ténor Adolphe NOURRIT le confirme : « Donizetti avait le " talent de bien mettre en relief les qualités de ses chanteurs et de cacher leurs défauts ". -
Kenneth E. Querns Langley Doctor of Philosophy
Reconstructing the Tenor ‘Pharyngeal Voice’: a Historical and Practical Investigation Kenneth E. Querns Langley Submitted in partial fulfilment of Doctor of Philosophy in Music 31 October 2019 Page | ii Abstract One of the defining moments of operatic history occurred in April 1837 when upon returning to Paris from study in Italy, Gilbert Duprez (1806–1896) performed the first ‘do di petto’, or high c′′ ‘from the chest’, in Rossini’s Guillaume Tell. However, according to the great pedagogue Manuel Garcia (jr.) (1805–1906) tenors like Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794–1854) and Garcia’s own father, tenor Manuel Garcia (sr.) (1775–1832), had been singing the ‘do di petto’ for some time. A great deal of research has already been done to quantify this great ‘moment’, but I wanted to see if it is possible to define the vocal qualities of the tenor voices other than Duprez’, and to see if perhaps there is a general misunderstanding of their vocal qualities. That investigation led me to the ‘pharyngeal voice’ concept, what the Italians call falsettone. I then wondered if I could not only discover the techniques which allowed them to have such wide ranges, fioritura, pianissimi, superb legato, and what seemed like a ‘do di petto’, but also to reconstruct what amounts to a ‘lost technique’. To accomplish this, I bring my lifelong training as a bel canto tenor and eighteen years of experience as a classical singing teacher to bear in a partially autoethnographic study in which I analyse the most important vocal treatises from Pier Francesco Tosi’s (c. -
Gli Esiliati in Siberia, Exile, and Gaetano Donizetti Alexander Weatherson
Gli esiliati in Siberia, exile, and Gaetano Donizetti Alexander Weatherson How many times did Donizetti write or rewrite Otto mesi in due ore. No one has ever been quite sure: at least five times, perhaps seven - it depends how the changes he made are viewed. Between 1827 and 1845 he set and reset the music of this strange but true tale of heroism - of the eighteen-year-old daughter who struggled through snow and ice for eight months to plead with the Tsar for the release of her father from exile in Siberia, making endless changes - giving it a handful of titles, six different poets supplying new verses (including the maestro himself), with- and-without spoken dialogue, with-and-without Neapolitan dialect, with-and-without any predictable casting (the prima donna could be a soprano, mezzo-soprano or contralto at will), and with-and-without any very enduring resolution at the end so that this extraordinary work has an even-more-fantastic choice of synopses than usual. It was this score that stayed with him throughout his years of international fame even when Lucia di Lammermoor and Don Pasquale were taking the world by storm. It is perfectly possible in fact that the music of his final revision of Otto mesi in due ore was the very last to which he turned his stumbling hand before mental collapse put an end to his hectic career. How did it come by its peculiar title? In 1806 Sophie Cottin published a memoir in London and Paris of a real-life Russian heroine which she called 'Elisabeth, ou Les Exilés de Sibérie'. -
Maria Di Rohan
GAETANO DONIZETTI MARIA DI ROHAN Melodramma tragico in tre atti Prima rappresentazione: Vienna, Teatro di Porta Carinzia, 5 VI 1843 Donizetti aveva già abbozzato l'opera (inizialmente intitolata Un duello sotto Richelieu) a grandi linee a Parigi, nel dicembre 1842, mentre portava a termine Don Pasquale; da una lettera del musicista si desume che la composizione fu ultimata il 13 febbraio dell'anno successivo. Donizetti attraversava un periodo di intensa attività compositiva, forse consapevole dell'inesorabile aggravarsi delle proprie condizioni di salute; la "prima" ebbe luogo sotto la sua direzione e registrò un convincente successo (furono apprezzate soprattutto l'ouverture ed il terzetto finale). L'opera convinse essenzialmente per le sue qualità drammatiche, eloquentemente rilevate dagli interpreti principali: Eugenia Tadolini (Maria), Carlo Guasco (Riccardo) e Giorgio Ronconi (Enrico); quest'ultimo venne apprezzato in modo particolare, soprattutto nel finale. Per il Theatre Italien Donizetti preparò una nuova versione, arricchita di due nuove arie, nella quale la parte di Armando fu portata dal registro di tenore a quello di contralto (il ruolo fu poi interpretato en travesti da Marietta Brambilla). Con la rappresentazione di Parma (primo maggio 1844) Maria di Rohan approdò in Italia dove, da allora, è stata oggetto soltanto di sporadica considerazione. Nel nostro secolo è stata riallestita a Bergamo nel 1957 ed alla Scala nel 1969, oltre all'estero (a Londra e a New York, dove è apparsa in forma di concerto). Maria di Rohan segna forse il punto più alto di maturazione nell'itinerario poetico di Donizetti; con quest'opera il musicista approfondì la propria visione drammatica, a scapito di quella puramente lirica e belcantistica, facendo delle arie di sortita un vero e proprio studio di carattere e privilegiando i duetti ed i pezzi d'assieme in luogo degli 276 episodi solistici (ricordiamo, tra i momenti di maggior rilievo, l'aria di Maria "Cupa, fatal mestizia" ed il duetto con Chevreuse "So per prova il tuo bel core"). -
Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti ORC 3 in association with Box cover : ‘ Eleonore, Queen of Portugal’ by Joos van Cleve, 1530 (akg-images/Erich Lessing) Booklet cover : The duel, a scene from Gioja’s ballet Gabriella di Vergy , La Scala, Milan, 1826 Opposite : Gaetano Donizetti CD faces: Elizabeth Vestris as Gabrielle de Vergy in Pierre de Belloy’s tragedy, Paris, 1818 –1– Gaetano Donizetti GABRIELLA DI VERGY Tragedia lirica in three acts Gabriella.............................................................................Ludmilla Andrew Fayel, Count of Vergy.......................................................Christian du Plessis Raoul de Coucy......................................................................Maurice Arthur Filippo II, King of France......................................................John Tomlinson Almeide, Fayel’s sister...................................................................Joan Davies Armando, a gentleman of the household...................................John Winfield Knights, nobles, ladies, servants, soldiers Geoffrey Mitchell Choir APPENDIX Scenes from Gabriella di Vergy (1826) Gabriella..............................................................................Eiddwen Harrhy Raoul de Coucy............................................................................Della Jones Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Alun Francis –2– Managing director: Stephen Revell Producer: Patric Schmid Assistant conductor: David Parry Consultant musicologist: Robert Roberts Article and synopsis: Don White English libretto: -
Roger Parker: Curriculum Vitae
1 Roger Parker Publications I Books 1. Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (Cambridge, 1986). With Arthur Groos 2. Studies in Early Verdi (1832-1844) (New York, 1989) 3. Leonora’s Last Act: Essays in Verdian Discourse (Princeton, 1997) 4. “Arpa d’or”: The Verdian Patriotic Chorus (Parma, 1997) 5. Remaking the Song: Operatic Visions and Revisions from Handel to Berio (Berkeley, 2006) 6. New Grove Guide to Verdi and his Operas (Oxford, 2007); revised entries from The New Grove Dictionaries (see VIII/2 and VIII/5 below) 7. Opera’s Last Four Hundred Years (in preparation, to be published by Penguin Books/Norton). With Carolyn Abbate II Books (edited/translated) 1. Gabriele Baldini, The Story of Giuseppe Verdi (Cambridge, 1980); trans. and ed. 2. Reading Opera (Princeton, 1988); ed. with Arthur Groos 3. Analyzing Opera: Verdi and Wagner (Berkeley, 1989); ed. with Carolyn Abbate 4. Pierluigi Petrobelli, Music in the Theater: Essays on Verdi and Other Composers (Princeton, 1994); trans. 5. The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera (Oxford, 1994); translated into German (Stuttgart. 1998), Italian (Milan, 1998), Spanish (Barcelona, 1998), Japanese (Tokyo, 1999); repr. (slightly revised) as The Oxford History of Opera (1996); repr. paperback (2001); ed. 6. Reading Critics Reading: Opera and Ballet Criticism in France from the Revolution to 1848 (Oxford, 2001); ed. with Mary Ann Smart 7. Verdi in Performance (Oxford, 2001); ed. with Alison Latham 8. Pensieri per un maestro: Studi in onore di Pierluigi Petrobelli (Turin, 2002); ed. with Stefano La Via 9. Puccini: Manon Lescaut, special issue of The Opera Quarterly, 24/1-2 (2008); ed. -
What the Critics Say As Primo Tenore/Principal Tenor
DAVID KELLETT TENOR What the critics say as primo tenore/principal tenor... Return of Ulysses Town Topics “The two meatier tenor roles of the opera were allocated to non-students; University Lecturer David Kellett sang the role of Eumaeus the shepherd with a relentless protectiveness of Penelope. The register and musical style of this role clearly foreshadowed the operatic vocal style of such later composers as Handel, and Mr. Kellett was effective in maintaining the required stamina.” Alice in Wonderland Town Topics “Tenor David Kellett is always solid on an operatic stage, and has participated in a number of Westergaard premieres. He and Ms. Jolicoeur performed well in tandem as two heads of the “Caterpillar,” and as the “Mad Hatter” (with a great purple hat), he helped bring the scene to the appropriate level of confusion.” New York Times “The other singers…David Kellett, tenor… were all in strong voice and met Mr. Westergaard’s demands with flexibility and energy.” The Magic Flute The Star Ledger "Kellett's tenor was ardent and clear." Classical New Jersey “David Kellett's voice has been an instrument that I have found appealing since I first heard him over 20 years ago. He had a refreshing lyric quality then that was sufficient in carrying power up to his higher register where it would take on a slightly driven quality. He always reminded me of having a smoothness like "Tito Schipa" several generations ago. Kellett’s voice is a finely produced instrument, and he has retained that smoothness of line and production throughout the registers even as age has darkened the tone and added weight. -
Portrait of Caterina Cornaro (1454 –1510) Dressed As St Catherine of Alexandria C.1542 (Oil on Canvas) by Titian (C.1588 –1576)
ORC48 Box cover and CD faces : Portrait of Caterina Cornaro (1454 –1510) dressed as St Catherine of Alexandria c.1542 (oil on canvas) by Titian (c.1588 –1576). Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy/ The Bridgeman Art Library Book cover : Caterina Cornaro by Hans Makart (1840 –1884). © Belvedere, Vienna Opposite : Gaetano Donizetti (Opera Rara Archive) –1– Gaetano Donizetti CATERINA CORNARO Tragedia lirica in a prologue and two acts Libretto by Giacomo Sacchèro Caterina Cornaro............................................................Carmen Giannattasio Andrea Cornaro, Caterina’s father ..........................................Graeme Broadbent Gerardo, a young Frenchman ( in the prologue bethrothed to Caterina ).....................................................................Colin Lee Lusignano, King of Cyprus ..................................................................Troy Cook Mocenigo, a counsellor of the Dieci in Venice and Venetian ambassador in Cyprus .................................................................Vuyani Mlinde Strozzi, a leader of mercenary cut-throats ...............................................Loïc Félix A Knight of the King...........................................................................Loïc Félix Matilde, Caterina’s confidante .........................................................Sophie Bevan Knights, Ladies, Gondoliers, Populace, Soldiers, Cut-throat ruffians, Guards BBC Singers Renato Balsadonna, chorus director BBC Symphony Orchestra Stephen Bryant, leader David Parry, conductor