*Encore Opera Il Barbiere 11/25/19

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

*Encore Opera Il Barbiere 11/25/19 ENCORE OPERA FOUNDED BY STEVE SCHWARTZ For November 25, 2019 DOWN-STAIRS & UP-STAIRS This Week’s Program BY GENE MARTIN Il Barbiere di Siviglia My elementary school for several years THE USELESS PRECAUTION had seven grades in six rooms, one of by Gioacchino Rossini which was for the furnace. When my with English Subtitles family moved to Cincinnati, my school was ————- so big they had stairs you were only to use Runtime: 140 minutes • Staged at Del to go up and others only for down. My Teatro Alla Scala, 1972 • DVD re-issued 2005 by Deutsche Grammaphon • MPAA navigation skills were quite inadequate for not rated • ASIN: B0007P0LOS a while. This week and the next few thereafter, our skills getting to the Encore Don Basilio, basso, Rosina’s music teacher: Theater may also be challenged when the Paolo Mlntarsolo renovation closes our stairs or elevator. Berta, mezzo, Bartolo’s servant: Stefania Malagú Keep in mind. that there are THREE ways Fiorello, basso, Almaviva’s valet : Renato Cesari to get to the Theater. In addition to the Ambrogio, Bartolo’s silent servant: Hans Kraemmer usual stairs and lobby elevator, there is an Claudio Abbado conducts the Orchestra e Coro elevator in Forest Crossing that will get del Teatro alla Scala you downstairs to the Theater. The Lakeside Renovation folks have tried to Staged & Directed for Jean-Pierre Ponnelle keep us up to date on when one or more NOTES by STEVE SCHWARTZ of these will be closed but construction is “The Barber of Seville,” one of the unpredictable. I just suggest (hope!) that most popular operas in the repertory, if your usual route is closed when you get there, there will always be at least one of premiered in 1816, when Rossini was just those ways to get to the opera. 24 years old. That event was sabotaged by some members of the audience who NEXT WEEK were partisans of a composer who had On December 6th, a whole week from set the same Beaumarchais play a now, we will see Mozart’s comic opera generation earlier, however the damage Cosi Fan Tutti, recorded live at the Kleine they did lasted only that evening. Festspielhaus, Salzburg in 1983 and conducted by Riccardo Muti. Rossini’s opus is based on the first of the “BARBER’S” PRINCIPAL CAST triad of plays by the 18th century French Count Almaviva, tenor, a Nobleman: Luigi Alva author Pierre de Beaumarchais starring his fictional character Figaro which was Rosina, mezzo-soprano, a young lady: Teresa Berganza followed by The Marriage of Figaro. In an inversion of the chronology, Mozart Figaro, baritone, barber and jack-of-all-trades: Herman Prey set “Marriage” to music forty years Don Bartolo, baritone, Rosina’s guardian: Enzo Dara before Rossini wrote this opera. Page !1 of !4 ACT ONE (Question: Will true love triumph? After the famous and well-known Answer: What do you think?) overture, we see a street in 18th Next, we’re in the great room in century Seville, just before dawn. Our Bartolo’s house, and meet Rosina, our hero, Count Almaviva, has hired a heroine. In the famous aria, “Una voce local band to serenade the young lady poco fa,” (I heard a little voice nearby who lives in a house on the square. just now) she quickly lets us know that The Count’s valet Fiorello sets up the while she usually seems meek and band and our hero sings but gets no subservient, she’s shrewd -and can also response. Actually she hears the be a viper when necessary, especially serenade, and is receptive, but she’s when she is crossed. the ward of the master of the house, Despite Bartolo’s rigid control of her Don Bartolo, a grump, who carefully daily life, she is determined to win the keeps her from any eligible men since man she loves (whom she knows only he plans to marry her himself. The as “Lindoro”) and she sings that she band is paid and leaves. knows how to overcome her old Figaro arrives and sings “Largo al guardian’s efforts. Factotum,” bragging that his vocation Figaro enters and starts talking with makes him the town’s most important Rosina. Bartolo comes in, warns her personage. The Count tries another to stay indoors, and leaves. Figaro serenade, accompanying himself on returns to talk to her about “Lindoro.” Figaro’s guitar, but Rosina’s receptive After a sparkling duet with Figaro, she reaction is cut short by someone knows that “Lindoro” also loves her. inside the house. (Guess who?) Bartolo returns and is immediately The Count recognizes Figaro as a suspicious. He interrogates her former employe and asks his help. closely, hoping to trap her a la “How can I get inside the house to Sherlock Holmes. woo Rosina?” he asks. But, she has an answer for everything “‘Easy” says Figaro. “Disguise yourself he throws at her. So he tries to as a soldier in the army regiment that’s intimidate her with an aria “A un coming to Seville and claim that dottor della mia sorte” (a doctor of my Bartolo’s house has been designated as standing is too smart for you, so don’t your quarters.” Almaviva likes that and try to pull the wool over my eyes) that gives him a bag of cash. For another tell’s us he’s a blowhard. bag from the Count, Figaro gets a Don Basilio, Rosina’s music teacher, second idea: “Act drunk – that will arrives to warn Bartolo that Count cause Bartolo to be less suspicious.” Almaviva is in Seville and is pursuing This is their plan for getting the Count Rosina. Bartolo is upset; something to meet the fair damsel face to face. has to be done, and quickly. Page !2 of !4 Basilio’s solution is his aria “La the opera). Bartolo sings an aria while Calunnia” (slander): “I have a sure-fire the lovers secretly agree on their plan. way to get rid of your rival.” ‘“I’ll spread Basilio arrives unexpectedly. false rumors about the Count that are Omi’gosh. How to overcome this new so vile that he’ll slink out of town.” obstacle? Simple. Almaviva slips But Bartolo can’t wait. He decides to Basilio a bribe. Everyone wants him marry her this very day and sets off to out of the house (for different make arrangements. Then his reasons) so they all tell him he looks housemaid Berta admits a drunken sick and must go home at once. soldier (Almaviva in disguise). Basilio doesn’t get it, but with the Bartolo’s return sets off a host of Count’s cash in hand, he doesn’t much h i g h - j i n k s w h i c h b r i n g Ro s i n a care. So he leaves. Bartolo is getting downstairs. The “drunk” lets her know more suspicious, but the ever- he is “Lindoro” and they sneakily and resourceful Figaro arrives and diverts comically exchange love letters under Bartolo’s attention by pressuring him Bartolo’s nose. The police come to to submit to a shave… right now! investigate the noisy household and Now a new twist. Earlier, we saw that, the sergeant starts to arrest the to keep from being thrown out, “soldier.” But he backs off when Almaviva as a soldier gave Bartolo the Almaviva covertly shows the soldier letter he’d received from Rosina, that he’s a titled aristocrat. saying this showed Lindoro to be a The act ends with the kind of opera stooge for Almaviva. On that basis, finale at which Rossini excelled: all the Bartolo invited him to stay and help principal singers and a male chorus him keep Rosina and Lindoro apart. (the cops), all on stage, singing loudly But Bartolo shrewdly shows Rosina with an even louder orchestra! this letter to prove Lindoro intended to ACT TWO trap and seduce her and does not love Having struck out in his first attempt to her at all. She buys it and tells Bartolo be alone with Rosina, Almaviva arrives she will get even by marrying him. dressed in an outfit just like Basilio’s, Elated, he leaves at once to get the claiming to be the teacher’s pupil who notary and the marriage license. will give Rosina her music lesson since After a storm that Rossini sets to Basilio is sick. This disguise allows the exciting music, Figaro and the Count Count to sit next to Rosina at the arrive with a ladder and climb to piano. Bartolo suspects he’s a spy for Rosina’s room; Figaro filched the key Almaviva, so he stays close. Still, the when starting to shave Bartolo. As the lovers manage to get in a few private two enter Rosina’s room, she accuses words. Rosina sings an aria that’s the Lindoro of being in the Count’s employ subtitle of the opera “The Useless and wholly rejects him. Ecstatic at Precaution” (you’ll get the gag later in Page !3 of !4 this, he tells her he is Count Almaviva; CLOSING COMMENTS now she’s ecstatic! They would I want you to know that the feedback celebrate but Figaro looks out the from so many of you about your window to see the ladder is gone. pleasure watching Encore operas is Bartolo removed it to prevent the what makes all our effort worthwhile. elopement and they’re trapped! We share your pleasure; seeing world- Worse yet, Basilio arrives with the class artists applying their talents to notary and the license which lacks the work of world-class composers in only the groom’s name and the world-class opera houses around the signature of two witnesses.
Recommended publications
  • Fabulously Tidal — Issue 117, 1 January 2018
    Fabulously Tidal — Issue 117, 1 January 2018 SPONSORED FEATURE — PHILIP SAWYERS' THIRD SYMPHONY Alice McVeigh: 'This is a fabulously tidal symphony, with wild expanses of differing moods, but it begins with a ripple of unease. We in the cello section were told to play the opening with as much stillness as possible, allowing the first theme to grow as it weaves into violins and violas, into threads of flute and oboe, and — from there — into a tempestuous section of interweaving themes. The argument descends into a woodwind quarrel, resolved by flute and oboe, decorated by horns — while the strings continue to niggle and churn away at any sense of calm. 'Then solo bassoon ignites a new, still tenser, section. The violins take over, lightly but resolutely, answered by middle strings conveying a sense of tenderness — but with a bitter aftertaste. (This is incidentally one of Sawyers' most characteristic strengths: a tenderness, never saccharine, often undermined by subtle discontent.) From the brass comes the first glimpse of escape: the powerful broken octave theme over which the other themes furiously contend. 'The cellos at the recapitulation, now deepened and enriched, are twisted by Sawyers into something passionate and grounded in lower brass, reinforced by timpani. The movement ends with the heavy brass seemingly triumphant over the strings' stubborn reiteration of the theme. Still, the lower strings' pessimism prevails. 'Tutti violins kick-start the second movement with a dramatic leap from their richest register, only yielding to keening solo oboe. 'The sobered strings leave the solo winds to mourn, yet, with characteristic Sawyers intensity, something is brewing at subterranean depths: eventually, the violas' chuntering is answered by full insistent brass, in a stormily ecstatic tantrum.
    [Show full text]
  • Enzo Dara - Legenda Komické Opery
    JANÁČKOVA AKADEMIE MÚZICKÝCH UMĚNÍ V BRNĚ Hudební fakulta Katedra zpěvu Sólový zpěv Enzo Dara - legenda komické opery Diplomová práce Autor práce: David Szendiuch Vedoucí práce: doc. Mgr. MgA. Monika Holá Ph.D. Oponent práce: PhDr. Alena Borková Brno 2015 Bibliografický záznam Szendiuch, David: Enzo Dara - legenda komické opery (Enzo Dara - legend of comic opera). Brno: Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně, Hudební fakulta, Katedra zpěvu, 2015, s. 49. Vedoucí magisterské práce doc. Mgr. MgA. Monika Holá Ph.D. Anotace Diplomová práce na téma „Enzo Dara - legenda komické opery“ pojednává o italském operním pěvci Enzo Darovi. V práci je dokumentován vývoj jeho bohaté pěvecké kariéry, která od počátku 70. let minulého století nevyhnutelně mířila k světovým operním jevištím. Cílem je představit a vyzdvihnout tohoto výjimečného operního pěvce, který dokázal v průběhu své kariéry zvládnout téměř všechny basové komické role na nejvyšší mistrovské úrovni. Nemalou měrou tak přispěl k obohacení hudební kultury, která si zasluhuje podrobnější prezentaci v českém hudebním prostředí. V nejlepších letech svého života, zužitkoval své životní zkušenosti v pozici režiséra a pedagoga. Annotation This Master's Thesis, with the subject "Enzo Dara- the legend of comical opera", deals about Italian singer Enzo Dara. In the master's thesis it is described his rich singing career, which was, inevitable, since the beginning of seventies of last century, heading to the worlds’ opera stages. The aim of the master's thesis is to introduce as well as to emphasize this extraordinary opera singer who managed during his career to deal with all his bass comical roles at the most possible highest masterly level.
    [Show full text]
  • |What to Expect from L'elisir D'amore
    | WHAT TO EXPECT FROM L’ELISIR D’AMORE AN ANCIENT LEGEND, A POTION OF QUESTIONABLE ORIGIN, AND THE WORK: a single tear: sometimes that’s all you need to live happily ever after. When L’ELISIR D’AMORE Gaetano Donizetti and Felice Romani—among the most famous Italian An opera in two acts, sung in Italian composers and librettists of their day, respectively—joined forces in 1832 Music by Gaetano Donizetti to adapt a French comic opera for the Italian stage, the result was nothing Libretto by Felice Romani short of magical. An effervescent mixture of tender young love, unforget- Based on the opera Le Philtre table characters, and some of the most delightful music ever written, L’Eli s ir (The Potion) by Eugène Scribe and d’Amore (The Elixir of Love) quickly became the most popular opera in Italy. Daniel-François-Esprit Auber Donizetti’s comic masterpiece arrived at the Metropolitan Opera in 1904, First performed May 12, 1832, at the and many of the world’s most famous musicians have since brought the opera Teatro alla Cannobiana, Milan, Italy to life on the Met’s stage. Today, Bartlett Sher’s vibrant production conjures the rustic Italian countryside within the opulence of the opera house, while PRODUCTION Catherine Zuber’s colorful costumes add a dash of zesty wit. Toss in a feisty Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor female lead, an earnest and lovesick young man, a military braggart, and an Bartlett Sher, Production ebullient charlatan, and the result is a delectable concoction of plot twists, Michael Yeargan, Set Designer sparkling humor, and exhilarating music that will make you laugh, cheer, Catherine Zuber, Costume Designer and maybe even fall in love.
    [Show full text]
  • L'œuvre À L'affiche
    37 affiche xp 2/06/05 10:13 Page 120 L'œuvre à l'affiche Recherches: Elisabetta Soldini avec la contribution de César Arturo Dillon, Georges Farret Calendrier des premières représentations du Barbier de Séville d’après A. Loewenberg, Annals of Opera 1597-1940, Londres 1978 et Pipers Enzyklopädie des Musiktheaters, éd. C. Dahlhaus et S. Döhring, 1991 Le signe [▼] renvoie aux tableaux des pages suivantes. Sauf indication contraire signalée entre parenthèses, l’œuvre a été chantée en italien: [Ang] anglais, [All] allemand, [Bulg] bulgare, [Cro] croate, [Dan] danois, [Esp] espagnol, [Est] estonien, [Finn] finnois, [Flam] flamand, [Fr] français, [Héb] hébreu, [Hong] hongrois, [Lett] letton, [Lit] Lituanien, [Née] néerlandais, [Nor] norvégien, [Pol] polonais, [Rou] roumain, [Ru] russe, [Serb] serbe, [Slov] slovène, [Sué] suédois, [Tch] tchèque CRÉATION: 20 février 1816, Rome, Teatro Argentina. [▼] 1869: décembre, Le Caire. 1871: 3 novembre, Paris, Athénée. 1818: 10 mars, Londres, Her Majesty’s Theatre. - 16 juillet, Barcelone. - 1874: 29 septembre, Helsinki. [Finn] - 2 décembre, Zagreb. [Cro] 13 octobre, Londres, Covent Garden. [Ang] 1875: Le Cap. 1819: 1er janvier, Munich. - Carnaval, Lisbonne. - 3 mai, New York [Ang] - 1876: Tiflis. - Kiev. [Ru] 27 mai, Graz. [All] - 28 septembre, Vienne, Theater auf der Wieden. [All] - 1883: 23 novembre, New York, Metropolitan. 26 octobre, Paris, Théâtre-Italien. 1884: 8 novembre, Paris, Opéra-Comique. 1820: 6 septembre, Milan, Teatro alla Scala. - 29 septembre, Prague. [All] - 1905 : Ljubljana. [Slov] 3 octobre, Braunschweig. [All] - 16 décembre, Vienne, Kärntnertor- 1913 : 3 mai, Christiania (Oslo). [Norv] Theater. [All] - 18 décembre, Brünn. [All] 1918 : Shanghai. [Ru] 1821: 25 août, Madrid. - 31 août, Odessa. - 19 septembre, Lyon.
    [Show full text]
  • LA SCALA ACADEMY of LYRIC OPERA Academic Years 2021-2023
    CALL FOR APPLICATIONS LA SCALA ACADEMY OF LYRIC OPERA academic years 2021-2023 Photo: Mario Wurzburger AT SCHOOL WITH LA SCALA LA SCALA ACADEMY he La Scala Academy provides thorough, in-depth OF LYRIC OPERA training to professional figures involved in the ounded by Riccardo Muti in 1997 under the artistic performing arts through its four departments: T direction of Leyla Gencer (and later of her successors Music, Dance, Stagecraft, Management. Its broad FMirella Freni and Renato Bruson), the La Scala Academy curriculum ranges from basic and core training courses of Lyric Opera carries forward the legacy of the “Cadetti to specialization courses and professional workshops. della Scala” school instituted in 1950 by Arturo Toscanini to The highest level of instruction is ensured by Teatro conserve and transmit the Italian operatic tradition to the alla Scala professionals, acclaimed performers, and new generations. renowned experts in the performing arts. The Academy provides young opera singers with a solid The teaching method derives from the philosophy of background in voice and music, honing their technical and learning by doing and prepares students for their future interpretive skills in a two-year program to prepare them for career through intense daily exposure to the performing a successful professional career. arts in a real world context. The teaching staff is composed of artists of the highest caliber who are able to transmit their stage experience to the students. They are led by Luciana D’Intino, head instructor, in charge of vocal and interpretive technique. Among her colleagues are the opera coaches Vincenzo Scalera, Umberto FOUNDING PARTNERS Finazzi, James Vaughan, Nelson Guido Calzi, and Michele D’Elia for role studies, and the director Marina Bianchi, who teaches stage arts.
    [Show full text]
  • ロッシーニとセビリアの理髪師Ⅱ Gioachino Rossini and “Il Barbiere De Siviglia” Ⅱ
    2013 年度テーマ展示 4 月 2013 年度基礎ゼミ “音楽の情熱、音楽への情熱” レクチャーコンサート 参考資料展 ロッシーニとセビリアの理髪師Ⅱ Gioachino Rossini and “Il barbiere de Siviglia” Ⅱ 企画 国立音楽大学附属図書館広報委員会 開催期間 2013 年 4 月 2 日~2013 年 5 月 2 日 開催場所 図書館ブラウジングルーム・AV 資料室 ロッシーニとセビリアの理髪師Ⅱ Gioachino Rossini and “Il barbiere de Siviglia” Ⅱ 今年度の基礎ゼミ・レクチャーコンサートは、”音楽の情熱、音楽への情熱”がテ ーマです。演奏曲の一つがロッシーニ作曲の《セビリアの理髪師》。 そこで図書館では、ロッシーニと《セビリアの理髪師》に焦点をあてて、図書館の たくさんの所蔵資料の中から、ロッシーニの人物像や彼の生きた時代、《セビリアの 理髪師》をはじめとするロッシーニのオペラやイタリア・オペラに関する図書、楽 譜、雑誌、AV 資料を選んで紹介します。 目次 貴重資料 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・2 図書 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・2 楽譜 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・4 AV 資料 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・5 展示パネル ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・9 企画・構成●(国立音楽大学附属図書館広報委員会、柄田明美、古庄もも) 1 貴重資料 Le barbier de Séville Paris : La Lyre moderne, not before 1821 請求記号 ●M4-414(マイクロフィルム) セビリアの理髪師の初演は 1816 年のローマ(テアトロ・アルジェンティーナ)ですが、19 世紀 初頭のフランスではイタリア・オペラが人気を博しており、パリの出版社は競うようにロッシー ニ作品を出版しました。 本楽譜は、1821 年にパリとリヨンで上演された公演のスコアです。パリの出版社 La Lyre moderne から出版されたもので、出版年は公演と同年の 1821 年であると推定されます。 印刷は彫版印刷。金属版を彫刻し、インキをつめて紙に転写する印刷技法です。厚手の 紙が使用され、印字部分の外側が額縁のようにみえるのが特徴です。 図書 ☛ロッシーニの人物像については、多くの作家や研究家が評伝を執筆しています。 ロッシーニ伝 / スタンダール〔著〕 ; 山辺雅彦訳 東京 : みすず書房, 1992 請求記号 ●C56-975 『赤と黒』などで有名なスタンダールが無名時代に執筆したロッシーニに関する伝記"Vie de Rossini"(1823 年)の翻訳本。ロッシーニの生存中に書かれており、事実関係についての議 論はあるものの、ロッシーニの人生と音楽、彼の生きた時代を記した書で、世界各国で版・ 編者を変えながら出版されています。 ロッシーニ仮面の男 / マリオ・ニコラーオ著 ; 小畑恒夫訳 東京 : 音楽之友社, 1992 請求記号 ●C56-647 イタリア在住の音楽ジャーナリストの著書“La maschera di Rossini”(1990 年)の翻訳本。 〈怠惰〉〈快楽主義者〉〈色男〉〈グルメ〉など、さまざまに伝わるロッシーニの音楽と人生に関 する評伝です。 ロッシーニと料理 : オペラを作曲した美食家の生涯・逸話・音楽・書簡・料理 / 水谷彰良著 東京 : 透土社, 1993 請求記号 ●C58-146、C65-105 食通、美食家、料理人として料理史にも名を残すロッシーニの実像を料理という視点から
    [Show full text]
  • CURRICULUM VITAE NIKITA STOROJEV, Bass
    CURRICULUM VITAE NIKITA STOROJEV, Bass http://www.nikitastorojev.com Education 1970-72 State University at Sverdlovsk; Philosophy Major 1972-75 Mussorgsky Conservatory of Yekaterinburg Mastered bel canto technique under the direction of professor Ian Voutiras 1975-78 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music Diplomas received: Opera Singer ( оперный певец ) Chamber Music Singer ( камерный певец ) Professor of Voice ( педагог оперного пения ) 1977-80 Studied stage directing under professor/stage director Joseph Tumanov Studied and specialized in stage interpretation under Professor Eugene Nesterenko Private lessons with Tonini (coach of Pavarotti), Nicolai Ghiaurov, Jerome Hines and Giulio Fioravanti Professional Qualifications (Opera/Concert Performance) 1976-81 Principal soloist at the Bolshoi Opera 1978 Winner of International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow 1976-81 Principal soloist, Philharmonic Society of Moscow, gaining experience from working with the best Russian orchestras and conductors; Eugene Svetlanov, Gennady Rozhdestvenski, Boris Hikin, Yuri Fedosseyev, Valéry Gergiev 1983-85 Principal soloist with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf. Italian repertoire prepared and performed with Alberto Erede. German repertoire prepared and performed with Peter Schneider (conductor) and Yuri Kout (conductor). 1983-2007 Principal guest soloist at the opera houses, concert halls and international festivals: Milan, New York, Paris, London, Vienna, Berlin, Madrid, München, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, Rome, Tokyo, San Francisco….. Languages: Russian, English, Spanish, Italian, German, French Academic Employment 2007-2001 Assistant Professor of Voice and Opera, University of Texas at Austin 1997-1996 Professor of Voice and Opera, Schola Cantorum, Paris: 1982-1981 Professor, Escuela Superior de Música, Monterrey 1977-1978: Assistant to Eugene Nesterenko in Moscow Conservatory Teaching Experience 2001-2007 Assistant Professor, Voice/Opera Division, University of Texas at Austin 1978-2007 Master classes in: Moscow Conservatory, St.
    [Show full text]
  • Beach Party Ci Nd Erella Study Guide
    BEACH PARTY CI ND ERELLA STUDY GUIDE NASHVILLE OPERA CINDERELLA by Gioachino Rossini JUNE 12, 2021 The Ann & Frank Bumstead Production Special 90-minute Adaptation Ascend Amphitheater Directed by John Hoomes Conducted by Dean Williamson Featuring the Nashville Opera Orchestra CAST & CHARACTERS Cinderella (Angelina) Emily Fons* The Prince Matthew Grills* Dandini Jonathan Beyer* Don Magnifico Stefano de Peppo* Alidoro Christopher Curcuruto*† Tisbe Emilyl Cottam*† Clorinda Bryn Holdsworth* Brian Russell Jonas Grumby * Nashville Opera debut † 2021 Mary Ragland Emerging Artist TICKETS & INFORMATION Contact Nashville Opera at 615.832.5242 or visit nashvilleopera.org/cinderella SPONSORED BY ANN MARIE AND MARTIN M cNAMARA III NASHVILLE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE JUDY & NOAH SUE & EARL OPERA LIFF FOUNDATION SWENSSON THE STORY Rossini composed his version of the CINDERELLA folk tale in a staggering three weeks during 1817. He was only twenty-four years old at the time. Based on Charles Perrault’s CENDRILLON of 1697, La Cenerentola follows a common girl who dreams of a happier life and a prince who seeks to marry the most beautiful girl he can find. Rossini’s plot diverges from the fairy-tale tradition and takes a more realistic approach, with an endearing and sensible central character. Director John Hoomes brings some of the magic spirit back by setting the farcical tale by the sea in his BEACH BLANKET BINGO -inspired staging. THIS SYNOPSIS HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT JOHN HOOMES’S BEACH-PARTY STAGING It’s morning in the broken-down surf shop owned by Don and tells him to search for the young woman wearing the Magnifico.
    [Show full text]
  • Elisiramoreteacher V3.Indd
    The Educator’s Guide to L’Elisir d’Amore By Gaetano Donizetti A companion to the Student Guide HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE Opera offers a unique teaching opportunity, to explore the arts through many different disciplines including literature, art, history, and music. This guide has been designed to provide educators with suggestions on how to integrate the music and historical background of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore into the existing curricula. For applicable National Standards, please contact the Washington National Opera’s Education and Community Programs Department at 202.448.3465 or at [email protected]. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET THERE The dress rehearsal of L’elisir d’amore will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. The Kennedy Center Opera House doors open 30 minutes prior to the start of the performance. Please plan to arrive early, as latecomers will be seated only at suitable breaks in the music, often not until intermission. Seating at Washington National Opera’s dress rehearsals is open. When you arrive, please have your passes ready to present to the ushers who will direct you to the area of the Opera House where you will be seated. The running time for this rehearsal of L’elisir d’amore is approximately two hours and 24 minutes, including one intermission. YOUR ROLE IN THE OPERA Opera is a collaborative art. It requires the work of many people including the director, designer, singers, orchestra, technicians, crew, and the audience. The audience is an important part of every performance. Your role is to suspend disbelief and imagine that the story enacted before you is really happening; to let the action and music surround you, and to become part of the show.
    [Show full text]
  • Don Pasquale
    Gaetano Donizetti Don Pasquale CONDUCTOR Dramma buffo in three acts James Levine Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini and the composer PRODUCTION Otto Schenk Saturday, November 13, 2010, 1:00–3:45 pm SET & COSTUME DESIGNER Rolf Langenfass LIGHTING DESIGNER Duane Schuler This production of Don Pasquale was made possible by a generous gift from The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund. The revival of this production was made possible by a gift from The Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation. GENERAL MANAGER Peter Gelb MUSIC DIRECTOR James Levine 2010–11 Season The 129th Metropolitan Opera performance of Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale Conductor James Levine in o r d e r o f v o c a l a p p e a r a n c e Don Pasquale, an elderly bachelor John Del Carlo Dr. Malatesta, his physician Mariusz Kwiecien* Ernesto, Pasquale’s nephew Matthew Polenzani Norina, a youthful widow, beloved of Ernesto Anna Netrebko A Notary, Malatesta’s cousin Carlino Bernard Fitch Saturday, November 13, 2010, 1:00–3:45 pm This afternoon’s performance is being transmitted live in high definition to movie theaters worldwide. The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor, the Neubauer Family Foundation. Bloomberg is the global corporate sponsor of The Met: Live in HD. Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Mariusz Kwiecien as Chorus Master Donald Palumbo Dr. Malatesta and Musical Preparation Denise Massé, Joseph Colaneri, Anna Netrebko as Carrie-Ann Matheson, Carol Isaac, and Hemdi Kfir Norina in a scene Assistant Stage Directors J. Knighten Smit and from Donizetti’s Don Pasquale Kathleen Smith Belcher Prompter Carrie-Ann Matheson Met Titles Sonya Friedman Scenery, properties, and electrical props constructed and painted in Metropolitan Opera Shops Costumes executed by Metropolitan Opera Costume Department Wigs by Metropolitan Opera Wig Department Assistant to the costume designer Philip Heckman This performance is made possible in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.
    [Show full text]
  • Claudio Abbado Eine Sendereihe Von Kai Luehrs-Kaiser 25.04.2021 15.03 Uhr
    Claudio Abbado Eine Sendereihe von Kai Luehrs-Kaiser 25.04.2021 15.03 Uhr 17. Folge: Rossiniana Abbado entdeckt einen Belcanto-Meister für die Welt 15:05:1 2 0 Herzlich willkommen, meine Damen und Herren, zu einer weiteren Folge unserer Sendereihe über den Dirigenten Claudio Abbado. Heute: Rossiniana. Abbado entdeckt einen Belcanto-Meister für die Welt. 1 DG Gioacchino Rossini 2’21 LC 00173 “La Cenerentola” 479 0125 2. Akt, Temporale (Gewittermusik) Track 613 Evt. London Symphony Orchestra leicht anblenden Ltg. Claudio Abbado 1971 (= 2’21) I Fast so, als sei’s ein Stück aus Beethovens „Pastorale“: „Temporale”, die Gewittermusik aus der Oper “La Cenerentola” von Gioacchino Rossini; hier 1971 mit dem London Symphony Orchestra, dirigiert von Claudio Abbado. Und schon sehen wir, im Hereinkommen, worin das Geheimnis der Wiederentdeckung Rossinis – eines gemeinhin für gegeben hingenommenen und für zu leicht befundenen Komponisten des 19. Jahrhunderts – von Seiten Claudio Abbados bestanden haben mag: Er nahm ihn ernst. So ernst wie einen ausgewachsenen Symphoniker. Er traute Rossini Orchesterfarben und Kompositionsstrukturen zu, die sich nicht in bloßer Unterhaltungs- oder gar Untermalungsmusik erschöpften. Abbado tat so, als sei Rossini kein Dutzendkomponist für eine ausgewählte Klientel von Spezialisten (oder gar Sonderlingen); sondern: ein Meister für alle. Und schon wurde er es. Und damit herzlich willkommen zu einer ‘Geniestreich-Sendung’ innerhalb unserer Abbado-Sendereihe. So zäh und über Jahrzehnte hin nämlich ein Häuflein Unentwegter und allerliebst besessener Rossinianer und Rossinisten sich für ihr Herzensanliegen namens Rossini eingesetzt haben mögen – und zwar durchaus mit Erfolg: © rbbKultur 2021 www.rbbkultur.de Claudio Abbado Eine Sendereihe von Kai Luehrs-Kaiser 25.04.2021 15.03 Uhr Im “Sturm” genommen – und deswegen die “Sturmmusik” zu Anfang dieser Sendung – hat doch wohl erst Abbado diesen Komponisten, den er ebenso aufwertete wie befreite.
    [Show full text]
  • COLORATURA and LYRIC COLORATURA SOPRANO
    **MANY OF THESE SINGERS SPANNED MORE THAN ONE VOICE TYPE IN THEIR CAREERS!** COLORATURA and LYRIC COLORATURA SOPRANO: DRAMATIC SOPRANO: Joan Sutherland Maria Callas Birgit Nilsson Anna Moffo Kirstin Flagstad Lisette Oropesa Ghena Dimitrova Sumi Jo Hildegard Behrens Edita Gruberova Eva Marton Lucia Popp Lotte Lehmann Patrizia Ciofi Maria Nemeth Ruth Ann Swenson Rose Pauly Beverly Sills Helen Traubel Diana Damrau Jessye Norman LYRIC MEZZO: SOUBRETTE & LYRIC SOPRANO: Janet Baker Mirella Freni Cecilia Bartoli Renee Fleming Teresa Berganza Kiri te Kanawa Kathleen Ferrier Hei-Kyung Hong Elena Garanca Ileana Cotrubas Susan Graham Victoria de los Angeles Marilyn Horne Barbara Frittoli Risë Stevens Lisa della Casa Frederica Von Stade Teresa Stratas Tatiana Troyanos Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Carolyn Watkinson DRAMATIC MEZZO: SPINTO SOPRANO: Agnes Baltsa Anja Harteros Grace Bumbry Montserrat Caballe Christa Ludwig Maria Jeritza Giulietta Simionato Gabriela Tucci Shirley Verrett Renata Tebaldi Brigitte Fassbaender Violeta Urmana Rita Gorr Meta Seinemeyer Fiorenza Cossotto Leontyne Price Stephanie Blythe Zinka Milanov Ebe Stignani Rosa Ponselle Waltraud Meier Carol Neblett ** MANY SINGERS SPAN MORE THAN ONE CATEGORY IN THE COURSE OF A CAREER ** ROSSINI, MOZART TENOR: BARITONE: Fritz Wunderlich Piero Cappuccilli Luigi Alva Lawrence Tibbett Alfredo Kraus Ettore Bastianini Ferruccio Tagliavani Horst Günther Richard Croft Giuseppe Taddei Juan Diego Florez Tito Gobbi Lawrence Brownlee Simon Keenlyside Cesare Valletti Sesto Bruscantini Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
    [Show full text]