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Fra Gherardo
''Fra Gherardo'' is an opera in three acts composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti who also wrote the libretto. Set in Parma at the end of the 13th century, the opera's story is based on the life and death of Gherardino Segalello as chronicled by Salimbene of Parma. Pizzetti composed the work, his fifth opera, between 1925 and 1927. The world premiere took place at La Scala, Milan on 16 May 1928 in a performance conducted by Arturo Toscanini with Antonin Trantoul and in the leading roles of Fra Gherardo and Mariola. ''Opera Manager site''. Retrieved 18 July 2018 Roles Synopsis Act 1 ''Parma, 1260'' Gherardo, a rich man, announces that he has sold all his propert ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ildebrando Pizzetti
Ildebrando Pizzetti (20 September 1880 – 13 February 1968) was an Italian composer of classical music, Musicology, musicologist, and Music criticism, music critic. Biography Pizzetti was born in Parma in 1880. He was part of the "Generation of 1880" along with Ottorino Respighi, Gian Francesco Malipiero, and Alfredo Casella. They were among the first Italian composers in some time whose primary contributions were not in opera. The instrumental and ''a cappella'' traditions had never died in Italian music and had produced, for instance, the string quartets of Antonio Scontrino (1850–1922) and the works of Respighi's teacher Giuseppe Martucci; but with the "Generation of 1880" these traditions became stronger. Ildebrando Pizzetti was the son of Odoardo Pizzetti, a pianist and piano teacher who was his son's first teacher. At first Pizzetti seemed headed for a career as a playwright—he had written several plays, two of which had been produced—before he decided in 1895 on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirto Picchi
Mirto Picchi (15 March 1915, San Mauro, near Florence - 25 September 1980, Florence) was an Italian dramatic tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, and with contemporary works. Picchi studied in Milan with Giulia Tess and Giuseppe Armani, and made his debut there as Radamès in ''Aïda'', in 1946. Later, the tenor sang Radamès again at the Teatro alla Scala (opposite Maria Caniglia, then Herva Nelli, 1948), ''Andrea Chénier'' (with Renata Tebaldi and Enzo Mascherini, 1948), ''Fidelio'' (with Delia Rigal, 1949), ''Boris Godounov'' (as the Pretender, with Boris Christoff, 1949), ''Raskolnikov'' (1950), ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (opposite Caterina Mancini and Miriam Pirazzini, 1951), ''The Rake's Progress'' (with Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 1951), ''Proserpina y el Extranjero'' (1952), ''Wozzeck'' (as the Drum Major, with Tito Gobbi and Dorothy Dow, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos, 1952), ''Cagliostro'' (1953), ''Der Freischütz'' (with Victoria de los Ángele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Operas
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Italian-language Operas
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Operas By Ildebrando Pizzetti
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librettist and incorporates a number of the performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble, which since the early 19th century has been led by a conductor. Although musical theatre is closely related to opera, the two are considered to be distinct from one another. Opera is a key part of the Western classical music tradition. Originally understood as an entirely sung piece, in contrast to a play with songs, opera has come to include numerous genres, including some that include spoken dialogue such as ''Singspiel'' and ''Opéra comique''. In traditional number opera, singers employ two styles of singin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Bartoletti
Bruno Bartoletti (Sesto Fiorentino, 10 June 1926 – Florence, 9 June 2013) was an Italian operatic conductor. His active international career lasted from 1953 to 2007, and he specialized in the Italian repertory and contemporary works. He was particularly noted for his 51-year association with Lyric Opera of Chicago, as co-artistic director, artistic director, principal conductor, and artistic director emeritus. He also served as Artistic Director of both the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (1965–1973) and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (1985–1991), and as principal conductor of the Danish Royal Opera (1957–1960), in addition to frequent work as a guest conductor at various major opera houses. Life and career Bartoletti's father was Umberto Bartoletti, a blacksmith, who also played clarinet in a Florence band. As a youth, Bartoletti played the piccolo. A teacher in Florence recognised the young Bartoletti's talent in music, and her husband, the sculptor Antonio Berti, recomm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenico Trimarchi
Domenico Trimarchi is an Italian bass-baritone opera singer. He was born in Naples (21 December 1938), where he studied singing at the Naples Conservatory."Domenico Trimarchi" Naxos Records, retrieved 28 May 2015 In 1970, he made his debut at , as Belcore in ''''. He made his British debut at the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Antonini
Giovanni Antonini (born 1965) is an Italian conductor and soloist on the recorder and baroque transverse flute. He studied in his native Milan, and attended the Civica Scuola di Musica in that city and the Centre de Musique Ancienne in Geneva. In 1985, along with Luca Pianca, he co-founded Il Giardino Armonico, a pioneering Italian early music ensemble based in Milan. Antonini is part of the Italian historically informed performance movement, and has performed with musicians including Christoph Prégardien, Christophe Coin, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Viktoria Mullova and Giuliano Carmignola. With Il Giardino Armonico he has received the Gramophone Award, Diapason d’Or, and Choc du Monde de la Musique. In 2014, Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico commenced a project aiming to perform and record all of Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriella Tucci
Gabriella Tucci (4 August 19299 July 2020) was an Italian operatic soprano who was particularly associated with the Italian repertory and performed at notable opera houses worldwide. She appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in 11 Verdi roles across 13 seasons, including Violetta in ''La traviata'' and Desdemona in ''Otello''. Life Born in Rome on 4 August 1929, Tucci trained at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia with Leonardo Filoni, whom she later married. She made her debut at the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca in 1951 as Verdi's La traviata. In 1952, she won the competition of Spoleto, and appeared at the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale as Leonora in Verdi's ''La forza del destino'' alongside Beniamino Gigli. She then took part in the famous revival of Cherubini's ''Medea'', as Glauce opposite Maria Callas, at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 1953. She made her debut at La Scala in Milan in 1959 as Mimi in Puccini's ''La bohème'', and her American debut the same year at the San Franci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Sordello
Enzo Sordello (20 April 1927 - 15 April 2008) was an Italian operatic baritone. Biography Enzo Sordello born in Pievebovigliana, he went on to study at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Turin and privately with Carlo Tagliabue. In 1952, he won the International Competition organized by the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and began appearing there in small roles. He first won recognition when he sang the role of Cinna in Spontini's ''La vestale'', opposite Maria Callas, in a production by Luchino Visconti. This led to his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1956, as Marcello in ''La bohème'', followed by Malatesta in ''Don Pasquale''. He also sang Enrico in ''Lucia di Lammermoor'', opposite Maria Callas, who, rumour has it, had him fired after the performance for holding a note longer than hers. He went on singing at most of the major opera houses of the world, notably, the Vienna State Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Teatro Colón, as well as at the Glyndebourne Festival and Bregen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Petrella
Clara Petrella (28 March 1914 in Greco Milanese – 19 November 1987 in Milan) was an Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, an outstanding singing-actress nicknamed the "Duse of Singers". Born in a musical family, she was a descendant of composer Errico Petrella, and the niece of soprano Oliva Petrella. She studied first with her sister Micaela, and later with Giannina Russ. She made her debut in Alessandria, as Liu, in 1939. She quickly sang throughout Italy, making her debut at La Scala in 1947, as Giorgetta in Il tabarro, she sang there regularly until 1962. She was particularly admired in the verismo repertory and contemporary works. She created many roles in opera by the following composers; Lodovico Rocca, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, and Renzo Rossellini. Petrella had a beautiful spinto voice, combined with an explosive dramatic temperament, and she was compared to the great Italian actress Eleonora Duse. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Baccaloni
Salvatore Baccaloni (14 April 190031 December 1969) was an Italian operatic bass, buffo artist, and actor. Life and career Baccaloni was born in Rome. After attending the Sistine Chapel choir school from age seven, he studied voice with the celebrated baritone Giuseppe Kaschmann (Josip Kašman, 1847–1925) and cast aside his initial ambitions to become an architect. He made his professional debut as Bartolo in ''The Barber of Seville'', at Rome's Teatro Adriano, in 1922. He sang for the first time at La Scala, Milan, in 1926, in Ildebrando Pizzetti's ''Debora e Jaele''. Initially, he performed the standard bass parts there, such as Raimondo in ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' and Sparafucile in ''Rigoletto''. However, on the advice of La Scala's principal conductor, Arturo Toscanini, he decided to specialise in comic roles. He thus went on to make an indelible impression as Leporello in '' Don Giovanni'', Dulcamara in '' L'elisir d'amore'', the title character in ''Don Pasquale'', Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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