''A Santa Lucia'' is a two-act verismo Italian-language opera by

Pierantonio Tasca Pierantonio Tasca (1858–1934) was an Italian opera composer. His first opera, ''Bianca'', premiered in 1885, to a libretto by Enrico Golisciani. Eva Tetrazzini, elder sister of the famous Luisa Tetrazzini participated in the premiere. His ne ...

to a libretto by

Enrico Golisciani Enrico Golisciani (25 December 1848 – 6 February 1919) was an Italian author, born in Naples. He is best known for his opera librettos, but also published a slim volume of verses for music, entitled ''Pagine d'Album'' (Milano, Ricordi, 1885); ma ...

based on the ''Scene napolitane'' of Goffredo Cognetti. It was premiered at the

Kroll Opera The Kroll Opera House (german: Krolloper, Kroll-Oper) in Berlin, Germany, was in the Tiergarten district on the western edge of the '' Königsplatz'' square (today ''Platz der Republik''), facing the Reichstag building. It was built in 1844 as ...

in Berlin on 16 November 1892 with

Gemma Bellincioni Gemma Bellincioni (born Matilda Cesira Bellincioni) (; 18 August 1864 – 23 April 1950) was an Italian soprano and one of the best-known opera singers of the late 19th century. She had a particular affinity with the verismo repertoire and ...

and

Roberto Stagno Roberto Stagno (; 18 October 1840 ome sources give 1836 as his birth year – 26 April 1897) was a prominent Italian opera tenor. He became an important interpreter of verismo music when it burst on to the operatic scene during the 1890s; ...

in the main roles.''Annals of Opera'' 1943 p602 Tasca : A SANTA LUCIA Berlin , Kroll's . Text by E. Golisciani and G. Cognetti . Two acts . Tasca's best opera . Produced at Berlin in Italian , and revived there at the Th.d.W. 10.xi. 1905 , again in Italian . The title refers to the setting, the

Borgo Santa Lucia Borgo Santa Lucia, or simply Santa Lucia ("Saint Lucy orough), is a historical ''rione'' of Naples, Italy, facing the coast. The area rises around the street of the same name, in turn named after the basilica of , the presence of which is atteste ...

historic waterfront district of Naples

Recording

''A Santa Lucia'' - Iordanka Derilova, Rita Kapfhammer, Cornelia Marschall, Ulf Paulsen, Ray M. Wade, Opernchor des Anhaltischen Theaters Dessau, Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau, Markus L. Frank 1CD CPO 2019

References

{{reflist Operas 1892 operas