''La donna serpente'' (''The Snake Woman'') is a 1932 opera by
Alfredo Casella
Alfredo Casella (25 July 18835 March 1947) was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor.
Life and career
Casella was born in Turin, the son of Maria (née Bordino) and Carlo Casella. His family included many musicians: his grandfather, a f ...
to a libretto by Cesare Vico Lodovici based on the fable, ''
La donna serpente ''La donna serpente'' is a fable by Carlo Gozzi which premiered at the Teatro Sant'Angelo, Venice, in 1762. The play was adapted as a children's TV film, broadcast Rete 1, 26 March 1976, directed by :it:Alessandro Brissoni, starring Ave Ninchi, Car ...
'', by
Carlo Gozzi
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Carlo, Count Gozzi (; 13 December 1720 – 4 April 1806) was an Italian ( Venetian) playwright and champion of Commedia dell'arte.
Early life
Gozzi was born and died in Venice; he came from a family of minor Venetian aristocracy, the T ...
.
[Giorgio Bagnoli ''The La Scala Encyclopedia of the Opera'' 1993 p 114 0671870424 "DONNA SERPENTE, LA (The Snake Woman) Fairy-tale opera in a prologue and three acts by Alfredo Casella (1883–1947) ... By avoiding the temptations of a realistic narrative, and being more concerned with music rather than dramatic effect, Casella displays in La donna serpente all his best qualities as a composer...".] The same fable was the basis of Wagner's first opera, ''
Die Feen
''Die Feen'' (, ''The Fairies'') is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. The German libretto was written by the composer after Carlo Gozzi's ''La donna serpente''. ''Die Feen'' was Wagner's first completed opera, but remained unperformed in h ...
''. The plot concerns a king, Altidòr, who falls in love with a fairy, Miranda. The fairy's father curses Altidòr that if he curses Miranda, she shall turn into a snake.
Recordings
*''La donna serpente'' (LP).
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 Giu ...
,
Magda László, Renata Mattioli, Luisella Ciaffi, Coro di Milano della Rai, Giulio Bertola.
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della Rai,
Fernando Previtali
Fernando Previtali (16 February 1907 Adria, Italy – 1 August 1985, Rome, Italy) was an Italian conductor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, especially Verdi operas.
He studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Music Conservatory in Tu ...
, 1959.
*''La donna serpente'' (DVD). Angelo Villari,
Zuzana Marková, Vanessa Goikoetxea, Anta Jankovska, Candida Guida, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia,
Fabio Luisi
Fabio Luisi (born 17 January 1959) is an Italian conductor. He is currently principal conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and chief conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
Biog ...
;
Bongiovanni, 2014.
*''La donna serpente'' (DVD). Piero Pretti, Carmela Remigio, Erika Grimaldi, Francesca Sassu, Anna Maria Chiuri, Marco Filippo Romano, Orchestra del
Teatro Regio di Torino
The Teatro Regio (Royal Theatre) is a prominent opera house and opera company in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Its season runs from October to June with the presentation of eight or nine operas given from five to twelve performances of each.
Several bu ...
,
Gianandrea Noseda
Gianandrea Noseda (born 23 April 1964, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy) is an Italian conductor.
Biography
Noseda studied piano and composition in Milan. He began conducting studies at age 27. He furthered his conducting studies with Donato Renzett ...
.
References
Operas
1932 operas
Italian-language operas
Compositions by Alfredo Casella
Operas based on works by Carlo Gozzi
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External links
Libretto of ''La Donna Serpente''on operalibretto.com