''La contadina astuta'', or ''Livietta e Tracollo'', is an

opera buffa ''Opera buffa'' (; "comic opera", plural: ''opere buffe'') is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as ''commedia in musica'', ''commedia per musica'', ''dramm ...

composed by

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), often referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist. His best-known works include his Stabat Mater and the opera ''L ...

to a libretto by Tommaso Mariani. It was originally composed as an

intermezzo In music, an intermezzo (, , plural form: intermezzi), in the most general sense, is a composition which fits between other musical or dramatic entities, such as acts of a play or movements of a larger musical work. In music history, the term ha ...

for Pergolesi's opera ''

Adriano in Siria ''Adriano in Siria'' (''Hadrian in Syria'') is a libretto by Italian poet Metastasio first performed, with music by Antonio Caldara, in Vienna in 1732, and turned into an opera by at least 60 other composers during the next century. Metastasio ...

'' but subsequently became popular in its own right and was performed throughout Europe. It premiered along with ''Adriano in Siria'' on 25 October 1734 at the

Teatro San Bartolomeo Theatres for diverse musical and dramatic presentations began to open in Naples, Italy, in the mid-16th century as part of the general Spanish cultural and political expansion into the kingdom of Naples, which had just become a vicerealm of Spain. ...

in Naples.

Roles

Recordings

*Pergolesi ''Livietta e Tracollo'' & ''La Serva Padrona'' –

Nancy Argenta Nancy Argenta is a Canadian soprano singer, best known for performing music from the pre-classical era. She has won international acclaim, and is considered one of the leading Handel sopranos of her time. Life She was born in Nelson, British Col ...

(Livietta) and Werner Van Mechelen (Tracollo);

La Petite Bande La Petite Bande is a Belgium-based ensemble specialising in music of the Baroque and Classical eras played on period instruments. They are particularly known for their recordings of works by Corelli, Rameau, Handel, Bach, Haydn, and Mozart. Hi ...

conducted by

Sigiswald Kuijken Sigiswald Kuijken (; born 16 February 1944) is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and original instruments. Biography Kuijken was born in Dilbeek, near Brussels. He was a member of the Alarius Ensemble of ...

. CD. Label: Accent ACC96123D *Pergolesi ''Adriano In Siria'' (including the intermezzo ''Livietta e Tracollo'') – Monica Bacelli (Livietta) and Carlo Lepore (Tracollo); Accademia Bizantina conducted by

Ottavio Dantone Ottavio Dantone (born 9 October 1960) is an Italian conductor and keyboardist (primarily harpsichord and fortepiano) particularly noted for his performances of Baroque music. He has been the music director of the Accademia Bizantina in Ravenna sin ...

. DVD recorded live at the

Teatro Pergolesi The Teatro Comunale Pergolesi is an opera house in Jesi, Italy. It was originally named the Teatro della Concordia when it was the rival to the original 1732 opera house in the city, the Teatro del Leone. That theatre was active until 1791, but it ...

in Jesi in 2010, the tercentenary of Pergolesi's birth. Label: Opus Arte OA 1065

References

External links

Video extract from ''Livietta e Tracollo''
performed on 10 June 2010 at the

(official YouTube channel of the Fondazione Pergolesi) {{DEFAULTSORT: Operas Opera buffa Intermezzi 1734 operas Italian-language operas Operas set in Italy Operas by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi