''I due timidi'' (in English, ''The Two Timid Ones'') is a one-act radio opera (also described as a ''commedia lirica'') composed in 1950 by Nino Rota with libretto by the film writer Suso Cecchi d'Amico.

Performance history

It was originally written as a radio production for

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and first performed, on air, on 15 November 1950. The first staged production was in London at the

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(London Opera Club) on 17 March 1952. It was also given at the

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on 18 January 1971, and at the

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on 23 October 1972. It was revived by the

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opera company in

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in 2007. and again by the Santa Fe Opera as part of their "One-Hour Opera" program in the spring of 2008.

Roles

Recordings

Rota: ''I due timidi'', '' La notte di un nevrastenico'', Orchestra Filarmonia Veneta 'G F Malipiero', Chorus of the Teatro Sociale di Rovigo Conductor: Flavio Emilio Scogna Principal singers: Paolo Drigo, Shin Young-Hoon, Sabrina Testa, Lorenzo Battagion, Nunzio Galli, Giuliano Scaranello Release date: 2005 Label: Bongiovanni 2367 (CD) *''I due timidi'' / '' La notte di un nevrastenico'' Giorgio Celenza, Sabrina Cortese, Daniele Adriani, Antonio Sapio, Chiara Osella, and Carlo Feola Reate Festival Orchestra, led by Gabriele Bonolis, Dynamic 2CD or DVD 2019

References

External links

* *Montecchi, Giordano (1992), 'Rota, Nino' in ''The

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