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"in collaboration with Opera Atelier of Toronto, Canada, and ""Lost in the Stars"" presented in collaboration with Cape Town Opera of South Africa. The 2015 festival included Mozart's ""The Magic Flute"", Verdi's ""Macbeth"", Vivaldi's ""Catone in Utica"", and Bernstein's ""Candide"". 2016's season featured Puccini's ""La bohème"", Sondheim's """", Rossini's ""La gazza ladra"" (billed as ""The Thieving Magpie""), and Ward's ""The Crucible"". Glimmerglass Festival The Glimmerglass Festival (formerly known as Glimmerglass Opera) is an opera company which was founded in 1975 by Peter Macris and presents an annual season of operas at the Alice Busch Opera Theater on Otsego Lake eight"
"La gazzetta La gazzetta, ossia Il matrimonio per concorso (The Newspaper, or The Marriage Contest) is an opera buffa by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was by Giuseppe Palomba after Carlo Goldoni's play ""Il matrimonio per concorso"" of 1763. The opera satirizes the influence of newspapers on people's lives. There is critical disagreement as to its success, although the New England Conservatory's notes for their April 2013 production state that the opera ""was an immediate hit, and showed Rossini at his comic best."" Following the success of his ""Il Barbiere di Siviglia"" in Rome, the composer arrived in Naples in February"
"and Il Guarany. They can be seen complete in YouTube. Felix M. Galvan Bird, MD Puerto Rico Fosca (opera) Fosca is an opera seria in four acts by Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Gomes to an Italian-language libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni based on 's 1869 novel ""La festa delle Marie"". The opera premiered at La Scala in Milan on February 16, 1873. It was a failure because of a dispute between lovers of bel canto and supporters of Wagnerian music-drama. Gomes revised it in 1877, and the premiere of the new version (this time described as a melodramma) on February 7,"
"mezzo mare"" and its English versions ""Oh! Ma-Ma!"" and ""Lazy Mary"". La Danza ""La danza"" (1835) is a patter song by Gioachino Rossini, in Tarantella napoletana time, the eighth song of the collection ""Les soirées musicales"" (1830–1835). The lyrics are by Count Carlo Pepoli (), librettist of Vincenzo Bellini's opera ""I puritani"". ""La danza"" is a stand-alone chamber vocal piece, rather than part of a larger work. Franz Liszt transcribed it for piano; Frédéric Chopin used the song as inspiration for his Tarantelle in A-flat, Op. 43; and Ottorino Respighi featured it in ""La Boutique fantasque"". ""La danza"" was loosely"
"La zingara La zingara (""The Gypsy Girl"") is an opera semiseria in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after ""La petite bohémienne"" (""The Little Gypsy"") by Louis-Charles Caigniez, which was itself derived from a work of August von Kotzebue. It was Donizetti's first opera written for Naples, and the first performance of this ""rescue opera"" took place at the Teatro Nuovo on 12 May 1822. One critic reviewing the 2001 recording from the Festival della Valle d'Itria, the opera's first performance outside Italy, made the following observations: Despite its moronic libretto, the opera"
"La Loca (opera) La Loca ""(The Madwoman)"", also known as Juana la Loca ""(Crazy Joanna),"" is an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, composed in 1979. It is a romantic drama about the life of Joanna of Castille (1479–1555). It was written as a vehicle for soprano Beverly Sills and received its premiere on June 3, 1979, at the San Diego Opera, followed by the New York City Opera. Critical response was largely negative, so Menotti completely reworked it. The revised version premiered in 1982 at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. The American premiere of the revised version"
"premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on 20 December 1883. The opera's title translates as ""The Happy Woman"", but is usually given in English as ""The Ballad Singer"". However, as this fails to convey the irony inherent in the original, the Italian is usually used. Each act of ""La Gioconda"" has a title. The story revolves around a woman, Gioconda, who so loves her mother that when Laura, her rival in love for the heart of Enzo, saves her mother's life, Gioconda puts aside her own romantic love to repay her. The villain Barnaba tries to seduce Gioconda, but she prefers"
"L'equivoco stravagante L'equivoco stravagante (; The Curious Misunderstanding) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Gaetano Gasbarri. It was Rossini's first attempt at writing a full two-act opera. ""L'equivoco stravagante"" was first performed at the Teatro del Corso, Bologna, on 26 October 1811. It was only performed three times before the police closed the production down, possibly because the text touched on the subject of army desertion. The music of the overture was subsequently lost. The opera was first produced in the United States (in English translation as ""The Bizarre Deception"")"
"La Fenice Teatro La Fenice (, ""The Phoenix"") is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of ""the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre"", and in the history of opera as a whole. Especially in the 19th century, La Fenice became the site of many famous operatic premieres at which the works of several of the four major bel canto era composers – Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi – were performed. Its name reflects its role in permitting an opera company to ""rise from the ashes"" despite losing the use of three theatres to"
"faithful bridegroom. La Loca (opera) La Loca ""(The Madwoman)"", also known as Juana la Loca ""(Crazy Joanna),"" is an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, composed in 1979. It is a romantic drama about the life of Joanna of Castille (1479–1555). It was written as a vehicle for soprano Beverly Sills and received its premiere on June 3, 1979, at the San Diego Opera, followed by the New York City Opera. Critical response was largely negative, so Menotti completely reworked it. The revised version premiered in 1982 at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. The American premiere of the"
"is provided by the servant Pappacione, fooled into searching for gold in an old cistern. All ends happily. Notes Cited sources Other sources La zingara La zingara (""The Gypsy Girl"") is an opera semiseria in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after ""La petite bohémienne"" (""The Little Gypsy"") by Louis-Charles Caigniez, which was itself derived from a work of August von Kotzebue. It was Donizetti's first opera written for Naples, and the first performance of this ""rescue opera"" took place at the Teatro Nuovo on 12 May 1822. One critic reviewing the 2001"
"La Danza ""La danza"" (1835) is a patter song by Gioachino Rossini, in Tarantella napoletana time, the eighth song of the collection ""Les soirées musicales"" (1830–1835). The lyrics are by Count Carlo Pepoli (), librettist of Vincenzo Bellini's opera ""I puritani"". ""La danza"" is a stand-alone chamber vocal piece, rather than part of a larger work. Franz Liszt transcribed it for piano; Frédéric Chopin used the song as inspiration for his Tarantelle in A-flat, Op. 43; and Ottorino Respighi featured it in ""La Boutique fantasque"". ""La danza"" was loosely the original source of the popular wedding tarantella ""C'è la luna"
"L'occasione fa il ladro L’occasione fa il ladro, ossia Il cambio della valigia (Opportunity Makes a Thief, or The Exchanged Suitcase) is an opera (""burletta per musica"" or ""farsa"") in one act by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Prividali, based on ""Le prétendu par hasard, ou L’occasion fait le larron"", an 1810 vaudeville by Eugène Scribe. 19th century ""L’occasione fa il ladro"" was first performed at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, on 24 November 1812. Of the five one-act operas that he wrote for the theatre, this was the one performed most often during the composer’s lifetime"
"La canterina La canterina (""The Songstress"" or ""The Diva""), Hob. XXVIII/2, is a short, two-act opera buffa by Joseph Haydn, the first one he wrote for Prince Esterhazy. Based on the intermezzo from the third act of Niccolò Piccinni's opera L'Origille (1760), it lasts about 50 minutes. It was written in 1766, and was premiered in the fall of that year. It was originally intended as a pair of intermezzi, each of the two acts coming between the acts of an opera seria. Similar works include ""La serva padrona"" by Pergolesi and ""Pimpinone"" by Telemann. Gasparina, the songstress, and her"
"Le lazzarone Le lazzarone, ou Le bien vient en dormant (""The Lad from Naples, or Good comes from Sleeping)"" is an opéra in two acts with music by Fromental Halévy to a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. It was premiered on 29 March 1844 at the Paris Opéra. At the instruction of Léon Pillet, the director of the Opéra, the opera was written as a vehicle for his mistress Rosine Stoltz (who had recently borne him a child). After some severe critical reactions, the opera was not successful and has not been revived. The inappropriate casting of a far-from-splendid"
"artistry during which she never leaves the stage. It should be noted that, in the 1822 Venice revision, Rossini substituted his own aria """" from ""La donna del lago"" in order to achieve the conventional effect, as well as to create a happy ending. Also, as Gossett notes, a significant additional feature of the opera is that there are only five independent arias in the opera, only two of which end with cabalettas. In Venice, this version ""was well received when Rossini revised it for performances...at the Teatro La Fenice in December 1822."", his last composition for an Italian house."
"the original Zorika), with W. H. Berry as Dragotin, her father. The piece was a flop in New York, but a success in London, running for 299 performances and then touring Great Britain in 1913, featuring Daisy Burrell. Gipsy Love (operetta) Gipsy Love (German title ""Zigeunerliebe"") is an operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár with a libretto by Alfred Willner and Robert Bodanzky, provided with English translations and revisions by several hands. The story centres on the daughter of a Romanian landowner who is engaged to a man of her own class but is attracted to a gipsy violinist"
"and move to Lisbon"" - it became Portugal in 1640 while under Spanish control. Therefore, the title was changed to Giovanna de Guzman. Overall, Verdi was not happy with the translation, which Budden regards as ""one of the worst ever perpetrated. However, some improvements were made when the opera reverted to its translated Italian title after 1861. After 1861, in the post-unification era, the opera reverted to its translated Italian title, I vespri siciliani and it is sometimes performed under that title and in that version today. Prior to the events of the opera, Procida, a leading Sicilian patriot, was"
"La Scala La Scala (; abbreviation in Italian language for the official name ) is an opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the """" (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performance was Antonio Salieri's ""Europa riconosciuta"". Most of Italy's greatest operatic artists, and many of the finest singers from around the world, have appeared at La Scala. The theatre is regarded as one of the leading opera and ballet theatres in the world and is home to the La Scala Theatre Chorus, La Scala Theatre Ballet and"
"La Scala for the Paris Opera. His successor , formerly director of the Salzburg Festival, began his tenure on 1 October 2014. La Scala will host the opening ceremony of the 134th IOC Session in 2019. Notes Sources La Scala La Scala (; abbreviation in Italian language for the official name ) is an opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the """" (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performance was Antonio Salieri's ""Europa riconosciuta"". Most of Italy's greatest operatic artists, and many of the finest singers from"
"for Gilardoni's libretto. The opera has two later, substantially re-worked versions, Élisabeth ou la fille de l'exilé (""Elisabeth, or the daughter of the exile""), and Elisabetta, both of which received their first performances some 150 years after Donizetti's death. 19th century The opera underwent many revisions and changes of title over the years, with a performance history nearly as convoluted as its plot. Its first version premiered with the title ""Otto mesi in due ore"" at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples on 13 May 1827, and was performed 50 times in its first season. In 1831, it was presented in"
"at the Met on 26 October 1883 the opera has been a staple of its repertoire. Today, almost all performances use the Italian version and it is one of the world's most frequently performed operas. In French as ""Le trouvère"" After the successful presentation of the opera in Italian in Paris, François-Louis Crosnier, director of l'Opéra de Paris, proposed that Verdi revise his opera for the Paris audience as a grand opera, which would include a ballet, to be presented on the stage of the major Paris house. While Verdi was in Paris with Giuseppina Strepponi from late July 1855,"
"L'italiana in Algeri L'Italiana in Algeri (; The Italian Girl in Algiers) is an operatic ""dramma giocoso"" in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. It premiered at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on 22 May 1813. The music is characteristic of Rossini's style, remarkable for its fusion of sustained, manic energy with elegant, pristine melodies. Rossini wrote ""L'Italiana in Algeri"" when he was 21. Rossini stated that he composed the opera in 18 days, though other sources claim that it took him 27 days."
"Il bravo Il bravo, ossia La Veneziana (""The Assassin, or The Venetian Woman"") is an opera in three acts by Saverio Mercadante to an Italian-language libretto by Gaetano Rossi and Marco Marcello. Their libretto was based on the play ""La Vénétienne"" by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois, which was in turn based on James Fennimore Cooper's novel ""The Bravo"". The opera premiered on 9 March 1839 at La Scala, Milan and subsequently played throughout Italy and abroad. The opera was still being occasionally performed and recorded in the 20th century. and was hailed as an ""exciting rediscovery"" when it was staged by the"
"expanded his original one-act version to two acts, and then three. Bartocci-Fontana's libretto added some elements that were not in Verga's original and expanded on others as well as changing the name of the Santuzza character to Carmela. However the basic plot and setting remained the same. It was given the title ""Mala Pasqua!"" from the curse which Santuzza placed on Turiddu in the original play: ""Mala Pasqua a te!"" (""May you have an evil Easter!""). The prominent Romanian soprano Elena Theodorini, who had already sung in the premieres of several new operas in Italy, read the score and agreed"
"versions end with a complete score. The opening performances, limited to only eight because the season was coming to an end, were ""a colossal success."" But, when the new season opened on 13 August 1842, about an additional 60 performances had been added by the end of that year. Numerous Italian and foreign theatres put on this opera in the years immediately following, including La Fenice in Venice in December 1842. In 1843 Donizetti conducted it in Vienna, and other stagings took place that year in Lisbon and Cagliari. But the definitive name of ""Nabucco"" for the opera (and its"
"the conclusion. But in 1826, two years after settling in Paris, Rossini tried yet again, with yet another version (which included two ballets, as called for by French operatic tradition), transplanted it to the Peloponnese with the new title ""Le siège de Corinthe"" in a topical nod to the then-raging Greek war for independence from the Ottomans, and translated it into French. This time, Rossini succeeded, and the opera was performed in various countries over the next decade or so. The first performance, in French, was at the Salle Le Peletier of the Paris Opéra on 9 October 1826. It"
"law. The libretto was then rewritten and retitled ""La rinegata"", with the Italian characters changed to Turks, and the performances were resumed. The first English-language production was in London on 30 December 1843. The English tenor Sims Reeves was a noted Gennaro. ""Lucrezia"" was first presented in New Orleans on 27 April 1843 and then at New York's American Theatre on 11 May 1843 and later at the Palmo's Opera House in 1847: with Giulia Grisi in 1854; and with Thérèse Tietjens and Brignoli in 1876. It was given at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, in 1882, and at the"
"The following opera, ""I Lituani"" (""The Lithuanians"") of 1874, was also well received, being performed later at Saint Petersburg (as ""Aldona"" on 20 November 1884). His most well-known opera is ""La Gioconda"" (1876), which his librettist Arrigo Boito adapted from the same play by Victor Hugo that had been previously set by Saverio Mercadante as ""Il giuramento"" in 1837 and Carlos Gomes as ""Fosca"" in 1873. It was first produced in 1876 and revised several times. The version that has become popular today was first given in 1880. In 1876 he started working on ""I Mori di Valenza"", although the"
"quite numerous until 1862, with performances having been given in about 17 Italian cities, including three in Milan (two of which were at La Scala) between 1849 and 1862. Budden notes that the opera did not do well on the continent, although it was translated into French, Hungarian and German and given in Russia under the title ""Adele di Cosenza"" ""before it joined ""Alzira"" in the limbo of Verdi's least performed operas"". From the 1970s on, the work has begun to reappear in the repertoire. A staged production in 1972 at the Rome Opera was recorded that November, with some"
"below). The story is a comedy about a young widow courted by four suitors of different nationalities. La vedova scaltra La vedova scaltra (English: ""The Cunning Widow"") is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a text by Mario Ghisalberti, after Carlo Goldoni's original play (also called ""La vedova scaltra"") first given in 1748. It was first performed at the Teatro Reale dell'Opera in Rome on 5 March 1931, Director Gino Marinuzzi and opera director Marcello Govoni. It was revived in Venice, in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carlo Goldoni, in February 2007. This"
"have been traced, one being at La Pergola in Florence in 1826, the other in London in 1829. A planned staging in Paris in 1828 was abandoned. An expansive structure in the opening of the opera, grandiose orchestral effects including a stage band, and elaborate choruses and ensembles are features of this opera. Extended excerpts have been recorded: Recorded in 2006. Notes L'esule di Granata L'esule di Granata (""The exile of Granada"") is a ""melodramma serio"" (serious opera ) in two acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer. The Italian libretto was by Felice Romani based on the rivalries between the Zegridi and"
"Il giovedì grasso Il giovedì grasso is a ""farsa"" in one act by Gaetano Donizetti, from a libretto by Domenico Gilardoni. The literal translation of the title is ""Fat Thursday"", a reference to Carnival celebration. The libretto was adapted from the French comedies ""Monsieur de Pourceaugnac"" by Molière and ""Le nouveau Pourceaugnac"" by Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson and Eugène Scribe. The opera uses spoken dialogue rather than recitatives, and the buffo role is given in the Neapolitan language. The work premiered at the Teatro del Fondo in Naples on 26 February 1829. The lovers Nina and Theodore are desperate since Nina is"