La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa (The White Rose and the Red Rose) is an opera in two acts composed by Simon Mayr to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani. It premiered at the Teatro Sant'Agostino, Genoa, on 21 February 1813. Set in England against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, Romani's libretto is based on René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt's La rose blanche et la rose rouge. Mayr's opera has also been performed under the title Il trionfo dell'amicizia (The triumph of friendship).[1]
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Recordings edit
- Mayr: La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa – Orchestra Stabile di Bergamo, conducted by Thomas Briccetti with Anna Caterina Antonacci as Clothilde. Label: BMG Ricordi
References edit
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa, 21 February 1813". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
External links edit
- Mayr, Simon (1820) La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa: Dramma serio per musica. Fantosini (complete libretto published for the 1820 performance at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence, digitized by the Bavarian State Library)
- La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa (Mayr): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
