Le donne curiose (English: The Inquisitive Women) is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a text by Luigi Sugana after Carlo Goldoni's play of the same name.
| Le donne curiose | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari | |
 The composer in 1906 | |
| Translation | The Inquisitive Women |
| Librettist | Luigi Sugana |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Le donne curiose by Carlo Goldoni |
| Premiere | |
Performance history
editThe first dramatic work by Wolf-Ferrari to achieve more than local notice, it was first performed in Munich on 27 November 1903 in a German translation as Die neugierigen Frauen. The first performance in Italian was at the old Metropolitan Opera House in New York on 3 January 1912 with a cast led by Arturo Toscanini, including Geraldine Farrar and Hermann Jadlowker. Tullio Serafin conducted the first performance in Milan on 16 January 1913.
Roles
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| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 27 November 1903[1] Conductor: Hugo Reichenberger |
First performance in Italian, 3 January 1912[2] Conductor: Arturo Toscanini |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlecchino | bass | Georg Sieglitz | Antonio Scotti |
| Beatrice | mezzo-soprano | Charlotte Huhn | Rita Fornia |
| Colombina | soprano | Hermine Bosetti | Geraldine Farrar |
| Florindo | tenor | Hans Koppe | Hermann Jadlowker |
| Leandro | tenor | Hans Breuer | Jeanne Maubourg |
| Lelio | baritone | Andres de Segurola | |
| Ottavio | bass | Paul Bender | Adam Didur |
| Pantalone | baritone | Friedrich Brodersen | Antonio Pini-Corsi |
| Rosaura | soprano | Ella Tordek | Bella Alten |
| Lunardo | bass | ||
| Mènego | bass | ||
| Mómolo | bass | ||
| Eleonora | soprano | ||
| Asdrubale | tenor | ||
| Almorò | tenor | ||
| Alvise | tenor | ||
| First gondolier | tenor | ||
| Second gondolier | bass |
Synopsis
editThe story is a comedy set in 18th-century Venice about two wives checking up on the goings-on at their husband's club.
Notes
edit- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Le donne curiose, 27 November 1903". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian). (gives Hugo Josef Rheinberger as conductor)
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Le donne curiose, 3 January 1912". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
References
edit- Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 782 pages, ISBN 0-19-869164-5
- Lewis M. Isaacs (1920). . In Rines, George Edwin (ed.). Encyclopedia Americana.
External links
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Media related to Le donne curiose at Wikimedia Commons- Le donne curiose (Wolf-Ferrari): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Work details, opera-guide.ch
