Il ritorno di Don Calandrino (The Return of Don Calandrino), also known as Armidoro e Laurina,[1] is an intermezzo in two acts by Domenico Cimarosa to an Italian libretto presumably written by Giuseppe Petrosellini.[2]
| Il ritorno di Don Calandrino | |
|---|---|
| Intermezzo by Domenico Cimarosa | |
 Composer Domenico Cimarosa | |
| Translation | The Return of Don Calandrino |
| Other title | Armidoro e Laurina |
| Librettist | Giuseppe Petrosellini (?) |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 1778 Teatro Valle, Rome |
Performance history
editThe premiere took place in 1778 at Teatro Valle in Rome. Performances in Livorno (1783), Prague (1785), Vienna (1787), Barcelona (1788), Florence (1788 and 1793) and Padua (1801) followed.[3] After a long break, the opera was revived in 2007 under the musical direction of Riccardo Muti in a series of performances at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival,[4][5][6][7][8][9] Teatro Pérez Galdós in Las Palmas,[10][11] Teatro Municipale in Piacenza,[12] Teatro Verdi in Pisa,[13] and the Ravenna Festival.[14]
Roles
edit| Role | Voice type |
|---|---|
| Livietta | soprano castrato travesti |
| Don Calandrino | soprano castrato[15] |
| Monsieur Le Blonde | bass |
| Irene | soprano castrato travesti |
| Valerio | tenor |
Synopsis
editThe libretto gives a humorous account of characters and actions of Don Calandrino, the son of the podestà of Monte Secco (Abruzzo, Italy),[16] who pretends he knows everything, but in fact is incapable of even thinking logically; Livietta, a haughty and rich peasant girl, who tries to act as a lady, but invariably fails both in her language and manners; Monsieur Le Blonde, a French traveler eager to talk about places he has supposedly visited, but of which he knows nothing; Irene, a simple and humble girl; and Valerio, the Mayor of Monte Secco and Irene’s brother. After several turns, the story resolves in pairing Don Calandrino with Livietta, and Le Blonde with Irene.[17]
Recordings
edit| Year | Cast (Livietta, Don Calandrino, Monsieur Le Blonde, Irene, Valerio) |
Conductor, Orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Laura Giordano, Juan Francisco Gatell, Marco Vinco, Monica Tarone, Francesco Marsiglia |
Riccardo Muti Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini |
CD: Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso |
References
editNotes
- ^ Rossi & Fauntleroy 1999, p. 193
- ^ Rossi & Fauntleroy 1999, p. 193
- ^ Rossi & Fauntleroy 1999, p. 68 and 193
- ^ Corriere della Sera (2007-05-27), Il Cimarosa di Muti, una scoperta
- ^ La Stampa (2007-05-27), Muti a Salisburgo porta la Napoli di Calandrino
- ^ La Repubblica (2007-05-26), Muti porta Napoli a Salisburgo e Calandrino conquista tutti
- ^ Die Welt (2007-05-30), Musikfrühling an der Salzach
- ^ Die Presse (2007-05-28), Was Bach, Mozart von Neapel lernten
- ^ Deutschlandradio Kultur (2007-05-29), Inspiriert durch Neapel
- ^ El País (2007-11-11), Hipnotizados por Cimarosa y Muti
- ^ La Vanguardia (2007-11-11), Muti recupera el genio operístico de Cimarosa
- ^ Il Giornale della Musica, Un "ritorno" vivace e surreale
- ^ Teatro.it, Il ritorno di Don Calandrino[permanent dead link]
- ^ OperaClick, Ravenna - Teatro Dante Alighieri: Il ritorno di Don Calandrino
- ^ The role was sung by tenors in the performances of the opera in 2007 referred to above.
- ^ Giustiniani 1803, p. 141
- ^ Rossi & Fauntleroy 1999, p. 193
Cited sources
- Giustiniani, Lorenzo (1803), Dizionario geografico-ragionato del Regno di Napoli, Tomo VI
- Rossi, Nick, and Fauntleroy, Talmage (1999), Domenico Cimarosa: His Life and His Operas, Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-30112-3
External links
edit- Libretto in Italian at the Google Books
- Libretto in Italian and German at the Saxon State and University Library Dresden
- Manuscript score at the International Music Score Library Project
- Manuscript score at the Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Score of Monsieur Le Blonde's aria at the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica