Lo straniero (The Stranger) is an opera (dramma lirico) in two acts composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti, who also wrote the libretto. An original story with characters from the Old Testament, it is the third work in Pizzetti's trilogy on the themes of redemption and the virtue of love. Although it did not receive its premiere until 1930, Pizzetti had begun the project several years earlier. He began the libretto in 1922 and completed it in 1923. The composition of the music was completed in 1925. The other two works in the trilogy are Dèbora e Jaéle which premiered in 1922 and Fra Gherardo which premiered in 1928.[1]

Lo straniero
Opera by Ildebrando Pizzetti
Pizzetti in the early 1920s
LibrettistIldebrando Pizzetti
LanguageItalian
Premiere
29 April 1930 (1930-04-29)

Performance history

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Lo straniero premiered on 29 April, 1930, at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. It was subsequently revived there in 1938 and 1955. It was also performed in 1942 at the Teatro Regio di Parma and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.[2]

Roles

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Disegno per copertina di libretto, drawing for Lo straniero (undated).
Roles, voice types, premiere cast
Role Voice type Premiere cast, 29 April 1930[2]
Conductor: Gino Marinuzzi
Maria soprano Maria Zamboni
Lo straniero tenor Renato Zanelli
Falco tenor Luigi Nardi
Rosso tenor Guido Vaccari
Scedeùr baritone Gaetano Viviani [it]
Old man baritone Amerigo Neri
King Hanóch bass Giacomo Vaghi
Pietra bass Duilio Baronti
Esaù bass Adolfo Pacini

References

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  1. ^ Gelli, Piero (ed.) (2005). "Straniero, Lo" Archived 2006-05-16 at the Wayback Machine. Dizionario dell'opera, p. 1219. Baldini Castoldi Dalai (republished on operamanager.it). Retrieved 17 February 2016 (in Italian).
  2. ^ a b Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Lo straniero, 29 April 1930". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
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