Le donne curiose
Template:Short description Template:Infobox opera Le donne curiose (English: The Inquisitive Women) is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a text by Template:Ill after Carlo Goldoni's play Template:Ill.
Performance history
The 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
The story is a comedy set in 18th-century Venice about two wives checking up on the goings-on at their husband's club.
Notes
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References
- Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 782 pages, Template:ISBN
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External links
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- Le donne curiose (Wolf-Ferrari): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Work details, opera-guide.ch
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- Operas by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
- Italian-language operas
- Opera buffa
- 1903 operas
- Operas
- Operas based on plays
- Operas set in Venice
- Operas based on works by Carlo Goldoni
- Opera world premieres at the Bavarian State Opera