Тайный брак

Тайный брак
Opera от Domenico cimarosa
Композитор
Перевод	Тайный брак
Либреттист	Джованни Бертати
Language	Italian
Based on	The Clandestine Marriage by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick
Premiere	7 February 1792 (1792-02-07) Imperial Hofburg Theatre in Vienna

IL Matrimonio Segreto ( The Secret Bargine ) - это драмма -гиокосо в двух актах, Music от Domenico Cimarosa , на либретто Джованни Бертати , на основе 1766 года, играющего тайный брак Джорджа Колмана старшего и Дэвида Гаррика . Впервые он был исполнен 7 февраля 1792 года в Имперском театре Хофбурга в Вене в присутствии императора Леопольда II .

История исполнения

Единственная работа Cimarosa, которая еще регулярно выполняется, это, возможно, одна из величайших оперных буйволов 18 -го века , отдельно от работ Моцарта . Его премьера была повод самого длинного на бис в оперной истории; Леопольд II был настолько в восторге, что он приказал Supeer служить компании, и вся опера повторилась сразу же без оркестра, а композитор сопровождает на клавесине.

Итальянская премьера оперы была предоставлена ​​в Ла Скала в Милане 17 февраля 1793 года, а Мария Газотти в роли Каролины и Винченцо -дель -Моро в роли Паолино. 23 мая, в том же году, он прибыл в Teatre de La Santa Creu в Барселоне. Англия впервые увидела работу 11 января 1794 года в Королевском театре в Лондоне, и в следующем 6 августа она была впервые исполнена в Португалии в Teatro Nacional de Sãao Carlos в Лиссабоне с Доменико Капоралини в качестве Каролины и Луиджи Бруши как Паолино. Французская премьера была предоставлена ​​театр-итальеной в Париже 10 мая 1801 года с Терезой Стринасакчи Авогадро в роли Каролины и Густаво Лазазарини в роли Паолино.

Il matrimonio segreto was first performed in the United States at the Italian Opera House in New York City on 8 January 1834. The Metropolitan Opera presented the work for the first time on 25 February 1937 with Muriel Dickson as Carolina, George Rasely as Paolino, Natalie Bodanya as Elisetta, Julius Huehn as Robinson, and Ettore Panizza conducting.

Roles

Roles, voice types, premiere cast

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, 7 February 1792 Conductor: Domenico Cimarosa
Carolina	soprano	Irene Tomeoni
Elisetta	soprano or mezzo-soprano	Giuseppina Nettelet
Fidalma	mezzo-soprano	Dorothea Bussani
Paolino	tenor	Santi Nencini
Geronimo	bass	Giambattista Serafino Blasi
Count Robinson	bass	Francesco Benucci

Synopsis

Design for libretto cover, 1954

We are in the household of Geronimo, a wealthy citizen of Bologna; he has two daughters, Elisetta and Carolina, and a sister Fidalma, who runs the household. He also has a young secretary, Paolino, who is secretly married to the younger daughter, Carolina. The time is the early eighteenth century.

Act 1

Paolino is working to arrange a marriage contract between Elisetta and his patron, Count Robinson, hoping that as soon as Geronimo's older daughter is well married, his marriage to the younger one will be acceptable. Count Robinson has written a letter expressing interest – tempted by Elisetta's substantial dowry – and Geronimo is thrilled to think that his daughter will be a Countess ("Udite, tutti udite"). Fidalma confesses to her niece that she is in love, too, but only reveals in an aside to the audience that she has her eye on Paolino ("È vero che in casa").

When the Count arrives he is disappointed to find that it is not Carolina who has been offered to him ("Senza tante cerimonie"). He tells Paolino that he will be content with a smaller dowry and sends him off to arrange the match. Carolina does not dare tell the count that she is married, so when she admits she has no lover it excites him further; she tries to convince him she has no desire or qualification to be a countess ("Perdonate, signor mio"), but he continues to pursue her. Elisetta accuses them both of betraying her, and the commotion attracts Fidalma who joins Carolina in trying to calm Elisetta ("Lasciatemi, signore"); everyone tries at once to explain his or her feelings to the confused and exasperated Geronimo ("Orsù, saper conviene").

Act 2

Geronimo insists that the Count must honor his contract and marry Elisetta, but the Count refuses. When he offers to accept a smaller dowry with Carolina's hand instead, Geronimo is delighted to save face and money – as long as Elisetta agrees.

Paolino is distraught, and throws himself on Fidalma's mercy, but is stunned to find that she hopes to marry him; he faints, giving her the idea that she returns his emotion and making Carolina think she has been betrayed, but he promises that they will leave the house at dawn and take refuge in the house of a relative.

The Count tells Elisetta all his bad habits and physical defects, hoping she would reject him, but she stands firm – and he finally confesses that he cannot abide her. Geronimo can not persuade her either. Fidalma suggests sending Carolina to a convent, and Geronimo agrees. Carolina is broken-hearted and tries to confess her predicament to the Count, but they are interrupted by her sister, her aunt and her father who are gleeful at having caught them together, and Geronimo sends Paolino off with a letter to the Mother Superior.

After a brilliant and farcical finale Paolino and Carolina finally confess they have been married for two months; Geronimo and Fidalma are furious, but the Count and Elisetta advise them to forgive the newlyweds, adding that they (the Count and Elisetta) will marry after all.

Recordings

• 1951: Alda Noni, Ornella Rovere, Giulietta Simionato, Cesare Valletti, Sesto Bruscantini, Antonio Cassinelli – Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Manno Wolf-Ferrari – (Warner Fonit)
• 1956: Graziella Sciutti, Eugenia Ratti, Ebe Stignani, Luigi Alva, Franco Calabrese – Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Nino Sanzogno – (EMI)
• 1978: Arleen Auger, Júlia Várady, Julia Hamari, Ryland Davies, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Alberto Rinaldi – English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim – (Deutsche Grammophon)
• 1991: Susan Patterson, Janet Williams, Gloria Banditelli, William Matteuzzi, Petteri Salomaa, Alfonso Antoniozzi, Orchestra of the Eastern Netherlands, Gabrielle Bellini – (Arts Music)
• 1992: Elżbieta Szmytka, Jeannette Fischer, Anne-Marie Owens, Tracey Welborn, François Le Roux, Angelo Romero, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Jesús López-Cobos – (Cascavelle)
• 2008: Cinzia Forte, Priscille Laplace, Damiana Pinti, Alberto Rinaldi, Aldo Caputo – Orchestra & Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Giovanni Antonini – (Dynamic)
• 2021: Renato Girolami, Donato Di Stefano, Loriana Castellano, Klara Ek, Giulia Semenzato, Jesús Álverez, Orchester der Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi – (cpo)

Further reading

• Anderson, James, The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta, Wings Books, 1993 ISBN 0-517-09156-9

External links

• Media related to Il matrimonio segreto at Wikimedia Commons
• Il matrimonio segreto: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Либретто