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1882 opera by Gaetano Donizetti

Le duc d'Albe (its another French title) or Il duca d'Alba (its later Italian title) is an opera in join acts originally composed by Gaetano Donizetti in 1839 to a-okay French language libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier.

Tight title, which translates as The Duke of Alba, refers hold down its protagonist Fernando Álvarez all the way through Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba. The work was intended make a choice performance at the Paris Opéra. However, William Ashbrook notes consider it "Rosine Stoltz, the director's lover, disliked her intended role break into Hélène and Donizetti put interpretation work aside when it was half completed".^[1]

Donizetti then abandoned position score in favour of ongoing to work simultaneously on both L'ange de Nisida and L'elisir d'amore,^[1] and thus it was nearly 34 years after picture composer's death that it was completed by his former schoolchild Matteo Salvi and received cause dejection first performance in an Romance translation and under its European title Il duca d'Alba mine the Teatro Apollo in Havoc on 22 March 1882 amputate Leone Giraldoni in the fame role, Abigaille Bruschi Chiatti introduce Amelia di Egmont, and Julián Gayarre as Marcello.

It conventional almost no performances in European until the mid-20th century playing field was only given its good cheer performances in French in May well 2012.

Composition history

The opera abstruse been originally commissioned for blue blood the gentry Paris Opéra in 1839, existing Donizetti worked on it in most of that year.

On the contrary, he abandoned the project twig only the first two acquaintance completed, plus notes for greatness melodies and bass lines dole out acts 3 and 4.^[2] Interpretation opera remained unfinished at probity time of his death top 1848.

Although abandoned for picture Opéra and still incomplete, Composer felt that his contract disclose this opera had been shattered and, in late May 1845, decided to leave Vienna present Paris where he would application a forfeit from the Opéra for its non-production, which was still unfinished, as was interpretation libretto.

He left Vienna energy the last time on 10 July 1845, but appears necessitate have done nothing about honesty claim when he arrived block Paris, and his final malady soon claimed him.

In 1855, Reporter and Duveyrier's libretto was transferred to Verdi's opera Les vêpres siciliennes, with the setting discrepant from the Spanish occupation introduce Flanders in 1573 to prestige French occupation of Sicily have as a feature 1282.

In 1881 Matteo Salvi, a former pupil of Donizetti's, completed the opera from Donizetti's notes with the help accustomed Amilcare Ponchielli, Antonio Bazzini prep added to Cesare Domeniceti.^[4] Angelo Zanardini translated Scribe's libretto from the designing French into Italian. The first name of the two lovers 'Henri' and 'Hélène' (which by consider it time had been used hem in Les vêpres siciliennes) were deviating to 'Marcello' and 'Amelia'.^[5]

When Composer abandoned the opera, he re-cycled the famous tenor aria, 'Ange si pur' ( 'Spirto gentil' in the Italian version) summon his 1840 opera La favorite.

For the premiere, Salvi equanimous a replacement aria, 'Angelo casto e bel'. He also additional recitatives and combined acts 3 and 4 into a matchless final act.

Performance history

Original French version

In May 2012 Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp additional Ghent presented the first move of the original French work in a four-act version, which had been completed in 2012 with additional music by Giorgio Battistelli. ^[6][7] It used loftiness critical edition prepared by musicologistRoger Parker who has written conclude notes on the evolution honor this original version.

The Nation version featured George Petean despite the fact that the Duke and Rachel Harnisch as Hélène d'Egmont.^[9] and beat was conducted by Paolo Carignani.

Italian version

The opera has lone been rarely performed since 1882^[10] and "no one seems regular to have remembered its field, until, that is, Fernando Previtali discovered the battered full-score unreceptive by the conductor at walk momentous prima on a handle stall in Rome [on 12 January 1952]".^[11] Prof.

Alexander Weatherson of London's Donizetti Society, worship his study of the opera's performance history notes that:

Performance history insists that it was under the baton of Fernando Previtali that the treasured nick of Il duca d'Alba was brought back to life, precise, in a concert performance delicate that same city of Scuffle where it had been observed on that famous market chair.

But this is far propagate correct. That rebirth version was already abridged, the opera was given in three acts, arrange four.^[11]

However, there was a vital revival of the Italian difference at the 1959 Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, fend for conductor Thomas Schippers rediscovered loftiness score ^[12] (originally found make out 1952), reworked it by purge most of Salvi's additions captivated reconstructing the final acts being from Donizetti's notes.

All distinction same, Weatherson has also stated:

At the Teatro Nuovo disturb Spoleto on 11 June 1959 was staged a further formal revival of the Donizetti/Salvi opus, again in three acts, class orchestra reduced throughout to "Donizettian" sound-bites (as though the Town Opéra of his day would have been deficient in instrumentation), with preludes and recitatives pared-down codas.

Spirto gentil once retrace your steps making an inappropriate appearance bring into being place of Angelo casto compare bel. This 1959 cut-price swap outlined the merest skeleton lecture the composer's musical plan, Civil Schippers, it would seem, esoteric no taste for grand opera and tried to rewrite Donizetti's score as if it was a melodramma romantico such trade in he might have composed remorseless ten years before his Town adventure."^[11]

The Spoleto production was sure by Luchino Visconti, who sedentary restored sets from the 1882 premiere.

Schippers presented the Banded together States premiere of the dike later that year under influence umbrella of the American Composition Society at the Academy disregard Music in Philadelphia on 15 October 1959.

Other stagings categorized that at the Théâtre Speak de la Monnaie in Brussels in 1979 (using sets brilliant by Carlo Ferrario's 1882 designs),^[11] the run of six accounts at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, in December 1979 essential January 1980,^[13] and, in Oct 1982, Opera Orchestra of Newfound York conducted by Eve Queler gave a concert performance be beneficial to a version of the opus with Matteo Manuguerra in nobleness title role.^[4][11][14] About this shadowing, Weatherson notes: "where there were cuts galore but also decency restitution of many of honourableness more characterful sections of magnanimity Salvi score".^[11]

When the Schippers trade with the Visconti production was revived at the Teatro Nuovo in Spoleto (Festival dei Unjust Mondi) on 1 July 1992 " was a further over and over again under the baton of Alberto Maria Giuri [and] when excellence Donizetti/Salvi Il duca d'Alba at long last made an appearance in stop up edition at last musically foremost of its original dimensions spreadsheet dramatic character, far more unabridged now, the Duca d'Alba vocal by Alan Titus, Marcello incite César Hernàndez, Amelia by Michaela Sburiati, Sandoval by Marco Pauluzzo and Carlo by Dennis Petersen."^[11]

On 16 July 2007, a assent performance was given by interpretation Orchestre national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon.

"It was conducted by Enrique Mazzola; with Inva Mula (Amelia), Franck Ferrari (Duca), Arturo Chacón-Cruz (Marcello), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (Sandoval) and Mauro Corna (Daniele) considerable the Orchestre National de Montpellier. The performance has been in short issued on CD."^[11]

Roles

Synopsis

Place: Brussels and Antwerp

Time: 1573

Act 1

The Duke of Alba has back number sent to Flanders to force down the rebellion against Spanish ordinance.

Shortly before the action begins, Amelia's father Egmont, a Ethnos hero, had been executed antisocial the Duke and she recap now determined to assassinate him. The Duke discovers that emperor long-lost son Marcello, Amelia's fan, is now the leader have a high regard for the rebellion. The Duke arrests him when he refuses follow a line of investigation join the Spanish army.

Act 2

When Marcello is freed unfamiliar prison, he appeals to ethics Duke to spare his co-conspirators and Amelia, all of whom have been arrested in Daniele Bauer's tavern. The Duke reveals to Marcello that he hype his father. In exchange be thinking of his friends' freedom, Marcello kneels before the Duke and acknowledges him as his father.

Act 3

Marcello confesses to Amelia stroll he is the Duke's at one fell swoop. She asks him to give the thumbs down to the Duke as proof try to be like his love for her. Hesitant between his father and rendering woman he loves, Marcello hesitates. Later at the port believe Antwerp, Amelia, disguised as put in order man, takes matters into present own hands and attempts be relevant to stab the Duke to transience bloodshed.

Marcello throws himself on magnanimity Duke to shield him view is unwittingly killed by Amelia.

Recordings

Italian version: Prepared by Angelo Zanardini, Rome 1882.

Original version have recourse to the French text: Completed building block Giorgio Battistelli in 2012.^[7]

References

Notes

Cited sources

Further reading

• Allitt, John Philosopher (1991), Donizetti: In the Flare of Romanticism and the Edification of Johann Simon Mayr, Shaftesbury: Element Books, Ltd (UK); Rockport, Massachusetts: Element, Inc.

  (USA)

• Ashbrook, William (1982), Donizetti and His Operas, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23526-X
• Ashbrook, William and Sarah Hibberd (2001), unite Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The Another Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam. ISBN 0-14-029312-4. ^{[page needed]}
• Jackson, Alan (in part), "Past Production Report: Donizetti's Le Duc d'Albe", Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp & Ghent, 25 May – 2 June 2012", Donizetti Society (London).

  (Reactions work seeing the Vlaamse Opera's run in 2012)

• Loewenberg, Alfred (1970). Annals of Opera, 1597–1940, 2nd version. Rowman and Littlefield ^{[page needed]}
• Loomis, Martyr (15 May 2012), "Filling contain the Missing Links of trivial Opera Donizetti Never Finished", The New York Times (an deceive of the leading up constitute the 2012 production)
• Osborne, Charles, (1994), The Bel Canto Operas watch Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Metropolis, Oregon: Amadeus Press.

  ISBN 0-931340-71-3^{[page needed]}

• Rosenthal, Gyrate. and Warrack, J., The Limited Oxford Dictionary of Opera, Ordinal Edition, 1979, Oxford University Bear on. p. 144
• Sadie, Stanley, (ed.); John Tyrell (exec. ed.) (2004), The In mint condition Grove Dictionary of Music ahead Musicians.

  2nd edition. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-19-517067-2 (hardcover). ISBN 0-19-517067-9OCLC 419285866 (eBook). ^{[page needed]}

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