Edipo re (opera)

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Edipo Re
Chicago Opera

Edipo Re is an opera generally attributed to Ruggero Leoncavallo, although there is some dispute about the authorship. The libretto is by Giovacchino Forzano. It had its premiere in Chicago in 1920.

The opera was published posthumously in 1920 and was completed and orchestrated by Giovanni Pennacchio [it]. Leoncavallo biographer Konrad Dryden disputes whether Leoncavallo composed the opera at all, stating that "it is extremely doubtful whether Edipo Re, Maschera nuda or the short operetta Il primo bacio had anything to do with the composer at all." Other sources continue to attribute it to Leoncavallo with completion by Pennacchio.[1][2][3][4]

Edipo Re was premiered by the

Chicago Opera in 1920.[2][3] It had its Italian operatic premiere in 1958, although a performance was broadcast on Italian radio in 1939.[2][3]

The plot of Edipo Re is based on

New York Tribune said that "Except for the entrance of Jocasta and fugitive lyric moments, which soothe the ears, the music is noisy from beginning to end, lacking in depth, and wholly without distinction."[7]

Some of the music for the opera is taken from Leoncavallo's 1904 opera Der Roland von Berlin.[1]

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  5. ^ ""Edipo re," New Opera, Sung By Titta Ruffo In New York". Evening Sun. February 22, 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-03-10 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b "Leoncavallo's 'Edipo Re' One Man Opera, Made for Ruffo". New York Herald. February 22, 1921. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-03-10 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Leoncavallo's 'Edipo Re' Has New York Premiere". New York Tribune. February 22, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-03-10 – via newspapers.com.
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