Giulietta e Romeo (Zingarelli)
Giulietta e Romeo is a
Teatro alla Scala
in Milan on 30 January 1796.
Giulietta e Romeo was composed by Zingarelli in only eight days and it is considered by many scholars to be his best work. The opera remained a part of the Italian repertory well into the nineteenth century and the role of Romeo was a favourite vehicle for Maria Malibran until c. 1830.[1]
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 30 January 1796[2] Conductor: Luigi De Baillou |
|---|---|---|
| Everardo Capellio | tenor | Adamo Bianchi |
| Giulietta | mezzo-soprano/contralto | Giuseppina Grassini |
| Romeo Montecchio | soprano castrato | Girolamo Crescentini |
| Teobaldo | tenor | Gaetano De Paoli |
| Gilberto | soprano castrato | Angelo Monanni "Manzoletti" |
| Matilde | soprano | Carolina Dinand |
| Members of the Capellio and Montecchio families | ||
References
- ^ Original libretto for Manuel García family's American tour: Romeo and Giulietta; A Serious Opera. In Three Acts. As Performed at the New-York Theatre, New York, E. M. Murden (for the New-York Theatre), 1826; libretto: Romeo e Giulietta, London, Mallet, date not reported (cited at ItalianOpera.org). In both librettos Malibran appears as Romeo. Cf. also: (in Italian) I teatri – Giornale drammatico musicale e coreografico, Milan, Ferrario, 1828, Volume 2, Part. 1, p. 218
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Giulietta e Romeo, 30 January 1796". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
External links
- Giulietta e Romeo (Zingarelli): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Online Italian libretto
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