Il Pigmalione
Il Pigmalione | |
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Opera by Gaetano Donizetti | |
Librettist | unknown |
Language | Italian |
Based on | Pygmalion by Rousseau |
Premiere | 13 October 1960 Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo |
Il Pigmalione (Pygmalion) is a scena lirica (lyric scene or
This was Donizetti's first opera, written in six days between 25 September and 1 October 1816
It was not performed until 13 October 1960.[1]
Performance history
The premiere took place at the XVII Festival delle novità at the Teatro Donizetti in the composer’s home town of Bergamo, Italy, on 13 October 1960.[1] The performance was conducted by Armando Gatto, while the role of Pigmalione was performed by Doro Antonioli and that of Galatea by soprano Oriana Santunione.
Other performances appear to have been sporadic: in 1974 under Bruno Rigacci, it was given by the Orchestra della Radiotelivisione della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano,[7] and a recording made of a performance in 1990 at the Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi in Terni in Umbria.[8] New York City Opera presented the New York City premiere in March 2018.[9]Chicago Opera Theater presented the Chicago premiere in April 2018, in a double bill with Donizetti's Rita.[10]
Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 13 October 1960 (Conductor: Armando Gatto) |
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Pigmalione, Pygmalion, the King of Crete | tenor | Doro Antonioli |
Galatea, Galathea | soprano | Oriana Santunione |
Synopsis
The story of the opera is based on the famous story of a
Recordings
Year | Cast (Pigmalione, Galatea) |
Conductor, opera house and orchestra |
Label[7] |
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1990 | Paolo Pellegrini Susanna Rigacci |
Fabio Maestri, Canto Association Chamber Orchestra (CDs include recordings of Donizetti's Olimpiade (1817), and La bella prigioniera).(Live recording, September 1990) |
Audio CD: Bongiovanni Cat: GB 2109/10-2 |
References
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Osborne 1994, p. 139
- ^ Ashbrook & Hibberd 2001, p. 225.
- ^ Loewenberg 1970, p. 1828
- ^ Weinstock 1963, p. 13
- ^ a b Allitt 1991, p. 9
- ^ Ashbrook & Hibberd 2001, p. 226
- ^ a b Recordings of Il Pigmalione, operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ "Recording details on arkivmusic.com". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
- ^ Il Pigmalione, New York City Opera
- ^ "Il Pigmalione & Rita (Spring 2018) | Chicago Opera Theater". Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
Cited sources
- Allitt, John Stewart (1991), Donizetti: in the light of Romanticism and the teaching of Johann Simon Mayr, Shaftesbury: Element Books, Ltd (UK); Rockport, MA: Element, Inc.(USA)
- ISBN 0-14-029312-4. pp. 224 – 247.
- Loewenberg, Alfred (1970). Annals of Opera, 1597–1940, 2nd edition. Rowman and Littlefield
- ISBN 0-931340-71-3
- Weinstock, Herbert (1963), Donizetti and the World of Opera in Italy, Paris, and Vienna in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century, New York: Pantheon Books. LCCN 63-13703
Other sources
- Ashbrook, William (1998), "Donizetti, Gaetano" in ISBN 1-56159-228-5
- Ashbrook, William (1982), Donizetti and His Operas, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23526-X