Atrij Galerije Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb
G. Rossini: La cambiale di matrimonio (Bračna mjenica)
Opera b.b. Zagreb
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G. Rossini: La cambiale di matrimonio (Bračna mjenica)
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Premijere:
25. srpnja 2013., 21 sat, Atrij Galerije Klovićevi dvori
28. srpnja 2013., 21 sat, Kaštel u Puli
Pokrovitelj: Gradski ured za obrazovanje, kulturu i šport
dirigent: Vladimir Kranjčević
redateljica: Snježana Banović
scenografkinja: Dinka Jeričević
kostimografkinja: Đenisa Pecotić
Uloge:
Ronald Braus (Mill)
Lidija Horvat Dunjko (Fanny)
Dali Mor (Slook)
Goran Grčić (Edoardo)
Blanka Tkalčić (Clarina)
Leon Košević, Božidar Peričić (Norton)
La cambiale di matrimonio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_cambiale_di_matrimonio
La cambiale di matrimonio (The Bill of Marriage or The
Marriage Contract) is a one-act operatic farsa comica by Gioachino Rossini to a
libretto by Gaetano Rossi. The libretto was based on the play by Camillo
Federici (1791) and a previous libretto by Giuseppe Checcherini for Carlo
Coccia's 1807 opera, Il matrimonio per lettera di cambio. The opera debuted on
November 3, 1810, at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice
Composed in a few days when he was 18 years old, La cambiale
di matrimonio was Rossini's first professional opera. The overture, written
when he was a student at the Liceo Musicale in Bologna, is an important part of the modern
concert repertoire. As was to become typical of his later career, the duet
"Dunque io son" was later reused, to greater effect, in act 1 of The
Barber of Seville.
Roles
Role
Voice type Premiere
Cast, November 3, 1810
(Conductor: )
Tobias Mill, an English merchant,bass Luigi Raffanelli
Fanny, his daughter,soprano Rosa Morandi
Edward Milfort, Fanny's lover,tenor TomasoRicci
Slook, a Canadian merchant,bass Nicola
De Grecis
Norton, Mills' clerk,bass
Domenico Remolini
Clarina, Fanny's chambermaid,mezzo-soprano,Clementina Lanari
Place: London,
the chambers of Tobia Mill
18th Century
The opera opens on the servants Norton and Clarina
discussing a letter which has arrived for their master, Tobias Mill, regarding
an impending marriage contract from a Canadian businessman, Slook, who is due
to arrive later that day. Mill enters, flustered from calculating the distance
from the Americas to Europe, and orders the household to prepare for Slook's
arrival, including the readying of his daughter, Fanny, whom he intends to
marry off to the foreigner. Fanny arrives after everyone leaves with her lover,
Eduardo Milfort; their love has been kept a secret from Mill due to Eduardo's
poor financial status. Norton arrives to inform the lovers of the impending
marriage contract but their conversation is interrupted by Mill's entrance as
the carriage arrives bearing the Canadian.
Slook enters harassed by the servants who are trying to take
his coat - he is clearly unaccustomed to European greetings. Mill encourages
Slook to talk to Fanny and to get to know her - she remains quite hostile,
trying to express her disinterest in marrying him with many "but's"
but is soon joined by Eduardo and they both threaten to cut out Slook's eyes
and puncture his veins. Slook departs to the safety of his room, Fanny and
Eduardo to other quarters, as Clarina and Norton return. Clarina expresses her
experiences with love in a short aria before Slook comes back and Norton
informs him that the goods he is interested in acquiring are already mortgaged.
Slook, infuriated by this contractual double-crossing,
refuses to buy Fanny and tells Mill this, but refuses to give a reason fearing
retribution from the lovers. Mill then threatens Slook to a duel for refusing
to carry through with the contract he has incurred - Slook prepares to leave
having encountered three people who wish him dead within hours of his arrival
in London. When
he returns from packing his things, he sees Fanny and Eduardo embracing and
catches them red-handed. They inform him of Mill's business-managerial
sentiments toward marriage and of Eduardo's poor financial status; Slook
responds by promising to make Eduardo his heir so that Fanny may be his.
Mill returns and prepares for his duel - though he fears
that if he dies, it may reflect poorly upon his reputation in the market. Slook
reveals himself and clandestinely replaces a peace pipe for a pistol which Mill
grabs not realizing what it is. As they head to the field of battle (Slook
armed with a pistol, Mill with a pipe), the ensemble rushes on and tries to
convince Mill to give up the financial pretence. Finally Slook convinces Mill
to let them marry and the opera concludes happily
List of operas by Rossini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operas_by_Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gioachino_Rossini
photos
http://www.google.hr/search?q=g.rossini&client=opera&hs=kwm&channel=suggest&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=2nXxUfT_GKX04QSti4HgBg&ved=0CD8QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=651
G. Rossini-Duo for cello and double bass
http://vimeo.com/65805312
Live performance of first movement of Rossini's Duo for
cello and dbass.
In Palacio Conde de Gabia, Granada
(Spain),
May 7th, 2013.
Ignacio Perbech, violoncello; Frano Kakarigi, double bass
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia - G.Rossini - Scala - 1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enEVv02f6bo
Almaviva : Juan Diego Florez
Rosina : Sonia Ganassi
Bartolo : Alfonso Antoniozzi
Figaro : Roberto Frontali
Basilio : Giorgio Surjan
Berta : Tiziana Tramonti
Dir. : Riccardo Chailly
Juan Diego Flórez
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Diego_Flórez
Juan Diego Flórez Salom (born January 13, 1973) is a
Peruvian operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in bel canto operas.
On June 4, 2007, he received his country's highest decoration, the Gran Cruz de
la Orden del
Sol del Perú
Flórez married German-born Australian Julia Trappe in a
private civil ceremony on April 23, 2007 in Vienna. They held a religious ceremony at the
Basilica Cathedral in Lima on April 5, 2008,
which some of Peru's
leading citizens, including President Alan García and author Mario Vargas
Llosa, attended.
Flórez was present at the birth of his son, Leandro, who was
born on April 9, 2011, less than an hour before Flórez took to the stage in Le
comte Ory, broadcast live around the world from the Met.
photos
http://www.google.hr/search?q=juan+diego+florez&client=opera&hs=gj9&channel=suggest&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=u5XxUZy5H-714QSJvYDQDg&ved=0CEQQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=651&sei=yZbxUbe_Nc364QTbtYDoCA
CHARACTERS
Count Almaviva tenor
Bartolo, a doctor in Seville
basso buffo
Rosina, ward of Dr Bartolo mezzo-soprano
Figaro, a barber baritone
Don Basilio, a singing teacher bass
Fiorello, servant to the Count bass
Ambrogio, servant to Dr Bartolo bass
Berta, Dr Bartolo's housekeeper mezzo-soprano
Officer baritone
Notary silent
rôle
Originally entitled Almaviva, ossia L’inutile precauzione
(Almaviva, or The Useless Precaution), to avoid the obvious comparison with the
popular treatment of the same plot by Paisiello, Rossini’s opera deals with the
plan by Count Almaviva to woo Rosina and win her hand in marriage. With the
help of the barber and general factotum Figaro, he carries out his plan to
outwit her guardian, Dr Bartolo, who has his eye on his ward's fortune.
Almaviva woos Rosina under the guise of a student, Lindoro, exchanging notes
with her, and gains entry to Dr Bartolo's house disguised as a drunken officer,
billeted on him, he alleges. The doctor claims exemption and summons the guard,
who allow the Count to go, when the officer in charge learns his identity,
still concealed from Rosina and her guardian. The Count next finds his way into
the house as a substitute for the officious music- master Don Basilio, giving
Rosina a singing lesson, until Don Basilio appears and has to be bribed to keep
silent. After other turns of fortune, Dr Bartolo is thwarted in his intention
to marry Rosina, who is reconciled to the real identity of her lover.
Il barbiere di Siviglia remains the most popular of
Rossini's comic operas, providing a witty and lively score to accompany a
series of incidents worthy of any farce. The first performance was unsuccessful
as a result of objections made by supporters of Paisiello's opera on the same
subject. The usual overture was that originally written for the opera Aureliano
in Palmira , and the work includes some of the best known of all operatic
elements in Figaro's Largo al factotum and in Rosina's Una voce poco fa (I
heard a voice a little while ago), as well as the fulminations of Dr Bartolo
and Don Basilio's La calunnia (Slander), praise of a useful way to dispose of
the Count. Other well known elements in the score include the Count's first act
serenade Ecco ridente in cielo (Lo, smiling in the heaven), while the
music-lesson scene may include a coloratura aria, if Rosina is sung by a
soprano, such as Alabyev's Nightingale, an opportunity for vocal display.