Английская Википедия:Alahor in Granata
Шаблон:Infobox opera Alahor in Granata is an opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to an anonymous Italian libretto (indicated only with the initials "M.A.") after Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian's text Gonzalve de Cordoue, ou Granade reconquise (1793). However, it seems that the original basis of the libretto goes back to one by Felice Romani written for Meyerbeer in 1821, which in turn can be traced back through another iteration to begin with the de Florian version.[1]
While Donizetti was spending most of 1825/26 in Palermo as musical director of the Шаблон:Ill, Alahor in Granata was written to be presented in December 1825, but the premiere was delayed until 7 January 1826 and given at the Teatro Carolino with critical and popular success.
Performance history
The score was eventually lost, but a copy – "not in the composer's hand"[1] – was subsequently discovered in Boston in 1970. Finally, the autograph score came to light a few years later in Palermo.[1] Some of the music was recycled into Emilia di Liverpool in 1828 and L'Elisir d'amore in 1832.
The first contemporary production, in Seville in 1998, has been preserved on DVD.
Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 7 January 1826 (Conductor: – ) |
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Zobeida, daughter of Mohamed, sister of Alahor | soprano | Elisabetta Ferron |
Alahor, son of Mohamed | baritone | Antonio Tamburini |
Muley-Hassem, King of Granata | contralto | Marietta Gioia Tamburini |
Sulima, favorite slave of Zobeida | mezzo-soprano | Carlotta Tomassetti |
Alamar, head of the tribe | tenor | Berardo Winter |
Ismaele, false friend of Alamar | tenor | Salvatore Patti |
Tribesmen, soldiers, people |
Synopsis
- Time: The middle ages
- Place: Granada
Recordings
Year | Cast (Alahor, Zobeida, Hassem, Alamar) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label[2] |
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1998 | Simone Alaimo, Patrizia Pace, Vivica Genaux, Juan Diego Flórez |
Josep Pons, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada and Chorus of Teatro de la Maestranza de Sevilla (Recorded at performances in Seville, October) |
CD: Almaviva Cat: DS 0125 |
References
Notes Шаблон:Reflist Cited sources
- Osborne, Charles, (1994), The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. Шаблон:ISBN
Other 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)
- Ashbrook, William (1982), Donizetti and His Operas, Cambridge University Press. Шаблон:ISBN
- Ashbrook, William (1998), "Donizetti, Gaetano" in Stanley Sadie (Ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. One. London: Macmillan Publishers, Inc. Шаблон:ISBN Шаблон:ISBN
- Ashbrook, William and Sarah Hibberd (2001), in Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam. Шаблон:ISBN. pp. 224–247.
- Loewenberg, Alfred (1970). Annals of Opera, 1597–1940, 2nd edition. Rowman and Littlefield
- Sadie, Stanley, (Ed.); John Tyrell (Exec. Ed.) (2004), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2nd edition. London: Macmillan. Шаблон:ISBN (hardcover). Шаблон:ISBN Шаблон:OCLC (eBook).
- 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. Шаблон:LCCN
External links
Шаблон:Gaetano Donizetti Шаблон:Portal bar Шаблон:Authority control
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Osborne 1994, p. 161
- ↑ Source for recording information: Recording(s) of Alahor in Granata on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk