L'equivoco stravagante
{{short description|Opera by Gioachino Rossini}}
{{Infobox opera
| name = {{lang|it|L'equivoco stravagante}}
| type = Dramma giocoso
| composer = Gioachino Rossini
| image = Rossini young-circa-1815.jpg
| image_upright = 0.8
| caption = Rossini c. 1815
| librettist = Gaetano Gasbarri
| language = Italian
| based_on =
| premiere_date = {{start date|1811|10|26|df=y}}
| premiere_location = Teatro del Corso, Bologna
}}
L'equivoco stravagante ({{IPA|it|leˈkwiːvoko stravaˈɡante}}; The Curious Misunderstanding) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Gaetano Gasbarri. It was Rossini's first attempt at writing a full two-act opera.
Performance history
L'equivoco stravagante was first performed at the Teatro del Corso, Bologna, on 26 October 1811. It was only performed three times before the police closed the production down, possibly because the text touched on the subject of army desertion. The music of the overture was subsequently lost.
The opera was first produced in the United States (in English translation as The Bizarre Deception) by the Bronx Opera in January 2004.Tommasini, January 16, 2004
Roles
| class="wikitable"
!Role !Voice type !Premiere Cast |
| Gamberotto, a rich farmer
|bass |Domenico Vaccani |
| Ernestina, literature-loving daughter of Gamberotto |
| Buralicchio, wealthy young man, promised to Ernestina
|bass |
| Ermanno, poor young man, in love with Ernestina
|Tommaso Berti |
| Rosalia, Ernestina's maid
|Angiola Chies |
| Frontino, Gamberotto's servant and confidant of Ermanno
|tenor |Giuseppe Spirito |
Synopsis
:Place: Italy
:Time: Early 19th Century
Ermanno loves Ernestina, who is attracted to the rich, but foolish, Buralicchio. Ermanno's scheming results in Ernestina being arrested on suspicion of having deserted from the army (and really being a man in disguise), but he rescues her, and all ends happily.
Recordings
| class="wikitable"
!Year !width="130"|Cast: !Conductor, |
| 1974
|Sesto Bruscantini, |Bruno Rigacci, |Audio CD: Bongiovanni "The Golden Age of Opera" series, |
| 2001
| Marco di Felice, | Alberto Zedda, |Audio CD: Naxos Opera Classics |
| 2001
|Olga Voznessenskaia, Silvia Vajente, Carlo Morini, Luciano Miotto, Vito Martino, Daniele Maniscalchi |Carmine Carrisi; Orchestra del Conservatorio di Musica G.B. Martini di Bologna (Recorded October 2001) |KICCO Classic - KC081.2 |
| 2008
| Bruno de Simone, |Umbero Benedetti Michelangeli, |DVD: Dynamic (record label) |
References
Notes
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Sources
- {{Almanacco|dmy=26-10-1811|match=L'equivoco stravagante}}
- Gossett, Philip; Brauner, Patricia (2001), "L'equivoco stravagante" in Holden, Amanda (ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, p. 767. New York: Penguin Putnam. {{ISBN|0-14-029312-4}}
- Osborne, Charles (1996), The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1994 {{ISBN|0-931340-71-3}}
- Osborne, Richard (1998),"L'equivoco stravagante", in Stanley Sadie (Ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. Two, p. 59. London: Macmillan Publishers, Inc. {{ISBN|0-333-73432-7}} {{ISBN|1-56159-228-5}}
- Tommasini, Anthony, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06EED71130F935A25752C0A9629C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/C/Classical%20Music "Classical Music and Dance Guide"] (Refers to Bronx Opera production), The New York Times, January 16, 2004. Accessed 8 December 2013.
External links
- [http://www.karadar.com/index.php/en/opera-and-librettos/article/5-librettos/31698-lequivoco-stravagante-librettopdf.html Libretto in Italian] Retrieved 13 December 2012
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