Re Enzo (opera)

{{Short description|Opera by Ottorino Respighi}}

{{Infobox opera

| name = {{lang|it|Re Enzo}}

| composer = Ottorino Respighi

| image = Ottorino Respighi in 1903.jpg

| image_upright = 0.8

| caption = Respighi in 1903

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| librettist = Alberto Donini

| language = Italian

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| premiere_date = {{Start date|1905|03|12|df=y}}

| premiere_location = Teatro del Corso, Bologna

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Re Enzo (King Enzo) is an opera in three acts by Ottorino Respighi to a libretto by Alberto Donini (a student friend of Respighi).{{cite web|url=http://www.operaclick.com/recensioni/teatrale/bologna-teatro-comunale-re-enzo|title=Ottotino Respighi. Bologna – Teatro Comunale: Re Enzo|first=Luana|last=D'Aguì|publisher=OperaClick|language=it|accessdate=2 January 2015}} Re Enzo premiered on 12 March 1905 at the {{ill|Teatro del Corso|ca}} in Bologna. The singers were amateurs selected in the world of the Bolognese students; among them, Rosina Giovannoni Zacchi as Lauretta and Ernesto Lavarello as Leonzio.{{Almanacco|dmy=12-03-1905|match=Re Enzo}} Following the will of the composer, there was a single performance, which obtained a good success.{{cite web|url=http://www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it/cronologia/bologna/1905/1347|title=Cronologia di Bologna – 1905 – Il Re Enzo di Respighi|publisher= Biblioteca Salabrosa|language=it|accessdate=2 January 2015}}

Re Enzo is organized as an operetta, with a succession of musical pieces and dialogues.

In modern times, Re Enzo was revived in September 2004 at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, with Cristiano Cremonini (Re Enzo), Yoon Bin Jung (Lauretta), Filomena Pericoli (Isabella), Giuseppe di Paola (Podestà) and Maurizio Amadori (Gigione). The performance, conducted by Luigi Pagliarini, was presented as a collaboration between various institutions of the city of Bologna (Conservatory, Academy of Arts and University).{{cite web|url=http://www.giornaledellamusica.it/rol/?id=1533 |title=Re Enzo tradito dagli intellettuali |work={{ill|Il Giornale della Musica|it}}|date=22 September 2004 |language=it|accessdate=2 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.magazine.unibo.it/Magazine/Eventi/2004/09/21/Re+Enzo.htm |title=Re Enzo|publisher=University of Bologna]|language=it|accessdate=2 January 2015}}