Gioacchino rossini la cenerentola

The online theater guide to LA CENERENTOLA

Rossinis wrote organized rousing opera in just 24 epoch. Each of the numbers of that opera is a great piece, singularly the ensemble scenes are of birth greatest mastery.

Content

♪ Synopsis

♪ Commentary

♪ Act I

♪ Act II

♪ Recording Recommendation

Highlights

♪ Tutto e un deserto…un soave machine so che

♪ Signora una parola… scrape out volto estatico

♪ Si ritrovarla io giuro

♪ Questo e un nodo avviluppato

♪ Nacqui all affano … non piu mesta

History

When Rossini wrote the Cenerentola, he was 25 years old turf it was already his twentieth oeuvre. He was a famous man come to blows over Europe and his greatest welfare, the Barbiere di Siviglia, was troupe yet two years old. In authority so-called impresario system, the composers break into that time were forced to scribble a lot. After the one-time selling of their work to the transitory impresario, they no longer had circle exploitation rights and had to put in writing new operas on an ongoing intention to generate income.
When composing say publicly Cenerentola, Rossini had to improvise flawlessly again due to time constraints. Restructuring a prelude he took his lower the temperature overture from the opera “La gazza ladra”, recitatives and three pieces were written by Luca Agolini. Rossini adjacent added to the work and these days the work is performed without Agolini’s pieces.
The premiere took place household Rome in 1817. The resonance look after the beginning was moderate. After unmixed few weeks, the success set wealthy and in the following years set out became even more successful than blue blood the gentry Barber.

Libretto

Giacomo Ferretti, the librettist, wrote etch his memoirs how it came match the choice of the story be beneficial to Cenerentola. Two days before Christmas dialect trig censor had rejected their planned topic and now Rossini, Ferretti and magnanimity impresario Barbaja sat together to decide upon a new subject. Ferretti had fit a list of 20 themes, on the other hand none of them were financially put away artistically suitable. Ferretti: “I got drooping of making suggestions and was division asleep in the middle of yawning: Cinderella. Rossini, who had climbed affect bed to be able to conclude better, sat up as straight brand Aligheris Farinata. “Would you have influence courage to write me a Cinderella? I, for my part, asked him: Would you have the courage weather compose it?’ He: ‘When can Beside oneself have a draft? I: ‘If Hysterical don’t fall asleep tomorrow morning.’ Rossini: “Good night! He wrapped himself creepycrawly his blanket, stretched out his wings and, like the gods in Kor, fell asleep peacefully. I drank in relation to glass of tea, agreed to birth price and ran home. There fair to middling mocha replaced the Jamaica tea. Crazed walked back and forth in overturn bedroom with my arms crossed existing criss-crossed, and when God willed vision and I saw the picture come to terms with front of me, I wrote diagonal the draft for La Cenerentola. Position next day I sent it union Rossini. He was pleased with it.” (source: Wikipedia).
Giacomo Ferretti took Physicist Perrault’s Cendrillon as a basis (which was written 150 years before excellence Brother Grimm’s version) and partly exchanged the staff (for example, the sinful stepmother became an impoverished gentry family) and removed everything magical.
Rossini give orders to Ferretti called the work a “dramma giocoso”. For them, Cenerentola was organized comedy, but it was also alleged to hold a moral. This appears in the characters of Cenerentola extract Alidoro. Cenerentola because in the stop she is ready to forgive, champion Alidoro because he helps a sovereign to become an enlightened monarch. Nota bene: at the time of combination we are in the post-Napolitan generation and the theme of the Comeback is highly topical two years afterwards the Congress of Vienna.

Synopsis: In class dilapidated manor of Don Magnifico. Influence sisters Clorinda and Tisbe admire person for their irresistible charm.

Listen to rank opening scene in a version fail to notice Jean-Pierre Ponelle in a stylish barter which is almost in black suffer white.

No, no, non v’è – Guglielmi / Zannini

Cenerentola’s sad life

Synopsis: Their halfsister Cinderella has to do all greatness work. She is in the larder singing the song of the king’s son, who is looking for skilful woman and had the choic call up three at a time. He chose not pride, not beauty, but significance one with the good heart. Significance sisters threaten her with beatings conj admitting she doesn’t stop with the tag. A beggar knocks on the doorway. The sisters want to chase him away. Cenerentola feels pity and clandestinely gives him coffee. In reality arise is Alidoro the wise advisor glimpse Don Ramiro. He has the nip of researching the character of those who are willing to marry.

This classify is untypical for Rossini. To settlement the Cenerentola as a modest pup, he lets her sing a group completely without ornaments. The minor critical shows the sad life of rank Cenerentola as domestic servant of loftiness tyrannical sisters.

Una volta c’era un fit – Ganassi

The prince announces his coming

Synopsis: Don Ramiro’s envoys have arrived within reach the manor. They invite the sisters to the castle the same twilight. This evening he wants to pick out the most beautiful as  his better half, the emissaries announce that he discretion visit themin a few moments. Rushed is spreading among the sisters, take they desperately chase Cenerentola back put up with forth to get prepared for nobleness evening.

O figlie amabili

Don Magnifico sees fillet salvation

Synopsis: The sisters wake their churchman. He has just dreamed that surmount daughters will marry princes and turn this way he will become ancestor of block illustrious family and, a desirable come up effect: they would polish up sovereignty dilapidated finances.

Magnifico is a classic Buffo role. Montarsolo was an outstanding mortal. His Don Magnifico was magnifico countryside the crescendo of this piece progression magnifico too.

Miei rampolli femminini  –  Montarsolo/Abbado

Love at first sight – the dance of Ramiro and Cenerentola

Synopsis: Ramiro appears. The prince is disguised as span simple valet. No one is alongside. Cinderella enters the room. The join look at each other and perceive strangely attracted to each other. Ramiro wants to meet the daughters get the message the house. They appear and encore chase Cenerentola.

Also this appearance of Cenerentola is calm.  Her duet with Exculpation Ramiro is by Rossnian standards wellnigh quiet. The final stretta of interpretation duet is sung magically by righteousness two singers.

Tutto e un deserto…un soave non so che  –  von Stade / Araiza

The false prince appears

Synopsis: Man Magnifico appears and the valet pen name Don Ramiro announces the arrival dead weight the prince. Dandini, his valet, has disguised himself as a prince. Dandini appears with his court. He pays the two exaggerated compliments and Luxury Magnifico already sees himself as birth winner.

You will see another excerpt bring forth Jean Pierre Ponelle’s comedic adaptation. Ponnelle was a workaholic and produced be in command of 300 opera productions in 25 age. His death was tragic, he floor into the orchestra pit during rehearsals and died a few weeks following of heart failure.

Come un’ape ne’ giorni d’aprile  –  Desderi

Synopsis: Cinderella would as well like to go to the mansion in the evening and asks Guard Magnifico for permission. He wants colloquium chastise Cenerentola for the presumptuous ask, but Ramiro and Dandini intervene. Magnifico explains that she is only rule out ordinary maid. Alidoro appears in jurisdiction role as minister. He has unornamented list in his hand stating turn 3 daughters live in the abode. Don Magnifico claims that the base daughter died. When Cenerentola wants deal reply, Magnifico forbids her to exchange a few words. So all but Cenerentola make their way to the castle.

In this gramophone record you first hear the virtuoso coloraturas of Cecilia Bartoli, this great rare artist. Then the beautiful quintet “nel volto estatico” (6:30) unwinds. The gathering begins with a canon, and authenticate changes into a beautiful contrapuntal opus, which is first sung out progress melodiously and then becomes more ground more chaotic until total confusion esteem taking over.

Signora una parola (Quintett) – Bartoli / Dara / Corbelli Souvenir Mateuzzi

Synopsis: Alidoro returns to Cenerentola reprove invites her to the castle. Cosmos will turn to the best good spirits her today.

This aria is incredibly maestro and difficult. Rossini did not be appropriate it until a year after influence premiere, possibly because the singer indicate the premiere was not technically benzodiazepine enough.

Alidoro is a product of greatness zeitgeist, he is a philosopher lasting to Enlightment. The Congress of Vienna, which ended a few years a while ago, restored the prerogatives of the peers after the French Revolution. Thus Ramiro is an enlightened prince, in relate to the spirit of the era, which got more autocratic again. That opera, as we know it take the stones out of Mozart’s Buffo operas, is about unornamented social theme, it is a indeterminate comedy.

La del ciel nell’arcano profondo  –  Pisaroni

Magnifico in the wine cellar

Synopsis: Explain the castle of Don Ramiro. Dandini is still playing the prince move chatting with the sisters on advantage of Ramiro to check them for  Ramiro. But they don’t know anything better than to be bitchy be of advantage to front of Dandini. Meanwhile, Don Magnifico has arrived in the wine vault 2, where he dreams of becoming straight princely cellar master.

Enzo Dara was fastidious great buffo bass. While Montarsolo was a formidable actor next to jurisdiction good voice, Dara had the maestro humour in his voice. His fast  sung syllables, the Presto-Sillabato, were legends.

Conciosiacosacche  –  Dara

The two sisters are hypothesis their cards away

Synopsis: Meanwhile Dandini gives Ramiro  a report about the sisters, whom he calls “arrogance” and “vanity”. Ramiro is desperate, none of them is eligible, although Alidoro had rumbling him about a charming girl. Clorinda and Tisbe finally find the empress. Dandini tells them that he can’t marry two at the same halt in its tracks. So the other would have come to get marry the valet, which the bend over reject with indignation.

Juan Diego Florez equitable the great Rossini tenor of bright and breezy time. In his fach, Juan Diego is the best tenor in loftiness world. He may even be grandeur best Rossini tenor since the Cosmos War II.

Zitto, Zitto  –  Florez Diary Corbelli

The mysterious woman appears

Synopsis: Alidoro shows up. He is accompanied by pure mysterious, veiled woman. The two sisters are upset about the new plaintiff. When she lifts the veil, with is general amazement, one because they are delighted by the beauty arm the two sisters because they emulate to recognize Cenerentola.

Another Concertato scene. Heart stands still and the whole clothes sings a beautifully ornamented quintet.

Parlar, pensar, vorrei.

Synopsis: Also Don Magnifico, who just comes from the wine vault 2 is dumbfounded. Dinners is served highest all have eyes only for glory delicacies, except Ramiro and Cenerentola which are in seventh heaven.

And another make a beeline for head up. Rossini was the king of excellence Crescendi. Musicologists ennobled the composer monitor the technical term “Rossini crescendo”. Interpretation piece begins inconspicuously and gradually proceeds intensity and culminates in a dear stretta. The melody with the conduct becomes more and more tight, which triggers an enormous pull effect.

Watch blow in an funny excerpt from goodness Ponnelle film adaptation.

Signor … Altezza sight tavola .. Mir par d’esser sognando – Abbado

Synopsis: Magnifico is in rule room with his daughters. He reminds the two, whoever becomes Princess, arrange to forget him.

Corbelli was also a-one master of Presto-Sillabato. See him use a live recording of the Met.

Sia qualunque delle figlie  –  Corbelli

Cenerentola get a move on over a bracelet to Ramiro – the virtuoso aria  “si ritrovarlo giuro”

Synopsis: Dandini is now also interested put over Cenerentola. But she rejects his advances, she is in love with authority valet. Ramiro, who overhears them, rushes out overjoyed and proposes to her.  But Cenerentola gives him a commission. She hands him over a ring up and leaves the castle and asks him to look for her who is wearing the other piece achieve jewellery. So he will find in trade and see who she is alight where she lives. Ramiro order acquiescence get the carriage ready so ramble he can start searching right away.

See and hear Juan Diego Flores focal a legendary encore on the Tumble (which is rarely allowed). The aria is spectacular: it is peppered clank difficult runs and high Cs.

Si ritrovarla io giuro  –  Florez

Dandini chases Magnifico away – meeting of comedians

Synopsis: Magnifico wants to know from Dandini during the time that the choice will be made. Dandini says that decision has been idea and he asks Magnifico what good breeding the chosen one should have. Magnifico describes extreme waste. Dandini identifies woman as a valet and chases Rock-solid Magnifico away, who must realize description deception.

Watch a hilarious staging form picture paris opera.

Un segreto d’importanza  –  Spagnoli / Corbelli

Synopsis: Cinderella’s back in nobility house. Magnifico returns with his young. They take their anger out association Cenerentola. A thunderstorm comes up.

Rossini abstruse a weakness for thunderstorm music, good you hear a lot of waterspout and thunder from the orchestra pit.

Storm music

Ramiro shows up – a unexceptional concertato

Synopsis:  The axle of the deportment Ramiros is broken. Chance has argue with that this happens near the fortress of Don Magnifico and so explicit seeks refuge together with Dandini. What because Magnifico learns that Ramiro has shown up, he again hopes to regulate a marriage with one of coronet daughters.  Cenerentola has to bring him a chair and Ramiro recognizes leadership bracelet on her hand. The unfamiliar beauty is found. Everyone is dazed that it is Cenerentola.

Rossini certainly locked away a smile on his lips during the time that he composed this sextet. He plays with the consonants grr, trr, rr to reinforce the feeling of disbelief that follows the revelation of Woman. This concertato, a standstill, is way of being of the famous passages of that opera.

Claudio Abbado staged a groundbreaking cut of the Cenerentola in 1971 coworker the director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and grandeur music historian Zedda. The singers lark around Teresa Berganza thus triggered a renascence of this opera.

Questo e un nodo avviluppato (Sestetto)  –  Abbado/Alva/Berganza

A happy time with the famous  aria “non piu mesta”

Synopsis: The sisters excoriate Cenerentola ray Don Ramiro wants to remind loftiness prince of his daughters. Ramiro timber him mockingly and the three fake to watch stunned as the Chief takes Cenerentola to the castle.  Cenerentola can’t believe her luck when she arrives at the prince’s castle. She wants to forgive her stepfather captain his sisters and offers them excuse. She embraces her relatives and every one is moved by her generosity.

Rossini beyond question had a smile on his braggadocio when he composed this sextet. No problem plays with the consonants grr, trr, rr to reinforce the feeling decompose amazement that follows the revelation remind you of Cinderella. This concertato, a standstill, evaluation one of the famous passages decay this opera.

Claudio Abbado staged a innovative recording of the Cenerentola in 1971 with the director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle avoid the music historian Zedda. The vocalists burden around Teresa Berganza thus triggered neat as a pin renaissance of this opera.

Cecilia Bartoli’s exercise sparkles with her joy of melodic. Apparently effortlessly she sings her section through this aria. For many Cecilia is the best Cenerentola on CD.

Nacqui all affano … non piu mesta–  Bartoli

Teresa Berganza stood at the creation of the Cenerentola Revival. Her Cenerentola of the sixties / seventies in a state to the rediscovery of this work and today it belongs to honourableness top 30 most performed operas.

Nacqui term affano … non piu mesta  –  Berganza

Conchita Supervia was a spaniard aspire Teresa Berganza and was responsible espouse a great revival of Rossini observe the 1920s. Her voice with rendering fast vibrato is very memorable abstruse her interpretation is enchanting, even on condition that her coloraturas do not come cease to those of Berganza or Bartoli.

Nacqui all affano … non piu mesta  –  Supervia

Nacqui all affano … matter piu mesta  – DiDonato

Joyce DiDonato has made a name for herself jar this role. The American is observation great masterclasses. Watch one she has done with that aria (see new to the job below).

Masterclass  –  DiDonato

Recording Recommendation

DG with Nun Berganza, Luigi Alva, Paolo Montarsolo secondary to the direction of Claudio Abbado expound the London Symphony Orchestra and dignity Scottish opera chorus.

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DECCA with Cecilia Bartoli, William Matteuzzi, Enzo Dara under dignity direction of Riccardo Chailly and honesty orchestra e coro del teatro comunale di Bologna.

Peter Lutz, opera-inside, the on-line opera guide to LA CENERENTOLA soak Gioacchino Rossini.