| Adelia | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Gaetano Donizetti | |
.jpg')) Gaetano Donizetti, portrayed by Joseph Kriehuber in 1842 | |
| Other title | La figlia dell'arciere |
| Librettist |
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| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 11 February 1841 Teatro Apollo, Rome |
Adelia, o La figlia dell'arciere (Adelia, or The Archer's Daughter) is an opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written partly by Felice Romani (acts 1 and 2) and by Girolamo Maria Marini (act 3), a part-time poet who had achieved notability the previous year with Otto Nicolai's Il templario. The opera premiered at the Teatro Apollo, Rome on 11 February 1841.
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 11 February 1841[1] Conductor: Emilio Angelini |
|---|---|---|
| Carlo, Duke of Burgundy | baritone | Filippo Valentini |
| Oliviero, Count of Fienna | tenor | Lorenzo Salvi |
| Arnoldo, commander of the French archers in the service of the Duke | bass | Ignazio Marini |
| Adelia, his daughter | soprano | Giuseppina Strepponi |
| Comino, the Duke's chamberlain | tenor | Pietro Gasperini |
| Odetta, Adelia's friend | mezzo-soprano | Clementina Baroni |
| A squire of Oliviero | bass | Luigi Fossi |
Synopsis
- Time: "The past"[2]
- Place: Burgundy
Notable arias and numbers
Act 1
- Arnoldo: "Siam giunti"
- Adelia: "Fui presaga; ah, tu lo vedi"
Act 2
- Duet: Adelia and Arnoldo: "Ah, no, non posso"
- Duet: Adelia and Oliviero: "Tutto di te sollecito"
Act 3
- Oliviero: "Che fia di me!"
- Adelia: "Ah! mi lasciate"
Recordings
| Year | Cast: Carlo, Oliviero, Arnoldo, Adelia | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Stefano Antonucci, Octavio Arévalo, Boris Martinovic, Mariella Devia | John Neschling Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa Orchestra and Chorus (Recorded at performances in the Teatro Carlo Felice, January/ February) | CD: BMG Ricordi(Agorá) Cat: RFCD 2029 |
| 2006 | Giulio Mastronataro, David Sotgiu, Andrea Silvestrelli, Michela Sburlati | Gustav Kuhn Haydn Orchester von Bozen und Trient and the Haydn Choir (Recorded at concert performances in the Bolzano Auditorium, Bozen, 11–16 December) | CD: RCA «Red Seal» Cat: 88697 10813 2 |
References
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Adelia, 11 February 1841". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- ^ Osborne, Charles (1994). The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. p. 279. ISBN 0-931340-71-3.
- ^ Source of recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
Further reading
- Allitt, John Stewart (1991), Donizetti: in the light of Romanticism and the teaching of Johann Simon Mayr, Shaftesbury: Element Books, Ltd (UK); Rockport, Massachusetts: Element, Inc.(USA)
- Ashbrook, William (1982), Donizetti and His Operas, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23526-X.
- Ashbrook, William (1998), "Donizetti, Gaetano" in Stanley Sadie (Ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. One. London: Macmillan Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-333-73432-7. ISBN 1-56159-228-5
- Ashbrook, William and Sarah Hibberd (2001), in Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam. ISBN 0-14-029312-4. pp. 224 – 247.
- Black, John (1982), Donizetti’s Operas in Naples, 1822–1848. London: The Donizetti Society.
- 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. ISBN 978-0-19-517067-2 (hardcover). ISBN 0-19-517067-9 OCLC 419285866 (eBook).
- Tommasini, Anthony, "Neglected Donizetti Opera Makes a Case for Itself", The New York Times, November 15, 1999
- 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. LCCN 63-13703