- Le astuzie femminili
Le astuzie femminili ("Feminine wiles") is an
dramma giocoso in four acts bycomposer Domenico Cimarosa with an Italian libretto byGiuseppe Palomba . Theopera buffa first premiered at theTeatro dei Fiorentini inNaples ,Italy onAugust 26 ,1794 . Theopera subsequently premiered inBarcelona in 1795,Lisbon in 1797,Vienna in 1799,Paris in 1802, andLondon in 1804, remaining popular during the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Although not performed often today, the opera is still occasionally revived and a number of recordings have been made. [ [http://www.operone.de/opern/astuzie.html Le astuzie femminili von Cimarosa ] ]Roles
Discography
*"Le astuzie femminili" with
conductor Mario Rossi and theCoro e Orchestra Sinfonica di Napoli della RAI . Cast includes:Sesto Briscantini (Lasagna),Graziella Sciutti (Bellina),Franco Calabrese (Don Romualdo),Luigi Alva (Filandro),Renata Mattioli (Ersilia), andAnna Maria Rota (Leonora). Released in 1959 on the Voce label.*"Le astuzie femminili" with
conductor Massimo de Bernart and theOrchestre du Festival Martina Franca . Cast includes:Nelson Portella (Lasagna),Daniela Dessi (Bellina),Simone Alaimo (Don Romualdo),Michele Faruggia (Filandro),Adele Cossi (Ersilia), andPetra Malakova (Leonora). Recorded live in 1984 and released on the Fonit Cetra label.External links
* [http://www.karadar.com/Librettos/cimarosa_astuzie.html Online libretto in Italian]
References
* [http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=26&Mese=08&Anno=1794&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa Amadeus Almanac]
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