Le donne rivali

"Le donne rivali" is an intermezzo in two acts by composer Domenico Cimarosa with an Italian libretto by a now unknown poet. It is speculated that Giuseppe Petrosellini may have been the author of the libretto. The opera premiered at the Teatro Valle in Rome, Italy during Carnival in 1780. The original choreography was created by Alberto Cavos, the original costumes by Antonio Dian, and the original scenery by Domenico Fossati. [ [http://www.italianopera.org/italianOPERAuk.php?f=compositori/C/c21763722.htm LIBRETTI A STAMPA di Domenico Cimarosa ] ] [ [http://www.operone.de/opern/donnerivali.html Le donne rivali von Cimarosa ] ] Music critics particularly admire the final quintet that closes the opera. In recent years, "Le donne rivali" has been occasionally revived and recorded. In 1991, the Julliard Opera Center interwined the work with Mozart's unfinished opera "Lo sposo deluso", which shares the same libretto, to make one large work. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFD81430F934A15757C0A967958260 Music in Review; "Lo Sposo Deluso," by Mozart, and "Le Donne Rivali," by Cimarosa - New York Times ] ]

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Discography

*"Le donne rivali" with conductor Alberto Zedda and the Orchestra di Padova e Veneto. Cast includes: Alessandra Ruffini (Laurina), Anna Rita Taliento (Emilia), Emanuele Giannino (Annibale), Bruno Praticò (Sempronio) and Bruno Lazzaretti (Fernando). Recorded live in September 1994.

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