- Il Guarany
Il Guarany ("The Guarany") is an Italian
opera -ballo byCarlos Gomes , based on the Brazilian novel "O Guarani ", written byJosé de Alencar . Thelibretto was written by Antonio Scalvini and Carlo D'Ormeville.Performance history
The world premiere was at
La Scala ,Milan onMarch 19 ,1870 . The opera received additional European productions. The first Brazilian performance was inRio de Janeiro on 2 December 1870, at the Teatro Lírico Fluminense. The opera is notable as the first Brazilian opera to gain international acclaim outside of Brazil.Volpe, Maria Alice, "Remaking the Brazilian Myth of National Foundation: "Il Guarany" (Autumn-Winter 2002). "Latin American Music Review"/"Revista de Música Latinoamericana", 23 (2): pp. 179-194.]Maria Alice Volpe has analysed the historical subtext of the "Indianismo" movement behind the opera.
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* [http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=19&Mese=03&Anno=1870&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa Amadeus Almanac]
*"Guarany, Il" by Gerard Béhague, in 'TheNew Grove Dictionary of Opera ', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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