Le donne curiose

Le donne curiose

"Le donne curiose" (English: "The Inquisitive Women") is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a text by Luigi Sugana after Carlo Goldoni's play.

Performance history

It was first performed in Munich on 27 November 1903 in a German translation as "Die neugierigen Frauen". The first performance in Italian was in New York on 3 January 1912 with a distinguished cast led by Arturo Toscanini, including Geraldine Farrar and Hermann Jadlowker. Tullio Serafin conducted the first performance in Milan on 16 January 1913.

Roles

ynopsis

The story is a comedy set in 18th-century Venice about two wives checking up on the goings-on at their husband's club.

References

* [http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=27&Mese=11&Anno=1903&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa Amadeus Almanac, accessed 2 October 2008 (premiere)]
* [http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=3&Mese=01&Anno=1912&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa Amadeus Almanac, accessed 2 October 2008 (New York premiere)]
*Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), "The Oxford Dictionary of Opera", 782 pages, ISBN 0-19-869164-5


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