- Maria di Rohan
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Maria di Rohan is a melodramma tragico, or tragic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Salvadore Cammarano, after Lockroy and Edmond Badon's Un duel sous le cardinal de Richelieu, which had played in Paris in 1832.
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Performance history
It premiered at the Kärntnertortheater, Vienna on June 5, 1843.
Roles
Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 5 June 1843
(Conductor: - )Revised version, Paris,
14 November, 1843Maria, countess of Rohan soprano Eugenia Tadolini Giulia Grisi Riccardo, count of Chalais tenor Carlo Guasco Lorenzo Salvi Enrico, duke of Chevreuse baritone Giorgio Ronconi Giorgio Ronconi Armando di Gondì tenor (then contralto) Michele Novaro Marietta Brambilla The visconte of Suze bass Friedrich Becher Giovanni Rizzi de Fiesque bass Gustav Hölzel Aubry, secretary of Chalais tenor Anton Müller Nicola Ivanoff A familiar of Chevreuse bass Knights, the king's cabinet, pages, guards and domestic servants of Chevreuse Synopsis
Eugenia Tadolini, Carlo Guasco and Giorgio Ronconi in the final scene of Maria di Rohan at its world premiere in Vienna, 1843
- Time: Early 17th century
- Place: Paris
The comte de Chalais, lover of Marie de Rohan, intercedes with the king, Louis XIII, to save the life of the duc de Chevreuse, condemned to death for having killed in a duel a nephew of Cardinal Richelieu. But Chalais discovers that Marie has secretly married the duke, when he takes part in a duel with Armand de Gondi. And Chevreuse, deciding to replace his benefactor in the duel, discovers that his friend has been the lover of his wife.
Recordings
Year Cast
(Maria,
Riccardo
Enrico
Armando di Gondi)Conductor,
Opera House and OrchestraLabel[1] 1974 Renata Scotto,
Umberto Grilli,
Renato Bruson,
Elean ZilioGianandrea Gavazzeni,
Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro La Fenice, Venice
(Recorded at a live performance, Venice, March 26, 1974Audio CD: Opera D'Oro
Cat: OPD 14121996 Edita Gruberova,
Octavio Arévalo,
Ettore Kim,
Ulrika PrechtElio Boncompagni,
Radio Symphonieorchester Wien and Wiener Konzertchor
(Recorded at performances in the Konzerthaus, Vienna, 6 & 12 DecemberAudio CD: Nightingale
Cat: NC 070567-2References
- Notes
- ^ Source for recording information: operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- Sources
- Ashbrook, William, Donizetti and His Operas, Cambridge University Press, 1982, ISBN 052123526X ISBN 0-521-23526-X
- Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 0-140-29312-4
- Osborne, Charles, The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1994 ISBN 0931340713
- Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 782 pages, ISBN 0-19-869164-5
- Weinstock, Herbert, Donizetti and the World of Opera in Italy, Paris, and Vienna in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century, New York: Pantheon Books, 1963. ISBN 63-13703
Categories:- Italian-language operas
- Operas by Gaetano Donizetti
- 1843 operas
- Operas
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