- L'arbore di Diana
"L'arbore di Diana" ("The tree of Diana"), is an
opera composed in1787 byVicente Martín y Soler , with an originallibretto byLorenzo da Ponte .Da Ponte's only other libretto not taken from an existing plot was "Così fan tutte ".Its premiere on 1 October 1787 marked the wedding of
Joseph II 's niece, the Archduchess Maria Teresa to Prince Anton Clemens of Saxony. [Holden, p.95]The work was enormously successful in its day, but Martín's operas have since fallen from the repertoire.
A revival was performed during the 2007 / 2008 season at the Theater Bielefeld in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. [http://operabase.com/diary.cgi?code=wdbf&date=20071124]
Recordings
Some arias are available in various compilations.No complete recording appears to have been released.
cholarly articles
Martin's "L'arbore di Diana",Roy Jesson,The Musical Times, Vol. 113, No. 1552 (Jun., 1972), pp. 551-553
core
Edición crítica de Leonardo Waisman,ISBN 84-8048-379-2, IBERAUTOR/ICCMU. Madrid, 2001, 544 págs.
References
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Anthony Holden , "Lorenzo Da Ponte, The Man Who Wrote Mozart" (2006)
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