- Le maschere
"Le maschere" ("The Masks") is an
opera in aPrologue and three acts byPietro Mascagni to an Italianlibretto byLuigi Illica ..
Apart from the performance in Rome, conducted by Mascagni himself, "Le maschere" received a dismal reception, with the performance in Genoa suspended half-way through because of the audience's vociferous expressions of displeasure. The opera was sporadically performed in Italy over the next four years and then sank into obscurity.
Roles
Brief synopsis
In the Prologue, a travelling commedia dell'arte troupe and their
impressario present the characters they are about to play. The remaining three acts are the play itself wherein after many vicissitudes, Florindo and Rosaura, aided by Columbina and Arlecchino, manage to prevent the marriage which Rosaura's father, Pantalone, had planned for her.Recording
Mascagni: "Le Maschere" (Maria Josè Gallego, Vincenzo La Scola, Amelia Felle,
Giuseppe Sabbatini , "et al."; Orchestra and Chorus of theTeatro Comunale di Bologna ). Conductor:Gianluigi Gelmetti . Ricordi / Fonit Cetra RFCD 2004ources
*Roger Flury, " [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSV6rDmOXJsC Pietro Mascagni: A Bio-Bibliography] ", Greenwood Press, 2001. (ISBN 0313296626)
*Alan Mallach, " [http://books.google.com/books?id=kUCtUcFvr0IC Pietro Mascagni and His Operas] ", UPNE, 2002. (ISBN 1555535240)External links
* [http://www.karadar.com/Librettos/mascagni_maschere.html Libretto: "Le maschere"]
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