- Torvaldo e Dorliska
"Torvaldo e Dorliska" ("Torvaldo and Dorliska") is an
opera tic dramma semiserio in two act byGioacchino Rossini to an Italianlibretto byCesare Sterbini , based on "Les amours du chevalier de Faubles" by the revolutionaryJean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai , whose work was the source of theLodoïska libretto set byLuigi Cherubini (1791), andLodoiska set byStephen Storace (1794), andSimon Mayr (1796).Torvaldo and Dorliska is a
rescue opera with an eventual happy ending. The inclusion of buffo roles is the reason for its designation as a 'semiserio' work, similar to Rossini'sLa gazza ladra .Performance history
"Torvaldo and Dorliska" was first performed at the
Teatro Valle ,Rome , on26 December ,1815 . it remained in the repertory in Italy for many years though it was never a great critical success.Roles
elected recordings
"'Rossini: "Torvaldo e Dorliska" - Czech Chamber Soloists
*Conductor:Alessandro de Marchi
*Principal singers: Mauto Utzeri, Michele Bianchini, Anna Rita Gemmabella, Paola Cigna, Huw Rhys-Evans
*Recording date: 10, 12, 17 July 2003 (Rossini in Wildbad Festival)
*Label: Naxos - 8.660189-90 (CD)ources
*Osborne, Richard: "Torvaldo e Dorliska" in "The
New Grove Dictionary of Opera ", Stanley Sadie (Ed.). (London: MacMillan, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7References
External links
* [http://www.karadar.com/Librettos/rossini_torvaldo.html Italian libretto at Karadar.com]
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