- Aroldo
"Aroldo" is an
opera in four acts byGiuseppe Verdi to an Italianlibretto byFrancesco Maria Piave , based on and adapted from their earlier collaboration, "Stiffelio ". The first performance was given in theTeatro Nuovo inRimini on 16 August 1857. It is one of Verdi's less frequently performed operas.History
This opera is a revision of "
Stiffelio " (1850) which had provoked the censorship board because of “the immoral and rough” storylines of a Protestant minister deceived by his wife and also because making the characters German did not please an Italian audience. Therefore in 1856, Verdi decided to rewrite the plot, drawing inspiration from two novels, "The Betrothed" byWalter Scott and "Harold" byEdward Bulwer-Lytton . The rewriting was done with Verdi's librettist friend,Francesco Maria Piave .A considerable numbers of changes were made to the first version of the three-act "Stiffelio". An additional act was added. After a year of revision, "Aroldo" was ready to be staged and Verdi choose Bologna as the location for the premiere. But
Ricordi , his publisher and friend, suggested that the premiere be staged in Rimini. Later it was presented inBologna followed by performances inTurin andNaples .Roles
ynopsis
:Time: Around 1200 A.D.:Place: England and Scotland
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