Il Guarany
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Il Guarany (The Guarany) is an Italian opera-ballo by Carlos Gomes, based on the Brazilian novel O Guarani, written by José de Alencar. The libretto was written by Antonio Scalvini and Carlo D'Ormeville.
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[edit] Performance history
The world premiere was at La Scala, Milan on March 19, 1870. The opera received additional European productions. The first Brazilian performance was in Rio de Janeiro on 2 December 1870, at the Teatro Lírico Fluminense. The opera is notable as the first Brazilian opera to gain international acclaim outside of Brazil.[1]
Maria Alice Volpe has analysed the historical subtext of the Indianismo movement behind the opera.[1]
[edit] Roles
- Don Antonio de Mariz, a Portuguese nobleman, bass Teodoro Coloni
- Cecilia, his daughter soprano Marie Constance Sass
- Peri, son of the Guarani tribal chief tenor Giuseppe Villani
- Gonzales. a Spanish adventurer baritone Enrico Storti
- Cacico, chief of the Aymoré Indians bass Victor Maurel
- Alonso, bass Severino Mazza
- Don Alvaro, tenor Giuseppe Masato
- Ruy-Bento, tenor Annibale Micheloni
- Pedro, bass Severino Mazza
[edit] References
[edit] Sources
- Amadeus Almanac
- Guarany, Il by Gerard Béhague, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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