L'arlesiana

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Operas by Francesco Cilea
L'arlesiana (1897) Adriana Lecouvreur (1902)
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L'arlesiana is an opera in three acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Leopoldo Marenco. It was originally written in four acts, and was first performed on November 27, 1897 at the Teatro Lirico di Milano in Milan. It was revised as a three-act opera in 1898, and a prelude was added in 1937.^[1]

The opera is based on the play L'Arlésienne (1872) by Alphonse Daudet, which was itself inspired by a short story from his collection Lettres de mon moulin.

Three famous arias from this opera are the Lamento di Federico: E' la solita storia del pastore written for tenors, Come due tizzi accesi for baritones and for mezzo-soprano's, Esser madre è un inferno.

Contents 1 Roles 2 Noted arias 3 Discography 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, November 27, 1897 (Conductor: Giovanni Zuccani)[2]
Federico, madly in love with a woman from Arles, (l'arlesiana)	tenor	Enrico Caruso
Vivette, in love with Federico	soprano	Matilde Ricci-De Paz
Rosa Mammai, Federico's mother	mezzo-soprano	Minnie Tracey
L'innocente, Federico's young brother	mezzo-soprano	Clotilde Orlando
Marco, Federico's uncle	bass	Giuseppe Frigiotti
Baldassare, an old shepherd	baritone	Lelio Casini
Metifio, a drover	baritone	Mario Aristidi

[edit] Noted arias

• "Come due tizzi accesi" - Baldassarre in Act I
• "Era un giorno di festa" - Rosa Mamai in Act I
• "Vieni con me sui monti" - Baldassarre in Act II
• "Lamento di Federico : E' la solita storia del pastore" - Federico in Act II
• "Esser madre è un inferno" - Rosa Mamai in Act III

[edit] Discography

• L'arlesiana - Ferruccio Tagliavini, Pia Tassinari, Paolo Silveri, Gianna Galli - Coro e Orchestra della RAI Torino, Arturo Basile - Cetra (1955)

[edit] External links

• List of arias from Aria Database website
• L'arlesiana synopsis

[edit] References