Marino Faliero (opera)
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Marino Faliero (or Marin Faliero) is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Giovanni Emanuele Bidéra wrote the Italian libretto, with revisions by Agostino Ruffini, after Casimir Delavigne's play. It is inspired by Lord Byron's drama Marino Faliero (1820) and based on the life of Marino Faliero (c.1285-1355), the Venetian Doge.
It premiered on March 12, 1835 at the Théâtre-Italien, Paris, and its Italian premiere the following year at the Teatro Alfieri, Florence.
Rossini commissioned a new opera from each of Donizetti and Bellini for production at the Théâtre-Italien (where he was the music director from 1824-1826). Bellini created I puritani to great popular success and Donizetti, Marino Faliero, his first Paris premiere.
The action takes place in Venice in 1355.
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[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, March 12, 1835 (Conductor: - ) |
|---|---|---|
| Marin Faliero, the doge | bass | Luigi Lablache |
| Israele Bertucci | baritone | Antonio Tamburini |
| Fernando, the doge's friend | tenor | Giovanni Battista Rubini |
| Steno | bass | |
| Leoni | tenor | |
| Elena | soprano | Giulia Grisi |
| Irene, Elena's bridesmaid | soprano | |
| Vincenzo, the doge's servant | tenor | |
| Beltrame | bass | |
| Pietro, a gondolier | bass | Nicolay Ivanov |
| Guido, a fisherman | bass | |
| Gentlemen, knights, craftsmen, fishermen, servants, soldiers | ||
[edit] Synopsis
Marino Faliero was the Doge of Venice accused of high treason. [1]
[edit] Selected recordings
- Elio Boncompagni conducting Lodovico Malvisi, Giuliano Cianella, Licinio Montefusco, Cesare Siepi, Maria Galvany, Eftimios Michalopoulos (live at Turin, Myto Records)
- Elio Boncompagni conducting the Milan RAI Symphony Orchestra (Bongiovanni)
[edit] External links
- Libretto (Italian)
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