Adelson e Salvini

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Work data
Title: Adelson e Salvini
Shape: Opera semiseria in three or two acts
Original language: Italian
Music: Vincenzo Bellini
Libretto : Andrea Leone Tottola
Literary source: Épreuves du Sentiment by François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud
Premiere: February 12, 1825
Place of premiere: “San Pietro a Majella” Conservatory , Naples
Playing time: approx. 140 minutes
Place and time of the action: Ireland in the 17th century
people
  • Nelly, orphan, fiancee of Lord Adelson, passionately adored by Salvini ( soprano )
  • Fanny, Adelson's young painting student, in love with Salvini ( mezzo-soprano )
  • Madama Rivers, dominant housekeeper and governess in Adelson's house (mezzo-soprano)
  • Salvini, painter and friend of Lord Adelson ( tenor )
  • Lord Adelson, Irish nobleman ( baritone )
  • Struley, outlawed nobleman, adversary of Lord Adelson ( bass )
  • Bonifacio, servant Salvini, in debt (bass)
  • Geronio, servant of Lord Adelson and spy Struleys (bass)
  • Vassals and peasants ( choir )

Adelson e Salvini (Adelson and Salvini) is an opera semiseria in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini . The libretto wrote Andrea Leone Tottola . It is based on the novella Épreuves du Sentiment by François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud , which, unlike the opera, ends tragically. The first performance took place on February 12, 1825 in the Conservatory "San Pietro a Majella" in Naples .

action

The plot of the opera contains a number of entanglements, misunderstandings, attempts at deception and intrigues, but also has humorous scenes. Essentially, the piece is about the painter Salvini, who secretly and passionately adores Nelly, the fiancée of his Irish patron and friend Lord Adelson, but who is secretly loved by Fanny, his painting student. Nelly is said to be kidnapped with the help of Struley, an adversary of Adelson's. When suddenly a gunshot can be heard, Salvini believes she was killed. After discovering that Nelly is still alive, he abandons suicide, but is healed of his infatuation with her and instead becomes engaged to Fanny, while Adelson and Nelly get married.

Emergence

The work was Bellini's first opera. He composed it at the age of 23. When it was first performed on February 12, 1825 at the “San Pietro a Majella” Conservatory in Naples , it was played in three acts. The opera was extremely popular with students at the Conservatory , so it was played every Sunday for a year. Also Gaetano Donizetti praised the work. In 1827 the opera was reworked into a two-act version.

Discography (selection)

  • 1985; (Salvini, Nelly, Adelson, Fanny): Bengt Gustavson, Carina Morling, Thomas Lander, Ingrid Tobiasson; Orchestra of the Stockholm Opera and the Stockholm Chamber Choir under the direction of Anders-Per Jonnson; Live recording, Bongiovanni Records
  • 1992; (Salvini, Nelly, Adelson, Fanny): Bradley Williams, Alicia Nafé, Fabio Previati, Lucia Rizzi; Orchestra and choir of the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania under the direction of Andrea Licata; Audio CD: Nuova Era

Web links

Commons : Adelson e Salvini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baculard d'Arnaud. Book illustration on the website of the University of Augsburg
  2. ^ Work information on italianopera.org (Italian) , English version ( Memento of July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Vincenzo Bellini in the Ricordi catalog ( Memento of June 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).