Alina (opera)
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| Title: | Alina, Queen of Golconda |
| Original title: | Alina, regina di Golconda |
Title page of the libretto, Rome 1829 |
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| Shape: | Opera semiseria in two acts |
| Original language: | Italian |
| Music: | Gaetano Donizetti |
| Libretto : | Felice Romani |
| Literary source: | Stanislas de Boufflers : La rein de Golconda |
| Premiere: | May 12, 1828 |
| Place of premiere: | Genoa, Teatro Carlo Felice |
| Playing time: | approx. 2 ¼ hours |
| Place and time of the action: | Golkonda in India, early 17th century |
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Alina, Queen of Golconda (original title: Alina, regina di Golconda ) is an opera semiseria in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti . The libretto written Felice Romani . The premiere took place on May 12, 1828 in the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa.
action
Background: The farmer girl Alina from Provence is stolen by pirates and taken to Golconda in India. There the old king falls in love with her and marries Alina. Soon the king dies and Alina becomes queen.
Plot of the opera: After the king's death, Alina should choose a new husband. The noble silk loves her, but she still mourns the French officer Ernesto Volmar, whom she loved. Alina's friend Fiorina was also stolen by pirates. Fiorina left her husband Belfiore behind, but he meant little to her.
Three cannon shots announce the arrival of a ship: the French ambassador is expected. It is Alina's friend Ernesto Volmar who is accompanied by Belfiore. In order to test whether the men have remained true to their former feelings, they are subjected to an examination. After all sorts of errors and confusions - among other things, a revolution instigated by Alina's admirer Silk is put down - the story ends with a happy ending for both couples.
Work history
At the premiere of the first version on May 12, 1828 at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Adelaide Comelli-Rubini (Alina), Carolina Devincenzi (Fiorina), Giovanni Battista Verger (silk), Antonio Tamburini (Volmar) and Giuseppe Frezzolini (Belfiore) sang.
On October 10, 1829, a revised version was performed at the Teatro Valle in Rome. Many more productions followed in Italian cities. In 1849 and 1859 the opera was played in Barcellona.
Discography
- 1987: Daniela Dessì (soprano), Adelisa Tabiadon (mezzo-soprano), Rockwell Blake (tenor), Paolo Coni (bass), Andrea Martin (baritone), Antonello Allemandi (conductor)
literature
- Robert Steiner-Isenmann: Gaetano Donizetti. His life and his operas. Hallwag, Bern 1982. ISBN 3-444-10272-0
- Lorenzo Arruga in the booklet for the opera, Label Era Nova, Ravenna 1987
Web links
- Alina : Sheet Music and Audio Files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Libretto (Italian), Rome 1829. Digitized version of the Munich digitization center
- Work data on Alina based on MGG with discography at Operone
- Alina, regina di Golconda (Gaetano Donizetti) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
- Klassika.info
Individual evidence
- ↑ May 12, 1828: "Alina". In: L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia ., Accessed on July 30, 2019.
- ↑ Work data on Alina based on the MGG with discography at Operone, accessed on July 30, 2019.
- ↑ Alina, regina di Golconda (Gaetano Donizetti) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on July 30, 2019.
- ^ Discography on Alina at Operadis.