Casanova (opera)
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| Title: | Casanova |
| Shape: | weird opera |
| Original language: | German |
| Music: | Albert Lortzing |
| Libretto : | Albert Lortzing |
| Literary source: | Casanova au Fort Saint-André by Voirin ea |
| Premiere: | Dec 31, 1841 |
| Place of premiere: | City Theater Leipzig |
| Place and time of the action: | Murano island in the mid- 18th century |
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Casanova is a comic opera (game opera ) in three acts by Albert Lortzing , who also wrote the libretto . The literary model was the French vaudeville " Casanova au Fort St.André " by Charles Voirin , Étienne Arago and Armand Chapeau with music by Alexandre Pierre Joseph Doche .
Performances
The world premiere took place on December 31, 1841 at the City Theater in Leipzig . Although the opera was well received by the audience, because it is witty and funny and also contains a pinch of mockery of the nobility, the police and the rich bourgeoisie, further performances were hindered precisely for this reason by the group of people parodied in this way. Lortzing itself fell out of favor at times. Only a few theaters included the work in their repertoire, despite its successful premiere, and it was more and more forgotten in the period that followed. Even today it is usually only performed on the occasion of special commemorative years by Lortzing. In 2010 the opera was performed at the Klagenfurt City Theater as well as in Neuzelle , Beeskow and Frankfurt (Oder) .
action
Johann Jacob Casanova de Seingalt, a dashing officer, causes a great deal of confusion among the people of Murano because he wants to go to a duel at the fortress of St. André . The appearance of this attractive man and heartbreaker immediately causes excitement in women, especially Bettina, the charming daughter of the jailer Rocco. As a result, various entanglements, suspicions and arrests arise. Casanova is also interested in a masked lady behind whom Rosaura, the niece of the fortress commander Busoni, is hiding. Since she is supposed to marry the rich Venetian Gambetto, Casanova dares to escape from captivity in order to be close to her.
literature
- Casanova. In: Georg Richard Kruse : Albert Lortzing (= Famous Musicians. Life and Character Pictures with an Introduction to the Works of the Masters. Volume VII). Harmonie, Berlin 1899 ( online in the Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Score, mkr.
- Vocal score
- Libretto of the opera, Breitkopf and Härtel. 1842
- Libretto of the opera, oVuJ
- Libretto of the opera, oVuJ
- Fig. Of the theater slip of the world premiere