I Capuleti ei Montecchi
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Title: | I Capuleti ei Montecchi |
Title page of the libretto, Venice 1830 |
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Shape: | Tragedia lirica in two acts (four parts) |
Original language: | Italian |
Music: | Vincenzo Bellini |
Libretto : | Felice Romani |
Premiere: | March 11, 1830 |
Place of premiere: | Teatro La Fenice , Venice |
Playing time: | about 3 hours |
Place and time of the action: | Verona , 13th century |
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I Capuleti ei Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) is an opera seria (original name: "tragedia lirica") in two acts (four parts) by Vincenzo Bellini . The libretto was written by Felice Romani on the basis of various Italian sources, including Matteo Bandello's novella La sfortunata morte di due infelicissimi amanti ( The tragic death of two unhappy lovers ), which was also used by William Shakespeare for his drama Romeo and Juliet . Shakespeare's play, on the other hand, was almost entirely unknown in Italy at the time. The premiere took place in 1830 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice . The opera is set in Verona in the 13th century.
For I Capuleti ei Montecchi, Bellini reused several pieces with new texts from his opera Zaira, which failed at the premiere in 1829 . The romance of Giulietta Oh quante volte is based on the aria of Nelly Dopo l'oscuro nembo from Bellini's first opera Adelson e Salvini .
layout
Instrumentation
The orchestral line-up for the opera includes the following instruments:
- Woodwinds : flute piccolo , two flutes , two oboes , two clarinets , two bassoons
- Brass : four horns , two trumpets , three trombones
- Timpani , percussion : bass drum , snare drum , small cymbal , triangle
- harp
- Strings
- Incidental music: not differentiated
Music numbers
- Overture
first act
- No. 1. Introduction, chorus and recitative
- Choir: Aggiorna appena
- Recitative: O di Capellio generosi amici
- No. 2. Cavatine, trio and choir: È serbata a questo acciaro (Tebaldo, Capellio, Lorenzo)
- No. 3. Recitative, Cavatine and Choir
- Recitative: Ma già vêr noi s'avvia
- Cavatine and choir: Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio (Romeo)
- No. 4. Scene and romance
- Scene: Eccomi in lieta vesta
- Romance: Oh! quantum volte, oh! quante (Giulietta)
- No. 5. Recitative and duet: Propizia è l'ora
- No. 6. Duet: Sì, fuggire (Romeo, Giulietta)
- No. 7. Choir and recitative
- Choir: Lieta notte, avventurosa
- Recitative: Deh! per pietà t'arresta
- No. 8. Quartet and Finale: Torment tumulto!
Second act
- No. 9. Scene, aria and chorus
- Scene: Né alcun ritorna! (Giulietta)
- Aria with choir: Morte io non temo, il sai (Giulietta)
- No. 10. Scene and duet
- Scene: Deserto è il loco
- Duet: Stolto! ad un sol mio grido (Tebaldo, Romeo)
- No. 11. Choir, large scene, cavatine and duet
- Choir: Siam giunti
- Cavatine: Deh! tu bell'anima (Romeo)
- Duet: Ah! crudel! che mai facesti! (Giulietta, Romeo)
Discography (selection)
- 1975; Giuseppe Patanè ; Janet Baker , Beverly Sills , Nicolai Gedda , Robert Lloyd , Raimund Herincx; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; EMI
- 1984; Riccardo Muti ; Agnes Baltsa , Edita Gruberová , Dano Raffanti, Gwynne Howell , John Tomlinson ; Royal Opera House Covent Garden ; EMI
- 1997; Roberto Abbado ; Vesselina Kasarova , Eva Mei , Ramón Vargas , Umberto Chiummo, Simone Alberghini; Munich Radio Orchestra ; RCA Victor
- 1998; Donald Runnicles; Jennifer Larmore , Hei-Kyung Hong, Paul Groves, Raymond Aceto, Robert Lloyd ; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Teldec
- 2005; Luciano Acocella; Clara Polito, Patrizia Ciofi , Danilo Formaggia, Federico Sacchi, Nicola Amodio; Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia; Dynamic
- 2008; Fabio Luisi ; Elīna Garanča , Anna Netrebko , Joseph Calleja , Tiziano Bracci, Robert Gleadow; Vienna Symphony Orchestra ; Deutsche Grammophon
literature
- Friedrich Lippmann : I Capuleti ei Montecchi. In: Piper's Encyclopedia of Musical Theater. Volume 1: Works. Abbatini - Donizetti. Piper, Munich / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-492-02411-4 , pp. 245-247.
Web links
- I Capuleti ei Montecchi : Sheet Music and Audio Files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Libretto (Italian), Venice 1830. Digitized in the Internet Archive
- Work information and libretto (Italian) as full text
- I Capuleti ei Montecchi (Vincenzo Bellini) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
- Plot and libretto by I Capuleti ei Montecchi in German on Opera-Guide target page due to URL change currently not available
- Discography of I Capuleti ei Montecchi at Operadis
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Lippmann : I Capuleti ei Montecchi. In: Piper's Encyclopedia of Musical Theater. Volume 1: Works. Abbatini - Donizetti. Piper, Munich / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-492-02411-4 , p. 245.