Il mondo della luna (Goldoni)

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Title: Il mondo della luna
Image from the Goldoni text edition of 1794

Image from the Goldoni text edition of 1794

Shape: “ Dramma giocoso ” in three acts
Original language: Italian
Music: First setting by Baldassare Galuppi
Libretto : Carlo Goldoni
Literary source: Cyrano de Bergerac : Voyage dans la lune,
Anne Mauduit de Fatouville : Arlequin empereur dans la lune
Premiere: January 29, 1750
Place of premiere: Teatro San Moisè , Venice
Place and time of the action: Venice, mid-18th century
people
  • Ecclitico, false astrologer
  • Buonafede / Buona Fede, father of Flaminia and Clarice, amateur astronomer, simple-minded man
  • Flaminia, Buonafede's daughter
  • Lisetta, Buonafedes maid
  • Clarice, Buonafede's other daughter
  • Cecco, Ernesto's servant
  • Ernesto, Flaminia's lover

Il mondo della luna is a libretto for an opera buffa (original name: " Dramma giocoso ") in three acts by Carlo Goldoni . The work was performed for the first time in the setting by Baldassare Galuppi on January 29, 1750 in the Teatro San Moisè in Venice. It was set to music about 10 times in the following years.

action

first act

Starry night, full moon; a terrace above Ecclitico's house; in the middle a tower; a large telescope

Scene 1. The alleged astrologer Ecclitico wants to show his four students the approach of the moon to the sun through the telescope (choir: "O luna lucente" - choir: "Prendiamo, fratelli"). While the students bring the telescope up to the tower, Ecclitico is happy about his lucrative scam. Buonafede, who has just arrived, is said to be his next victim.

Scene 2. Ecclitico makes Buonafede believe that the moon is inhabited and that people can be observed there through the telescope. Buonafede enters the observatory curiously.

Scene 3. The supposed telescope is actually an Ecclitico apparatus. It only shows manipulated images that his two servants Claudio and Pasquino create with small figures. Buonafede reports enthusiastically about his observations: a girl who caresses an old man, a husband who beats up his wife, and a lover who leads his lover by the nose - everything is much better than on earth (Cavatinen “Ho veduto una ragazza ”,“ Ho veduto un buon marito ”and“ Ho veduto dall'amante ”). Out of gratitude he gives Ecclitico a wallet, promises to come back the next day and leaves satisfied (aria: “La ragazza col vecchione”).

Scene 4. Ecclitico's real goal is not the money, but Buonafede's jealously guarded daughter Clarice, whose hand he has so far been denied. His friend Ernesto loves his second daughter Flaminia and his servant Cecco loves his maid Lisetta. The two also support Ecclitico financially in the plan to snatch the girls from their father. Ecclitico has secured the help of a mechanic for this (Arie Ecclitico: “Un poco di denaro”).

Scene 5. Ernesto hopes that the action will soon end well (aria Ernesto: “Begli occhi vezzosi”).

Scene 6. Cecco laughs at the gullible people (Arie Cecco: “Mi fanno ridere”).

Room in the Buonafedes house with an open loggia, a small table, lights and chairs

Scene 7. The sisters Clarice and Flaminia long to leave their father's house and get married. Clarice loves Ecclitico above all because of his time-consuming hobby, which would leave her time to pursue her own interests. If necessary, the two of them want to marry without their father's consent. Love just has greater power than reason (Aria Flaminia: “Ragion nell'alma siede”).

Scene 8. Buonafede accuses Clarice of leaving her room without his permission and threatens a fine. She definitely doesn't want to be intimidated. If her father doesn't find a husband for her, she looks for one for herself according to her own taste (Aria Clarice: “Son fanciulla da marito”).

Scene 9. Buonafede tries to win the favor of his maid Lisetta by promising her to let her look through Ecclitico's telescope as well. The cunning Lisetta is only after his money (Aria Lisetta: “Una donna come me”).

Scene 10. Ecclitico says goodbye to Buonafede, claiming that the emperor of the moon invited him to become a citizen of the moon. An astronomer like himself lives on the moon, who has sent him a potion through the telescope that makes him so light that he can fly there. At Buonafede's insistence, he gives Buonafede this wonder drug, which is actually a sleeping potion. The effect is immediate. While Buonafede falls asleep, Ecclitico suggests a flight to the moon (Finale I: “Vado, vado; volo, volo”). Clarice and Lisetta are shocked to find their father in this condition. They rush off to get smelling salts . Meanwhile, Ecclitico has his servants bring the sleeper into his garden. When they return, he shows the girls a fictitious will of Buonafede, which quickly calms them down, as it promises them a generous dowry .

In the following ballet, the lunar world is shown in a transparent ball. The astrologer and the gullible make observations while some women laugh at them. The sphere opens and the lunar dwellers Buonafede had previously seen step out. Everyone is dancing together.

Second act

Beautiful garden in the Eccliticos house, which has been redesigned as a world on the moon; it contains some strange astronomical devices intended to deceive Buonafede

Scene 1. Buonafede sleeps on a bed of flowers. The strangely dressed Ecclitico explains his plan to Ernesto, in which the two sisters are also privy. Only Lisetta is not involved. She should also believe that she is on the moon. If all goes well, there will be a triple wedding in the end.

Scene 2. While Ernesto withdraws to prepare his own role, Ecclitico wakes Buonafede with smelling salts and shows him the wonderful world on the moon. Flowers bloom, nightingales sing, and a breath of wind creates "sweet harmonies" (ballet).

Scene 3. After a dance of nymphs (ballet), four cavaliers appear with their entourage and hand over the clothes in which the Buonafede is to appear before the emperor (chorus: “Uomo felice”). Ecclitico asks him to wait a moment while he announces him. He promises that his daughters and the maid will also come. Ladies have special rights here, as their thoughts are influenced by the moon (Arie Ecclitico: “Voi lo sapete”).

Scene 4. Buonafede Ecclitico believes every word.

Scene 5. In the background four strangely dressed men pull a triumphal chariot on which Cecco, disguised as emperor, is sitting, at his feet is Ernesto, dressed as a hero, with a star on his forehead. Buonafede watches admiringly. The car approaches to the sound of a march and stops in the middle of the stage. Ecclitico helps Cecco get out with submissive gestures. Although Buonafede noticed the resemblance of the hero to Ernesto, he was quickly convinced that it was a doppelganger by the name of Espero ( Hesperos , "morning star"). He asks to let the three women come too. Cecco promises him this on condition that the maid should serve him herself. He had already seen her through a device on earth. In general, the people on the moon have a lot of fun watching the fools of the terrestrial people (Arie Cecco: “Un avaro suda e pena”). He gets on his car and drives off with his entourage.

Scene 6. Ernesto asks Buonafede about his two daughters and tells him how to deal with women on the moon (Aria Ernesto: “Qualche volta non fa male”).

Scene 7. Buonafede visits the wonderful world of the moon. An echo answers his questions (Arie Buonafede: “Che mondo amabile”).

Scene 8 [7]. Two men bring Lisetta, blindfolded, to her. Ecclitico loosens her armband and explains that she was taken to the moon to marry the emperor there. She doesn't believe him.

Scene 9. Buonafede greets his maid, assures her that they are actually on the moon, and caresses her (duet Lisetta / Buonafede: “Non aver di me sospetto”).

Scene 10. Cecco introduces herself to Lisetta as the Moon Emperor, has a throne for two brought in and asks her to sit on it as Empress. Although Buonafede does not like this, he cannot prevent it. Cecco leads Lisetta to the throne (Accompagnato recitative and aria Lisetta / Cecco: “Lei è mio” - “Se lo comanda”) and assures Buonafede that his two daughters will also arrive soon.

Scene 11. In the following ballet, Flaminia and Clarice appear in a machine. Buonafede helps them get out. Cecco and Lisetta remain seated on the throne. Ernesto and Ecclitico also arrive. After the greeting, Cecco asked Ernesto to take Flaminia into her chambers and instruct her in local customs (Aria Flaminia: “Se la mia stella”).

Scene 12. Cecco appoints Ecclitico as Clarices master of ceremonies, and these two leave with satisfaction (Aria Clarice: “Quanta gente che sospira”).

Scene 13. Cecco starts preparations for his wedding to Lisetta.

Scene 14. Ecclitico announces that everything is ready. Ernesto and two pages bring two trays with a scepter and a crown (Finale II: “Mia principessa”), and Cecco crowns Lisetta with his own hands. Ecclitico and Buonafede congratulate her, and she thanks them both with a hug. Everyone loves one another (Tutti: “Senza malizia”).

The following ballet depicts Diana being crowned with Endymion. Nymphs and shepherds of the lunar world entertain their queen with dances.

Third act

Room in Ecclitico's house with three chairs

Scene 1. Lisetta still thinks she is the Empress and orders the servants of the house around.

Scene 2. Clarice and Flaminia make fun of Lisetta while being overly submissive. They advise her to take a few lovers in addition to her husband, as is the custom on the moon. Her husband will accept this and help her to find a beau (Arie Clarice: “Un parigin che serva”).

Scene 3. After Clarice has left the room, Flaminia tells the servant that she has made a fool of herself and that the moon kingdom is just a hoax (Aria Flaminia: “Se la mia stella”).

Scene 4. Lisetta continues to believe in the illusion. She just thinks Flaminia is jealous (Aria Lisetta: "Quando si trovano").

Hall in Ecclitico's house; in the background a small illuminated temple with a statue of Diana and a throne on one side

Scene 5. Cecco, still costumed as the moon emperor, tells Buonafede that his daughters have to marry soon if they want to stay on the moon. Buonafede leaves the decision to the supposed emperor.

Scene 6. Cecco unites Ernesto / Espero with Flaminia (duet Ernesto / Flaminia: "Cara ti stringo al seno") and Ecclitico with Clarice (duet Ecclitico / Clarice: "Sposina mia cara"). The couples are overjoyed, and Buonafede is happy with them too. He himself wed his daughters with their chosen ones (Arie Buonafede: "Qua la mano"). Cecco explains that the moon is no longer needed and that they can return to their world (Finale III: “Questo è quelle che succede”).

Work history

Carlo Goldoni wrote this libretto in 1750 for an opera by Baldassare Galuppi . The text is inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac's Voyage dans la lune (1650) and Anne Mauduit de Fatouville's comedy Arlequin empereur dans la lune (Paris 1684). The latter in turn is based on a Commedia dell'arte template.

At the premiere on January 29, 1750 at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice, Alessandro Renda (Ecclitico), Francesco Baglioni (Buonafede), Dionisia Lepri (Flaminia), Costanza Rossignoli (Lisetta), Serafina Penni (Clarice), Francesco Carattoli (Cecco) sang and Berenice Penna (Ernesto). The set was designed by Girolamo Mauro. The choreography of the two ballets included in the opera was done by Domenico Minelli. A separate textbook has been published for the second (L'incoronazione di Diana sposata a Endiome) .

Settings

The following composers set this libretto to music:

year composer premiere Performance location Remarks
1750 Baldassare Galuppi
→ Il mondo della luna (Galuppi) 		January 29, 1750, Teatro San Moisè Venice Il mondo della luna, "dramma giocoso per musica";
Further productions 1750 (Venice, Vicenza), 1751 (Parma, Venice, Florence, Milan, Barcelona), 1752 (Vercelli), 1753 (Treviso, Braunschweig, Brussels, Amsterdam, Haarlem, Venice), 1754 (Civitavecchia, Rome, Dresden) , 1755 (Padua, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Genoa, Prague, Bologna), 1756 (Perugia, Modena, Bologna), 1758 (Saint Petersburg, Moscow), 1760 (Braunschweig, London, Turin) and 1761 (London, Brno) 		Baldassare Galuppi - Il mondo della luna - title page of the libretto - Venice 1750.png
1761 Florian Leopold Gassmann 1761 Pressburg
1765 Pedro Avondano Carnival 1765, Real Teatro Salvaterra de Magos Il mondo della luna, "dramma giocoso per musica";
in the same year at the Teatre de la Santa Creu in Barcelona 		Pedro Avondano - Il mondo della luna - title page of the libretto - Lisboa 1765.png
1765 Niccolò Piccinni Carnival 1765, Teatro Valle Rome Il finto astrologo, “intermezzi per musica”;
According to Polzonetti, in Naples as early as 1762. 		Niccolò Piccinni - Il finto astrologo - title page of the libretto - Rome 1765.png
1768 Giovanni Paisiello Summer 1768, Teatro Nuovo sopra Toledo Naples La luna abitata, “commedia per musica” in three acts, text by Giovanni Battista Lorenzi with Neapolitan characters
1774 Giovanni Paisiello Autumn 1774, Teatro Nuovo Naples Il credulo deluso, “commedia per musica” in three acts;
also in the spring of 1776 in Foggia, Carnival in Fermo in 1777 and in Camerino in 1782 		Giovanni Paisiello - Il credulo deluso - title page of the libretto - Naples 1774.png
1775 Gennaro Astarita Carnival 1775, Teatro San Moisè Venice Il mondo della luna, “dramma giocoso per musica” in three acts Gennaro Astarita - Il mondo della luna - title page of the libretto - Venice 1775.png
1777 Joseph Haydn
→ Il mondo della luna (Haydn) 		August 3 (?) 1777, Eszterháza Castle Opera House Eszterháza Castle Il mondo della luna, "dramma giocoso" in three acts Haydn - Il mondo della luna - title page of the libretto - Esterhazy 1777.png
1783 Giovanni Paisiello September 24th July / October 5, 1783 greg. , Bolshoi Theater St. Petersburg Il mondo della luna, “festa giocosa teatrale” in one act to open the theater
1784 Giovanni Paisiello December 8, 1784, Teatro del Fondo Naples Il mondo della luna, “commedia per musica” in two acts;
abridged version of Il credulo deluso ;
Text edited by Marco Coltellini ;
also in Vienna in 1786, in 1788 as a "comic singspiel" Die Welt im Monde in Bozen , 1789 in Prague and 1792 again in Naples 		Giovanni Paisiello - Il mondo della luna - title page of the libretto - Naples 1784.png
1790 Michele Neri Bondi December 26th 1790, Teatro Santa Maria Florence Il mondo della luna, “farsetta con prosa e musica” or Il finto astronomo, “farsa alla francese in prosa e in musica” in two acts;
Libretto edited by Domenico Somigli
1791 Marcos António Portugal 1791, Teatro do Salitre Lisbon O lunático iludido, “drama” in three acts

Recordings

Web links

Commons : Il mondo della luna  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Digital copies

  1. ^ Baldassare Galuppi: Il mondo della luna : Notes and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project .
  2. ^ Baldassare Galuppi: Libretto (Italian), Venice 1750. Digitized from the Library of Congress .
  3. ^ Baldassare Galuppi: Libretto (Italian / German), Braunschweig 1760. Digitized version of the Wolfenbüttel digital library .
  4. ^ Pedro Avondano: Il mondo della luna. Libretto (Italian), Lisbon 1765. Digitized from the Library of Congress .
  5. ^ Niccolò Piccinni: Il finto astrologo. Libretto (Italian), Rome 1765. Digitized in the Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna .
  6. ^ Giovanni Paisiello: La luna abitata, R.1.17 : Notes and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project .
  7. ↑ Giovanni Paisello: Il credulo deluso. Libretto (Italian), Naples 1774. Digitized in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna .
  8. ↑ Giovanni Paisiello: Il credulo deluso, R.1.42 : sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project .
  9. ^ Gennaro Astarita: Il mondo della luna. Libretto (Italian), Venice 1775. Digitized from the Library of Congress .
  10. ↑ Joseph Haydn: Il mondo della luna, Hob.XXVIII: 7 : Notes and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project .
  11. ^ Giovanni Paisiello: Il mondo della luna. Libretto (Italian), Naples 1784. Digitized at Google Books .

Remarks

  1. ↑ The name is written in the 1850 libretto "Buona Fede", but in most other sources it is "Buonafede".
  2. ↑ In the libretto print of 1750, scene II: 8 is erroneously given as scene 7.
  3. ↑ According to the supplement to CD Bongiovanni GB2217 / 19-2. In the libretto from 1750 the aria “Ah pur troppo il nostro core” is noted at this point (III: 3).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Eleanor Selfridge-Field: A New Chronology of Venetian Opera and Related Genres, 1660-1760. Stanford University Press, Stanford 2007, ISBN 978-0-8047-4437-9 , pp. 527-528.
  2. ↑ a b c d Pierpaolo Polzonetti: Haydn and the moon: from utopia to revolution. In: Walter Reicher (Ed.): Eisenstädter Haydn reports. Volume 11. Hollitzer, Eisenstadt 2019, ISBN 978-3-99012-572-4 , pp. 263-282.
  3. ^ Dataset of the performance of Galuppi's Il mondo della luna on January 29, 1750 in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna .
  4. ↑ Il mondo della luna (Baldassare Galuppi) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ Il mondo della luna (Pedro Avondano) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ Il finto astrologo (Niccolò Piccinni) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 30, 2020.
  7. ↑ a b Gordana Lazarevich:  Mondo della luna, Il ('The World on the Moon'). In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  8. ↑ La luna abitata (Giovanni Paisiello) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ Il credulo deluso (Giovanni Paisiello) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 30, 2020.
  10. ↑ Il mondo della luna (Gennaro Astarita) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 30, 2020.
  11. ↑ Il mondo della luna (Franz Joseph Haydn) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 30, 2020.
  12. ↑ a b Il mondo della luna (Giovanni Paisiello) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 30, 2020.
  13. ↑ Il mondo della luna (Michele Neri Bondi) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 30, 2020.
  14. ↑ Il finto astronomo, o sia Il mondo della luna (Michele Neri Bondi) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 30, 2020.
  15. ↑ ' O lunático iludido (Marcos António Portugal) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on May 30, 2020.
  16. ↑ Supplement to CD Bongiovanni GB 2173 / 74-2.