Maria de Rudenz
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| Title: | Maria de Rudenz |
Title page of the libretto, Venice 1838 |
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| Shape: | “Dramma tragico” in three acts |
| Original language: | Italian |
| Music: | Gaetano Donizetti |
| Libretto : | Salvadore Cammarano |
| Literary source: | La nonne sanglante by Anicet-Bourgeois , Cuvelier and Maillan and The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis |
| Premiere: | January 30, 1838 |
| Place of premiere: | Teatro La Fenice , Venice |
| Playing time: | about 2 hours |
| Place and time of the action: | Switzerland, around 1400 |
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Maria de Rudenz is an opera (original name: "dramma tragico") in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti . The libretto was written by Salvatore Cammarano . The literary basis was the works La nunne sanglante by Anicet-Bourgeois , Cuvelier and Maillan and The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis . The work was written in 1837. It was premiered on January 30, 1838 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice .
action
Corrado Waldorf intends to marry Matilde di Wolf. Years earlier he was friends with her cousin Maria de Rudenz, but left her behind in Italy because he thought she was unfaithful. Corrado's jealous brother Enrico also loves Matilde. Suddenly Maria, who was believed to be dead, appears and reveals that Corrado is the son of a murderer and is therefore not allowed to marry Matilde. But if he should marry her, Maria, she would be ready to destroy the documents of his origin. Otherwise, she would kill Matilde. Corrado rejects Maria, however, and sticks a dagger into her chest. The wedding between Corrado and Matilde takes place, the jealous Enrico mocks Corrado because of his origins, challenges him to a duel and is killed in the process. When Corrado returns to the bridal chamber, he finds Matilde, covered in blood, who has just been killed by Maria, who was badly wounded but not dead. Maria tears the bandage off her wound and dies.
Work history
The singers of the premiere on January 30, 1838 in the Venetian Teatro La Fenice were Caroline Unger (Maria de Rudenz), Isabella Casali (Matilde di Wolf), Giorgio Ronconi (Corrado Waldorf), Napoleone Moriani (Enrico), Domenico Raffaelli (Rambaldo) and Alessandro Giacchini (Chancellor). The stage design was by Francesco Bagnara, the costumes by Giovanni Guidetti.
The premiere was unsuccessful. The work was removed from the program again after the second performance. In 1841 performances followed in Rome , which were judged more positively because of their excellent singing achievements. In the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century the opera was only performed occasionally.
Discography
- 1974 with Ludmilla Andrew , Merril Jenkins , Christian du Plessis , Richard Greager , conductor: Alun Francis
- 1981 with Katia Ricciarelli , Silvia Baleani , Leo Nucci , Alberto Cupido , conductor: Eliahu Inbal
- 1997 with Nelly Miricioiu , Robert McFarland , Bruce Ford , Matthew Hargreaves , conductor: David Parry
literature
- William Ashbrook: Donizetti and His Operas , Cambridge University Press, 1982, ISBN 0-521-27663-2 .
Web links
- Maria de Rudenz : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Libretto (Italian), Venice 1838. Digitized in the Internet Archive
- Maria de Rudenz (Gaetano Donizetti) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
- Discography on Maria de Rudenz at Operadis
Individual evidence
- ^ Record of the performance on January 30, 1838 in Venice in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna , accessed on August 8, 2019.
- ^ Herbert Weinstock : Donizetti And The World Of Opera In Italy, Paris, And Vienna In The First Half Of The Nineteenth Century , 1963, ISBN 978-0-394-42237-4
- ^ Charles Osborne: The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini , Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1994 ISBN 0-931340-71-3