Marin Faliero
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| Title: | Marin Faliero / Marino Faliero |
Title page of the libretto, Bologna 1836 |
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| Shape: | Azione tragica in three acts |
| Original language: | Italian |
| Music: | Gaetano Donizetti |
| Libretto : | Giovanni Emanuele Bidera |
| Literary source: | Marino Faliero by Casimir Delavigne and Marino Faliero by George Gordon Byron |
| Premiere: | March 12, 1835 |
| Place of premiere: | Théâtre-Italy , Paris |
| Playing time: | approx. 2 ½ hours |
| Place and time of the action: | Venice in 1355 |
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Marin Faliero (also Marino Faliero ) is a tragic opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti . The Italian libretto is by Giovanni Emanuele Bidera . The literary basis was the works of Marino Faliero by Casimir Delavigne and George Gordon Byron . The opera takes place in Venice in 1355, when the then Doge Marino Faliero was convicted and beheaded for an alleged coup. The premiere took place on March 12, 1835 in the Théâtre-Italien in Paris.
action
Elena, the wife of Marin Faliero, the Doge of Venice, is accused of cheating on her husband by Steno, a patrician whose advances she ignores. Steno also insults Israele Bertucci, the director of the Arsenal in front of his workers, and should be punished for it. Elena's secret lover, Fernando, a nephew of the Doge, wants to leave town to protect Elena from further attacks. When Steno insults Elena again, Fernando challenges him to a duel, but is fatally hit by the patrician. Faliero, ignorant of his wife's affair, wants to avenge Fernando's death and also expand his power through a conspiracy. Leoni, a patrician from the Council of Ten, declares that the people, incited by Faliero, are threatening the state. In a court hearing, Faliero is sentenced to death along with the other conspirators. When he says goodbye to Elena alone, she confesses her infidelity, which he finally forgives and moves away. When Elena hears the signal to be executed, she sinks to the floor.
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 , bass drum , bell
- Strings
- Incidental music: stirring drum , bell
Work history
Marin Faliero is Donizetti's fiftieth opera composition. The work was published under this title on March 12, 1835 in the Théâtre-Italien in Paris with Luigi Lablache (Marin Faliero), Antonio Tamburini (Israele), Giovanni Battista Rubini (Fernando), Vincenzo Felice Santini (Steno), Profesti (Leoni and Strozzi ), Giulia Grisi (Elena), Enrico Tamberlik (Vincenzo), Pesanti (Beltrame) and Nicola Ivanoff (Pietro). The set was designed by Domenico Ferri.
Later the title Marino Faliero was mostly used. This was followed by performances on May 14, 1835 in Covent Garden , 1836 in Florence and on February 22, 1842 in New Orleans . After these initial successes in the 19th century, however, the work hardly appeared in the repertoire of opera houses. In contrast, Donizetti's next operas Lucia di Lammermoor and Maria Stuarda , which also premiered in 1835, have been successful to this day.
Recordings (selection)
- 1976, Cesare Siepi , Licinio Montefusco, Giuliano Ciannella, Marisa Galvany; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI conducted by Elio Boncompagni; Audio CD
- 2008, Giorgio Surian, Luca Grassi, Ivan Magri, Rachele Stanisci; Orchestra e Coro del Festival Donizetti di Bergamo, Teatro Donizetti , Bergamo under the direction of Bruno Cinquegrani; DVD
Web links
- Marino Faliero : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Libretto (Italian), Bologna 1836. Digitized in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
- Work information and libretto (Italian) as full text on librettidopera.it
- Marin Faliero (Gaetano Donizetti) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848): Marin Faliero . Product information of the CD on jpc.de , accessed on December 6, 2014.
- ^ Norbert Miller : Marino Faliero. In: Piper's Encyclopedia of Musical Theater. Volume 1: Works. Abbatini - Donizetti. Piper, Munich / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-492-02411-4 , p. 763.
- ↑ March 12, 1835: “Marin Faliero”. In: L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia ., Accessed on August 8, 2019.
- ^ Marin Faliero (Gaetano Donizetti) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
- ↑ DONIZETTI: Marino Faliero . CD Review on Opera Today , accessed December 6, 2014.