Verter
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| Title: | Verter |
Title page of the libretto, Venice 1802 |
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| Shape: | Farsa in one act |
| Original language: | Italian |
| Music: | Johann Simon Mayr or Vincenzo Pucitta |
| Libretto : | Simeone Antonio Sografi |
| Literary source: | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : The sufferings of the young Werther |
| Premiere: | 1794 |
| Place of premiere: | Venice |
| Place and time of the action: | A village in Germany |
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Verter is a Farsa in one act and possibly the first opera by the Bavarian composer Johann Simon Mayr . The music is also attributed to Vincenzo Pucitta . The libretto was written by Simeone Antonio Sografi , based on Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther , translated into Italian by Thomas de Bassus .
action
In contrast to Goethe's model, this farse has no tragic ending. Carlotta is married to Alberto and they have two children. Alberto is often away on business. Both the young painter Verter and the tutor Giorgio fall in love with Carlotta. Giorgio intrigues against Verter, but is exposed and has to leave the house.
Work history
Thomas de Bassus, on whose estate Sandersdorf Castle the young Mayr often stayed, was a patron of the composer and introduced Mayr to the world of the Illuminati order, to which Goethe belonged. The persecution of the order forced Mayr to flee to Switzerland and later to Italy, where he devoted himself to music.
In 1994 two Italian music researchers discovered the manuscript with the notation “by Giovanni Simone Mayr” in the archives of a Conservatory in Milan. It was probably created between 1794 and 1797, as Mayr was working with Sografi in Venice at that time. The almost identical libretto of a Venetian performance by a Verter , to which Vincenzo Pucitta (music) and Domenico Camagna (libretto) are attributed, has survived from 1802 . However, its music has been lost and it can no longer be determined whether it is the same work.
Verter was performed at the Belcanto Festival Rossini in Wildbad in 2001 and released on CD.
Discography
- July 2001 (live from the Rossini Festival in Wildbad ): Paul Terracini (conductor), Jochen Schönleber (staging), Czech Chamber Soloists Brno, Czech Chamber Chorus. Anna Rita Gemmabella (Carlotta), Anke Hermann (Paolina), Davide Cicchetti (Verter), Pavol Breslik (Alberto), Luca Salsi (Giorgio), Gioacchino Zarrelli (Ambrogio). Bongiovanni GB 2343-2 (1 CD).
Web links
- Text of the comedy by Sografi (Italian), Venice 1831. Digitized by the Munich Digitization Center
- Libretto (Italian) of the opera by Vincenzo Pucitta, Venice 1802. Digitized from the Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna
- Verter (Vincenzo Pucitta) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
- Il Verter at Italian Opera (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Il Verter at Italian Opera (Italian) , accessed January 21, 2017.
- ^ Il libretto del Verter at Italian Opera (Italian) , accessed on January 21, 2017.
- ^ Giovanni Simone Mayr. In: Andreas Ommer: Directory of all opera complete recordings. Zeno.org , Volume 20, p. 9727.