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| Ugo, conte di Parigi | |
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| Opera by Gaetano Donizetti | |
_-_crop.jpg) Set design by Alessandro Sanquirico for the premiere | |
| Librettist | Felice Romani |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Blanche d'Aquitaine by Hippolyte Bis |
| Premiere | 13 March 1832 La Scala, Milan |
Ugo, conte di Parigi (Hugo, Count of Paris) is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Hippolyte-Louis-Florent Bis's Blanche d'Aquitaine. It premiered on 13 March 1832 at La Scala, Milan.
Roles
[edit]| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 13 March 1832 (Conductor: – ) |
|---|---|---|
| Bianca | soprano | Giuditta Pasta |
| Adelia, Bianca's sister | soprano | Giulia Grisi |
| Ugo, Count of Paris | tenor | Domenico Donzelli |
| Folco | bass | Vincenzo Negrini |
| Luigi V, King of France | contralto | Clorinda Corradi Pantanelli |
| Emma | mezzo-soprano | Felicita Baillou-Hillaret |
| Knights, soldiers, band | ||
Synopsis
[edit] | This article needs an improved plot summary. (October 2021) |
- Time: 10th century
- Place: Paris[1]
See synopsis on opera-rara.com
Recordings
[edit]| Year | Cast (Bianca, Ugo, Luigi, Emma) | Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra | Label[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Janet Price, Maurice Arthur, Della Jones, Eiddwen Harrhy | Alun Francis, New Philharmonia Orchestra and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir | Audio CD: Opera Rara Cat: ORC1 |
| 2003 | Doina Dimitriu, Yasuharu Nakajima, Sim Tokyurek, Milijana Nikolic | Antonino Fogliani, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo. | Audio CD: Dynamic Cat: CDS 449/1-2 |
References
[edit]Notes
- ^ Osborne 1994, p. 205
- ^ Source for recording information: Recordings of Ugo, conte di Parigi on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
Cited sources
- Osborne, Charles, (1994), The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. ISBN 0931340713
Other sources
- Allitt, John Stewart (1991), Donizetti: in the light of Romanticism and the teaching of Johann Simon Mayr, Shaftesbury: Element Books, Ltd (UK); Rockport, MA: Element, Inc.(USA)
- Ashbrook, William (1982), Donizetti and His Operas, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 052123526X ISBN 0-521-23526-X
- Ashbrook, William (1998), "Donizetti, Gaetano" in Stanley Sadie (Ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. One. London: Macmillan Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-333-73432-7 ISBN 1-56159-228-5
- Ashbrook, William and Sarah Hibberd (2001), in Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam. ISBN 0-140-29312-4. pp. 224 - 247.
- Black, John (1982), Donizetti’s Operas in Naples, 1822—1848. London: The Donizetti Society.
- Loewenberg, Alfred (1970). Annals of Opera, 1597-1940, 2nd edition. Rowman and Littlefield
- Sadie, Stanley, (Ed.); John Tyrell (Exec. Ed.) (2004), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2nd edition. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0195170672 (hardcover). ISBN 0195170679 OCLC 419285866 (eBook).
- Weinstock, Herbert (1963), Donizetti and the World of Opera in Italy, Paris, and Vienna in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century, New York: Pantheon Books. LCCN 63-13703
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ugo, conte di Parigi.
- Donizetti Society (London) website
- Libretto at ItalianOpera (in Italian)
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