La farsa amorosa

La farsa amorosa

"La farsa amorosa" is an opera in three acts by Italian composer Riccardo Zandonai. The opera is on a comic subject, and was an attempt to revitalize the "opera buffa" tradition which flourished in Italy during the 18th and early 19th centuries.

The story is based on the novel El Sombrero de Tres Picos (The Three-cornered Hat), (1874) by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón which was the basis of Falla's ballet The Three Cornered Hat and Wolf's Corregidor. The libretto by Zandonai's frequent collaborator Arturo Rossato relocates the action to Lombardy but retains Spanish names. The cast uniquely includes two love-lorn donkeys, Ciccio and Checca.

Performance history

"La farsa amorosa", which turned out to be the composer's last completed opera, premiered on February 22, 1933 at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome.

Roles

*Don Ferrante, baritone
*Donna Mercedes, mezzo-soprano
*Frulla, tenor
*Giacomino, tenor
*Lucia, soprano
*Orsola, Soprano
*Renzo, tenor
*Spingarda, bass


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