Donizetti: Romanziera E L'uomo Nero
Donizetti: Romanziera E L'uomo Nero
Format: CD
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Artist: Donizetti
Label: Bongiovanni
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8007068228737
Genre: Classical
The libretto for La Romanziera e l'Uomo Nero was inspired by two plays performed in Paris in the 1820s: L'Homme Noir by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Henry Dupin in 1820 and Le Coiffeur et le Perruquier, also written by Scribe in collaboration with Mazères and Saint Laurent, in 1824. By basing the opera on these plays the composer created a divertissement of the Italian querelle genre, both classical and romantic. The libretto is a satyr of the sentimental-romantic daydreams which were so fashionable at that time and takes places in the poetic world of the young Antonina, who dreams of an ideal life with an non-existent "uomo nero", the mystery man. La Romanziera e l'Uomo Nero is an "ambiguous" and complex work: it is ambiguous because it lacks a clear and decisive characterization in a comedic sense; that is to say, a clearly defined plot, complete with all the typical ingredients of a traditional opera buffa, and a precise outline and structure in this direction, from both a dramaturgical and musical point of view. It is complex because it is full of recollections and inventions, which are introduced and developed predominantly through a contrapuntal approach (all scenes invariably call for more than one soloist).
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