Il Signor Bruschino
- Gaudenzio, (Bass)
- Sofia, his ward (soprano )
- Bruschino senior ( bass)
- Bruschino junior ( Tenor)
- Florville, Sofia lover (Tenor)
- Filiberto, a host (Bass)
- Marianna, a maid (soprano )
- A policeman ( bass)
Il Signor Bruschino, ossia il figlio by azzardo is a one-act opera ( farsa giocosa per musica ) by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Giuseppe Foppa, based on the play Le fils par hasard, ou ruse et folie by alissan de Chazet and ETM Ourry based. The premiere took place on January 27, 1813 at the Teatro San Moise in Venice instead.
Il Signor Bruschino belongs to a series of five one-act comic opera, Rossini composed 1810-1813 for Venice, which also includes the opera La cambiale di matrimonio and La scala di seta belong. This opera genre was very popular in Venice in the late 18th and early 19th century. The pieces were mostly occupied with only five to eight singers, including getting a couple, in this case, Sofia and Florville, at least two funny games, here Bruschino senior, Gaudenzio and Filiberto, and one or more supporting roles, here Marianna, Bruschino junior and policeman.
Action
Gaudenzio has his ward Sofia promised the son of Bruschino. This Sofia has never seen before and is instead a relationship with Florville. Meanwhile and Gaudenzio's father joins an old enmity. Bruschino junior is now to be introduced to his future wife, but returns go into a tavern, where it is held, that he will settle his debts. This gives Florville opportunity to pose as a junior Bruschino and aufzukreuzen in Gaudenzio Castle. There already appears after recently also Bruschino senior, which Florville is faced serious problems. However, he manages to Signor Bruschino hoodwink, he was his unknown and long- vanished son. In a rousing trio, which represents the climax of the opera, he asks his "father" for forgiveness, while being blamed by Gaudenzio for his lack of paternal affection.
Music
The opera was written for a fairly small orchestra consisting of: 1 flute, 2 oboes ( and English horn ), 2 clarinets, 1 bassoon, 2 horns, strings and basso continuo for the secco recitatives.
The most famous piece from the opera is the overture, which caused a scandal at its premiere, as the second violins were instructed with their bows to knock on the music stands. This rhythmic sound effect that is heard repeatedly throughout the overture, was at the time perceived as meaningless and unnecessary, so that the musicians were hard to persuade, execute the statement in the score. In addition, the Bruschino is a typical number opera with secco recitatives, although the deep sentimentality and pathos, for example, the cavatina Florvilles or the duet between him and his lover are characterized, forward to the romantic musical language that was later achieved by Bellini and Donizetti, foreshadows.