Donna Diana
- Don Diego, Mayor ( bass)
- Donna Diana, his daughter (Soprano)
- Donna Laura, his first niece (soprano )
- Donna Fenisa, his second niece (Alt )
- Floretta, maid and confidante of Donna Diana (mezzo- soprano)
- Don Cesar, bullfighters (Tenor)
- Perin, his manager (Baritone)
- Don Luis, sugar producer ( Tenor)
- Don Gaston, Captain ( bass)
Donna Diana is a comic opera in three acts by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, who was also his own librettist here. He gets his inspiration was the Spanish comedy El Desden con el Desden Agustín Moreto in the processing of Carl August West ( = Joseph Schreyvogel ) as " Donna Diana or pride and love " after the Italian translation by Carlo Gozzi. The premiere took place on December 16, 1894 at the Deutsches Theater in Prague.
Action
The heart of the bullfighter Don Cesar beats passionately for Donna Diana, who bred, but very proud daughter of the mayor. However, these acts as if her was so completely indifferent. In truth, however she enjoys it that Don Cesar vying for them.
Don Cesar Council gets at Perin, his manager. This suggests that he is completely indifferent to behave towards his flock. Cesar promises to follow this advice.
Don Diego, the mayor has invited to a masked ball on his estate. Among the guests there is also Don Cesar. When Diana noted that Cesar has changed his behavior and no longer interested in her, she is offended. She is now looking for new means to attract his attention: She puts a seductive dance on the dance floor, but even this does not seem to impress Cesar.
It comes to the point where the ball that many couples have found, bringing their joy in love songs to express. Donna Diana is almost mad about it. Furious, she walks up to the bullfighter and told him that she had become engaged to Luis manufacturers. My hope now to see Don Cesar jealous, but is not satisfied. It gets even worse: Cesar congratulated her on her good choice. He has broken their pride. She tells him the truth. Perins Council has had its effect. Finally, the two lovers have found each other. The mayor issued his daughter 's blessing for engagement with Cesar.
Music
Reznicek music has a lot of Viennese charm and a little Spanish flavor. His brilliant instrumentation is rich with catchy melodies. Every classical music lover should the lively Overture - detached from the actual opera - be familiar, but they appeared often on in the concert hall or required in Wunschkonzerts. A small section of it used the ZDF as the theme song for his music quiz Recognize the tune?, Which aired from 1969 to 1985 (with interruptions ) once a month.
Media
- "Donna Diana" - Live recording from the Kiel Opera House 2003 Manuela Uhl, Max Wittges, Heike Witt Lieb, Susanne Kreusch, Roman Sadnik, Hans -Jürgen Schöpflin, Matthias Klein, Simon Pauly, Anna- Carolyn Schlüter and Choir and Orchestra of the Opera Kiel under the leadership of Ulrich wind Fuhr, two CDs, cpo 999991-2
- Opera by title
- Opera in German language
- Opera by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
- Opera of the 19th century
- Music 1894