Riccardo Zandonai

Riccardo Zandonai (* May 30, 1883 in Sacco, Rovereto, then Austria - Hungary, † June 5, 1944 in Pesaro ) was an Italian composer and conductor. In 1910 he became a corresponding member of the Accademia degli Roveretana Agiati.

As a student of Pietro Mascagni Zandonai was close to the verismo, but his music also includes traits of Impressionism.

Zandonai has become known primarily as a composer of operas; of his eleven operas are da Rimini by Gabriele d' Annunzio Tragedy (world premiere: Turin, 1914) Francesca: occasionally hear (Rome, 1922 premiere ) and Giulietta e Romeo to a libretto by Arturo Rossato.

In addition Zandonai created three symphonic poems, concertos and a Requiem.

Stage Works

Operas

  • La coppa del re (1902 /03). Leggenda melodrammatica ( opera ) in one act, op 1 Libretto: Gustavo Chiesa ( after Friedrich Schiller)
  • L' uccellino d' oro ( 1906/ 07). Fiaba musicale ( opera ) in 3 acts, op 2 Libretto: Giovanni Chelodi ( after the brothers Grimm). UA 1907 Sacco
  • Il grillo del focolare ( 1905-07 ). Commedia musicale ( opera ) in 3 acts, op 3 Libretto: Cesare Hanau ( by Charles Dickens ). UA 1908 Turin
  • Conchita (1909 /10). Opera in 4 acts, Op 4 Libretto: Maurice Vaucaire, Carlo Zangarini (after Pierre Louÿs, La femme et le pantin ). UA October 14, 1911 Milan (Teatro Dal Verme )
  • Melenis ( 1908-11 ). Dramma lirico ( opera ) in 3 acts, op 5 Libretto: Massimo Spiritini, Carlo Zangarini (after Louis Bouilhet ). UA 1912 Milan
  • Francesca da Rimini (1912 /13). Tragedia ( opera ) in 4 acts, Op 6 libretto by Tito Ricordi ( by Gabriele D' Annunzio ). UA February 19, 1914 in Turin ( Teatro Regio)
  • La via della finestra ( 1914-16 ). Commedia giocosa ( opera ) in 3 acts, op 7 Libretto: Giuseppe Adami ( after Eugène Scribe ). UA 1919 Pesaro. Recast (in 2 files): UA 1923 Pesaro
  • Giulietta e Romeo (1920 /21). Tragedia ( opera ) in 3 acts, op 8 Libretto: Arturo Rossato (after Luigi Alvise Da Porto and others). UA February 14, 1922 Rome (Teatro Costanzi )
  • I Cavalieri di Ekebù (1923 /24). Dramma lirico ( opera ) in 4 acts ( 5 pictures), op 9 Libretto: Arturo Rossato ( Selma Lagerlof ). UA March 7, 1925 Milan ( Scala)
  • Giuliano (1926 /27). Opera in a prologue, two acts and epilogue, op 10 Libretto: Arturo Rossato ( Jacobus de Voragine after, Legenda Aurea ). UA 1928 Naples
  • Una partita ( 1931). Dramma ( opera ) in one act, op 11 Libretto: Arturo Rossato ( by Alexandre Dumas the Elder ). UA 1933 Milan
  • La farsa amorosa ( 1932). Scene popolaresche ( opera ) in 3 acts ( 5 images and 2 stage interludes ), op 12 Libretto: Arturo Rossato ( by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón ). UA 1933 Rome
  • Il bacio ( 1942-44 ). Lirica Opera in 3 Acts, Op 13 Libretto: Arturo Rossato and Emidio Mucci (after Gottfried Keller " Eugenia "). UA 1954 Milan

Music for the Stage

  • Commenti musicali di all'Aiace Sofocle (1938 /39) for male chorus and orchestra, Op 18 UA 1939 Syracuse

Orchestral works

  • Canzone montanina (1902 )
  • Violin Concerto (1920 )
  • Quadri di Segantini (1932 )
  • Piccola sinfonia agreste (1933 )
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