Li zite ngalera (Leonardo Vinci) La Scala Milan 2023 Francesca Aspromonte, Chiara Amarù, Filippo Mineccia, Raffaele Pe
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Li zite ngalera
- Composer: Vinci Leonardo
- Libretto: Bernardo Saddumene Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Italy
- Recorded: April 21, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Francesca Aspromonte, Chiara Amarù, Francesca Pia Vitale, Filippo Morace, Filippo Mineccia, Alberto Allegrezza, Raffaele Pe
- Conductor: Andrea Marcon
- Orchestra: Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala on historical instruments with the participation of elements of the La Cetra Barockorchester
Information about the Recording
- Published by: LAScala TV
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, itsubs
- Video Recording from: LAScala TV FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from Wikipedia:
Li zite ‘ngalera (The Newlyweds on the Galley) is a commedia per musica in three acts by the Italian composer Leonardo Vinci, first performed at the Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, on 3 January 1722. The libretto, by Bernardo Saddumene, is written in the Neapolitan language which characterizes it as commeddeja pe mmuseca.
Synopsis
The young man Carlo abandons his old love Belluccia in favour of a new one, Ciomma. Disguised as a man, Belluccia pursues Carlo. She manages to make several local ladies, including Ciomma herself, fall in love with her. When Belluccia’s father, the galley captain Federico, arrives, he threatens Carlo with death, but Belluccia takes pity on him and the couple are reconciled and married. At the end of the opera we see the newlyweds sail back to their old hometown on Federico’s galley (hence the title).
La Scala: The project to rediscover and relaunch the Italian baroque repertoire triumphantly inaugurated in 2021 with La Calisto , the Venetian title by Francesco Cavalli, arrives in Naples with Li zite ngalera , music by Leonardo Vinci on the irresistible verses in the Neapolitan language by Bernardo Saddumene. The enthralling comedy played on misunderstandings and disguises and the happy characterization of environments and characters are entrusted to the directorial flair of Leo Muscato, who recently conquered the Scaliger public with a new Barber of Seville, and to the musical knowledge of a specialist like Andrea Marcon. On stage, a young, breezy and “native” cast in which Chiara Amarù, Francesca Pia Vitale, Francesca Aspromonte and Marco Filippo Romano, Raffaele Pe, Filippo Mineccia stand out