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FULL SILVANO (Mascagni) Collesalvetti, 2003 Maurizio Comencini, Carlo Morini, Paola Di Gregorio
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Silvano
- Composer: Mascagni Pietro
- Libretto: Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Parco di Villa Carmignani, Collesalvetti
- Recorded: August 26, 2003
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Maurizio Comencini, Carlo Morini, Paola Di Gregorio, Miria Adriani
- Conductor: Mario Menicagli
- Orchestra: Orchestra Clara Schumann
- Chorus: Società Corale Pisana
- Chorus Master: Chiara Mariani
- Stage Director: Fulvio Venturi
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Carlo Morini
- Date Published: 2026
- Format: Unknown
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Silvano is an opera by Pietro Mascagni , with a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti , inspired by a novel by Alphonse Karr . It was performed at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 25 March 1895 .
The opera, described in the score as a sea drama, represents Mascagni’s return to the verismo opera genre he had pioneered with Cavalleria rusticana . Its lack of success was attributed either to the libretto or to the music’s insufficient emotional impact. Mascagni himself described Silvano as “two acts of trivial substance.”
Plot
Silvano, a fisherman turned smuggler to escape poverty, returns to his hometown after being released from prison. He discovers that his fiancée, Matilde, has meanwhile fallen in love with Renzo, a violent fisherman. Matilde is about to leave Renzo, but when Silvano catches the lovers together, he kills Renzo with a gunshot .(Visited 3 times, 1 visits today)