FULL VIVA LA MAMMA Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali Izmir 1997 Aytül Büyüksaraç, Cengiz Sayın, Arses Eral
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali aka Viva la mamma
- Composer: Donizetti Gaetano
- Libretto: Domenico Gilardoni Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Izmir Devlet Opera ve Balesi, Turkey
- Recorded: February 4, 1997
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Aytül Büyüksaraç, Cengiz Sayın, Arses Eral, Altuğ Dilmaç, Belgin Tufan, Ziya Elmacı, Zafer Erdaş Orazio, Tevfik Rodos, Hüseyin Çanlıoğlu
- Conductor: Ercan Yenal
- Orchestra: Orchestra Izmir Devlet Opera ve Balesi
- Chorus: Chorus Izmir Devlet Opera ve Balesi
- Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov
- Stage Designer: Tayfun Çebi
- Costume Designer: Sevda Aksakoğlu
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Erythraii
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Unknown
- Quality Video: 2 Audio:2
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage), also known as Viva la mamma and Viva la Diva, is a dramma giocoso, or opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Domenico Gilardoni, adapted from Antonio Simeone Sografi’s plays Le convenienze teatrali (1794) and Le inconvenienze teatrali (1800).
The title refers to the convenienze, which were the rules relating to the ranking of singers (primo, secondo, comprimario) in 19th-century Italian opera, and the number of scenes, arias etc. that they were entitled to expect.
Synopsis
Time: 18th century
Place: “A provincial Italian theatre”
A regional (and mediocre) operatic troupe is rehearsing a new work—Romulus and Ersilia [a]—and faces numerous obstacles. The prima donna acts every bit the diva, refusing to rehearse. The German tenor cannot master either the lyrics or melodies. In the midst of much quarrelling, various singers threaten to walk out. The situation turns more dire with the arrival of Mamma Agata (a baritone role), the mother of the seconda donna. She insists on a solo for her daughter and even issues detailed demands on the musical arrangement of the aria. When the German tenor refuses to go on, he is replaced by the prima donna’s husband. The show eventually collapses, and rather than pay back all the investors (whose money has already been spent), the company flees the town under cover of night.
Quoted from Wikipedia