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MP3-1956400 Nino Rota - IL CAPPELLO DI PAGLIA DI FIRENZE, Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli, 13 May 2018
Opera Matinee: Nino Rota's The Italian Straw Hat
Afternoon Concert, Radio BBC3, May16, 2019
This afternoon sees 'Godfather' composer Nino Rota in lighter vein with a delightful comic opera recorded last year at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. Rota composed this opera, one of ten, in 1945 but it was not produced until ten years later - it's gone on in Italy to be one of best-loved of 20th century operas
Set in a madcap Paris, Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze (usually translated as "The Italian Straw Hat") has been described as an extended chase sequence: groom-to-be Fadinard chases around Paris on the day of his wedding day desperately searching for a replacement straw hat after his horse has eaten his. This being an Italian opera buffa, the plot becomes ever more absurd as misunderstandings and mishaps inevitably accrue.
Presented by Penny Gore
2.00pm
Rota : Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze
Fadinard, a bridegroom ..... Piero Adaini, tenor
Elena, Fadinard's bride ...... Zuzana Marková, soprano
Nonancourt, Elena's father ..... Gianluca Buratto, bass
La Baronessa di Champigny ..... Anna Malavasi, mezzo
Beaupertuis ..... Bruno de Simone, baritone
Anaide, Beaupertuis' wife ..... Anna Maria Sarra, soprano
Emilio, Anaide's lover ..... Dario Giorgelè, baritone
Vézinet, Elena's uncle ..... Marco Miglietta, tenor
Teatro San Carlo Chorus & Orchestra
Valerio Galli, conductor
https://www.teatrosancarlo.it/en/spettacoli/il-cappello-di-paglia-di-firenze.html
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IL CAPPELLO DI PAGLIA DI FIRENZE
from 10 May 2018 to 13 May 2018
Nino Rota / IL CAPPELLO DI PAGLIA DI FIRENZE
Musical farse in four acts and six scenes
Libretto by Nino Rota and Ernesta Rinaldi from the comedy by Eugene Labiche and Marc Michel Le Châpeau de paille d’Italie.
First performance: Palermo, Teatro Massimo, 21 April 1955
Conductor | Valerio Galli
Stage Director | Elena Barbalich
Scenes and Costumes Designer| Tommaso Lagattolla
Light design | Marco Giusti
Assistant Director and Choreographies | Danilo Rubeca
Assistant to the Costume Design | Concetta Nappi
Interpreters
Fadinard, Pietro Adaini /Filippo Adami (11, 12 May h 21)
Nonancourt, Gianluca Buratto/Domenico Colaianni (12 May h 21)
La baronessa di Champigny, Anna Malavasi/Eufemia Tufano (11, 12 May h 21)
Elena, Zuzana Marková
Beaupertuis, Bruno de Simone/Matteo D’Apolito (11, 12 May h 21)
Anaide, Anna Maria Sarra/Fulvia Mastrobuono (12 May h 21)
Emilio, Dario Giorgelè
Lo zio Vézinet, Marco Miglietta
Una modista, Daniela Mazzucato
Felice, Roberto Covatta
Achille di Rosalba, Massimiliano Chiarolla
Production of Fondazione lirico sinfonica Petruzzelli and Teatri di Bari
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro di San Carlo
Nino Rota composed this opera in 1945 but it was put on scene only ten years later. Set in the magic atmosphere of Paris, Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze (The Straw Hat of Florence) is based on a paradoxical and colossal misunderstanding. Rota’s masterpiece is a condensate of lightness and music genius; a score where the author has fun by citing (even himself!) as he was used to do also in his soundtracks celebrated by Fellini’s movies.