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Adelia, o La figlia dell'arciere ("Adelia, or The Archer's Daughter") is an opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Felice Romani and Girolamo Marini. The opera premiered at the Teatro Apollo, Rome on 11 February 1841.

Contents

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 11 February 1841
(Conductor: - )
Carlo, a Duke baritone Filippo Valentini
Adelia, the Duke's daughter soprano Giuseppina Strepponi
Oliviero, a commoner in love with Adelia tenor Lorenzo Salvi
Arnoldo, the Duke's bodyguard bass Ignazio Marini
Comino tenor Pietro Gasperini
Odetta, Adelia's maidservant and friend mezzo-soprano Clementina Baroni
Uno Scudiero bass Luigi Fossi

Notable arias and numbers

  • Siam giunti Act I aria for Arnoldo
  • Fui presaga; ah, tu lo vedi Act I aria for Adelia
  • Ah, no, non posso Act II duet for Adelia and Arnoldo
  • Tutto di te sollecito Act II duet for Adelia and Oliviero
  • Che fia di me! Act III aria for Oliviero
  • Ah! mi lasciate Act III aria for Adelia

Synopsis

Time: "The past"[1]
Place: Burgundy

Recordings

Year Cast
(Carlo, Oliviero, Arnoldo, Adelia)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[2]
1998 Stefano Antonucci,
Octavio Arévalo,
Boris Martinovic,
Mariella Devia		 John Neschling
Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded at performances in the Teatro Carlo Felice, January/ February)		 Audio CD: BMG Ricordi(Agorá)
Cat: RFCD 2029
2006 Giulio Mastronataro,
David Sotgiu,
Andrea Silvestrelli,
Michela Sburlati		 Gustav Kuhn
Haydn Orchester von Bozen und Trient and the Haydn Choir
(Recorded at concert performances in the Bolzano Auditorium, Bozen, 11-16 December)		 Audio CD: RCA «Red Seal»
Cat: 88697 10813 2

References

Notes
  1. ^ Osborne, p. 279
  2. ^ Source of recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
Sources
  • Ashbrook, William, Donizetti and His Operas, Cambridge University Press, 1982, ISBN 0-521-23526-X ISBN 0-521-23526-X
  • Casaglia, Gherardo, "11 Febbraio 1841", Almanacco Amadeus, 2005. Accessed 14 October 2009 (in Italian).
  • Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 0-14-029312-4
  • Osborne, Charles, The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1994 ISBN 0-931340-71-3
  • Weinstock, Herbert, Donizetti and the World of Opera in Italy, Paris, and Vienna in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century, New York: Pantheon Books, 1963. ISBN 63-13703

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