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Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (Rosamund of England) is a melodramma or opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Felice Romani originally for Coccia's Rosmunda (1829). It is based on the legend of Rosamund Clifford (The Fair Rosamund).

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Performance history

It premiered at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence on February 27, 1834 and was revived only in Livorno in 1845. The opera was revised as Eleonora di Gujenna for Naples in 1837. It was largely forgotten until its English rediscovery in 1975 by Patric Schmid, co-founder of Opera Rara, who recognised Donizetti's handwriting by chance on the manuscript in the library of the Naples Conservatory.[1] A concert performance was given at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London with Yvonne Kenny in the title role, and later a recording followed.

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 27 February 1834
(Conductor: - )
Rosmonda Clifford, Clifford's daughter soprano Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani
Eleonora di Guienna mezzo-soprano Anna Delserre
Enrico II, King of England tenor Gilbert Duprez
Arturo, Enrico's page contralto Giuseppina Merola
Clifford, old governor bass Carlo Porto Ottolini
Officials, councilmen, pages, soldiers

Synopsis

Time: Second half of 12th century
Place: In and near Woodstock Castle, England[2]

Recordings

Year Cast
(Rosmonda Clifford, Leonora di Guienna, Enrico II, Arturo, Clifford)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[3]
1975 Yvonne Kenny,
Ludmilla Andrew,
Richard Greager,
Enid Hartle,
Christian du Plessis		 Alun Francis,
Ulster Orchestra and Chorus of the Northern Ireland Opera Trust
(Recording of a performance given by Opera Rara at the Queen's University Festival, Belfast, 22 November)		 33rpm LP: Unique Opera Records Corporation
Cat: UORC 274
1994 Renée Fleming,
Nelly Miricioiu,
Bruce Ford,
Diana Montague,
Alastair Miles		 David Parry,
Philharmonia Orchestra and Geoffrey Mitchell Choir		 Audio CD: Opera Rara
Cat: ORC 13

References

Notes
  1. ^ Obituary in Opera, 2006
  2. ^ Osborne, p. 227
  3. ^ Source for recording information: operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
Cited sources
  • Osborne, Charles, The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1994 ISBN 0-931340-71-3
Other sources
  • Ashbrook, William, Donizetti and His Operas, Cambridge University Press, 1982, ISBN 0-521-23526-X ISBN 0-521-23526-X
  • Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 0-14-029312-4
  • 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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