Donizetti: La Romanziera e L'uomo Nero

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Label
Bongiovanni
Release Date
October 15, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DONIZETTI, GAETANO
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 15, 2021
    • UPC
      8007068228737
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GB2287/88-3
    • LABEL
      Bongiovanni
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical

The libretto for La Romanziera e l’Uomo Nero was inspired by two plays performed in Paris in the 1820s: L’Homme Noir by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Henry Dupin in 1820 and Le Coiffeur et le Perruquier, also written by Scribe in collaboration with Mazères and Saint Laurent, in 1824. By basing the opera on these plays the composer created a divertissement of the Italian querelle genre, both classical and romantic.The libretto is a satyr of the sentimental-romantic daydreams which were so fashionable at that time and takes places in the poetic world of the young Antonina, who dreams of an ideal life with an non-existent “uomo nero”, the mystery man. La Romanziera e l’Uomo Nero is an “ambiguous” and complex work: it is ambiguous because it lacks a clear and decisive characterization in a comedic sense; that is to say, a clearly defined plot, complete with all the typical ingredients of a traditional opera buffa, and a precise outline and structure in this direction, from both a dramaturgical and musical point of view. It is complex because it is full of recollections and inventions, which are introduced and developed predominantly through a contrapuntal approach (all scenes invariably call for more than one soloist).