Torquato Tasso (opera)
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Torquato Tasso is a melodramma semiseria, or 'semi-serious' opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti. It premiered at the Teatro Valle, Rome on September 9, 1833.
The work has been criticized for "its odd deployment of vocal types" (William Ashbrook) characteristic of the semiseria genre.
Roles
| Premiere, September 9, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Eleonora, Torquato's sister | soprano | Adelina Spech |
| Eleonora, Countess of Scandiano | mezzo-soprano | Angiolina Carocci |
| Torquato Tasso | baritone | Giorgio Ronconi |
| Roberto Geraldini, the duke's secretary | tenor | Antonio Poggi |
| Don Gherardo | bass | Ferdinando Lauretti |
| Ambrogio, Torquato's servant | tenor | Luigi Garofalo |
| Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara | bass | Antonio Rinaldi |
| Pages, knights | ||
Synopsis
Recordings
Sources
- Ashbrook, William: Torquato Tasso in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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