Il Guarany
Il Guarany | |
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Opera by Antônio Carlos Gomes | |
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Language | Italian |
Based on | José de Alencar's O Guarani |
Premiere | 19 March 1870 La Scala, Milan |
Il Guarany (The Guarany) is an opera ballo composed by Antônio Carlos Gomes, based on the novel O Guarani by José de Alencar. Its libretto, in Italian rather than Gomes' native Portuguese, was written by and . The work is notable as the first Brazilian opera to gain acclaim outside Brazil.[1] Maria Alice Volpe has analysed the historical subtext of the Indianismo movement behind Il Guarany.[1]
Performance history[]
The world premiere took place at La Scala, Milan, on 19 March 1870. The opera received additional European productions. It was performed at the Zagreb theater in 1883 and 1886.[2] The first Brazilian performance was in Rio de Janeiro on 2 December 1870, at the Theatro D. Pedro II. More recently, in 1996, Il Guarany was mounted by the Washington National Opera with Plácido Domingo in the role of Peri.[3]
The duet "Sento una forza indomita" for tenor and soprano was in the recorded repertoire of Francesco Marconi with Bice Mililotti, 1908, and of Enrico Caruso with Emmy Destinn, 1914.[4]
Roles[]
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 19 March 1870[5] Conductor: |
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Dom Antonio de Mariz, a Portuguese nobleman | bass | Teodoro Coloni |
Cecilia, his daughter | soprano | |
Peri, son of the Guarani tribal chief | tenor | Giuseppe Villani |
Gonzales, a Spanish adventurer | baritone | Enrico Storti |
Il Cacico, chief of the Aymoré Indians | bass | Victor Maurel |
Alonso | bass | Severino Mazza |
Don Alvaro | tenor | Giuseppe Masato |
Ruy-Bento | tenor | Annibale Micheloni |
Pedro | bass | Severino Mazza |
References[]
Notes
- ^ Jump up to: a b Volpe, Maria Alice, "Remaking the Brazilian Myth of National Foundation: Il Guarany" (Autumn–Winter 2002). Latin American Music Review/Revista de Música Latinoamericana, 23 (2): pp. 179–194.
- ^ Reviews in 93 (1883); 255, 286 (1886); and 93, 95 (1883) and 252 (1886).
- ^ Phillips-Matz, p. 195
- ^ Bennett,[page needed]
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Il Guarany, 19 March 1870". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
Sources
- Bennett, John R., Voices of the Past, Volume 2 – A Catalogue of Vocal Recordings from The Italian Catalogues of the Gramophone Company (Italy) 1899–1909; The Gramophone Company Limited 1909; Compagnia Italiana Del Grammofono 1909–1912; Società Nazionale Del Grammofono 1912–1925. Lingfield, UK: The Oakwood Press, 1957
- Phillips-Matz, Mary Jane. Washington National Opera 1956–2006. Washington, D.C.: Washington National Opera, 2006. ISBN 0-9777037-0-3.
Further reading[]
- Béhague, Gerard, "Il Guarany", The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, (ed.) Stanley Sadie. London, 1992 ISBN 0-333-73432-7
External links[]
- Media related to Il Guarany at Wikimedia Commons
- Il Guarany (Gomes): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Brazilian patriotic songs
- Operas by Carlos Gomes
- Italian-language operas
- Operas
- 1870 operas
- Opera world premieres at La Scala
- Operas based on novels
- Operas set in Brazil