Rosinda

Rosinda, also known as La Rosinda, is an opera in three acts and a prologue by the Italian composer Francesco Cavalli with a libretto by Giovanni Faustini. It was first performed at the Teatro Sant 'Apollinare, Venice in 1651-02 during Carnival. It appears to have been better received than La Calisto, which was also premiered that year, and was revived in Naples and/or Florence in 1653 under the title Le magie amorose.

Its first revival in modern times was in a performing version by Jane Glover for the Oxford University Opera Club with the libretto translated into English by Anne Ridler.^[1] Glover conducted the production at the Oxford Playhouse in 1973. The opera was performed in 2008 in Germany (Potsdam and Bayreuth) with Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli in the title role.

Roles[]

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 1651-02 (Conductor: – )
Aurilla	soprano
Cillena	soprano
Clitofonte	tenor
Meandro	bass
Nerea	soprano
Plutone	bass
Proserpina	soprano
Rosinda	soprano
Rudione	bass
Thisandro	bass
Vafrillo	soprano

Score[]

Cavalli's autograph score is preserved in the Biblioteca Marciana.^[1]

Recordings[]

There is a recording directed by Mike Fentross related to the 2008 touring production. It was released on Ludi Musici.

Extract[]

An aria ("Vieni, vieni in questo seno") is included in L'Arpeggiata's Cavalli compilation L'Amore Innamorato (Erato, 2015).

References[]

^ ^a ^b Glover, Jane. “Cavalli and 'Rosinda'”. The Musical Times, vol. 114, no. 1560, 1973, pp. 133–135. Accessed via JSTOR (subscription required), . Accessed 5 September 2020.

Source

Brenac, Jean-Claude, Le magazine de l'opéra baroque online at perso.orange.fr Retrieved 9 September 2011

External links[]

Photo Gallery of the 2008 performances in Germany – on the official web site of Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli.

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[Glover-1] Glover, Jane. “Cavalli and 'Rosinda'”. The Musical Times, vol. 114, no. 1560, 1973, pp. 133–135. Accessed via JSTOR (subscription required), . Accessed 5 September 2020.

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