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Rosinda

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Francesco Cavalli

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

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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

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

Recordings

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  • complete recording : Emanuela Galli (Nerea), Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (Rosinda), Makoto Sakurada (Clitofonte), Nicola Ebau (Thisandro / Pluto / Meandro), Fulvio Bettini (Rudione), Silvia Vajente (Proserpina / Aurilla), Milena Storti (Cilena) & Roberto Romagnino (Vafrillo) Ensemble La Sfera Armoniosa, directed by Mike Fentross related to the 2008 touring production. It was released on Ludi Musici.
  • aria "Vieni, vieni in questo seno" in L'Arpeggiata's Cavalli compilation L'Amore Innamorato (Erato, 2015).
  • aria, Atto I Scena 7: Non col ramo di Cuma Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón, Clematis, Mariana Flores 2014

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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