Boccaccio (operetta) explained

Boccaccio
Genre:Operetta
Composer:Franz von Suppé
Native Name:Boccaccio, oder Der Prinz von Palermo
Translated Name:Boccaccio, or the Prince of Palermo
Librettist:
Language:German
Premiere Location:Carltheater, Vienna

Boccaccio, oder Der Prinz von Palermo[2] (Boccaccio, or the Prince of Palermo) is an operetta in three acts by Franz von Suppé to a German libretto by Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée, based on the play by Jean-François Bayard, Adolphe de Leuven, Léon Lévy Brunswick and Arthur de Beauplan, based in turn on The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. Despite the opera's clear links to the Viennese opera tradition, Suppé's opera takes most of its style from Italian opera.[3]

The opera was begun somewhere around the fall of 1878[4] [5] and first published in 1879 by the August Cranz company and performed at the Carltheater, Vienna, on 1 February 1879. An English translation and adaptation was completed in 1880 by Dexter Smith[6] and later by Oscar Weil and Gustav Hinrichs around 1883.[7] The first contemporary edit of the work occurred in 1950 for the premiere of the work at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, with several more iterations occurring through the 20th century.

In 1940, Boccaccio was made into a film by American-born Italian film director Marcello Albani.

Performance history

Following its premiere in 1879, the opera quickly made its way around the globe.

Roles and role creators

!Role!Voice type!Premiere cast, 1 February 1879
Fiametta, Lambertuccio's foster-daughtersopranoRosa Streitmann
Giovanni Boccaccio, novelist and poetmezzo-soprano
Beatrice, Lambertuccio's wifesoprano
Isabella, Lotteringhi's wifemezzo-soprano
Peronellacontralto
Pietro, Prince of Palermotenor
Lambertuccio, the grocerbaritone
Lotteringhi, the cooperbaritoneFranz Tewele
Scalza, the barberbaritone
Leonello, Boccaccio's student friendbaritone
Checco, a beggarbassCarl Blasel
Fratelli, the booksellerbaritone
Majordomobaritone
Beggars, students, servants, Donna Pulci's daughters – chorus

Synopsis

Time: 1331.

Place: Florence.In early-Renaissance Florence, the erotic novellas of the poet Boccaccio cause a stir and the locals are divided into the female fans of his scandalous tales and their jealous husbands. A plot is hatched by the husbands to chase Boccaccio from the city and have him locked up. But Boccaccio has other plans, including one to win the hand of the Duke's daughter Fiammetta, which he finally succeeds in doing after finding favour with the Duke.

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Notes and References

  1. https://starsingars.wordpress.com/2019/03/27/heinrich-von-littrow-der-echte-textautor-von-suppes-boccaccio-hit-hab-ich-nur-deine-liebe/ Heinrich von Littrow, der echte Textautor von Suppès „Boccaccio“-Hit „Hab‘ ich nur Deine Liebe“
  2. Book: Suppé . Franz von . Boccaccio. Comic opera in three acts . Zell. F.. F. Zell. Genée. Richard. Richard Genée. Boccaccio. Giovanni. Giovanni Boccaccio. 1884 . The McWilliams printing house. New York.
  3. Web site: Aisenpreis . Uwe . Franz von Suppé – Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien . 2023-02-07 . www.f-v-su.de . de.
  4. Web site: Weigel . Andreas .

    de:Andreas Weigel (Literaturwissenschaftler)

    . 2018-08-07 . Hat Franz von Suppè seinen Boccaccio nachweislich in seiner Sommerfrische Gars komponiert? . 2023-02-07 . Stars in Gars . de-DE . 7 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230207045544/https://starsingars.wordpress.com/2018/08/07/wo-hat-franz-von-suppe-seinen-boccaccio-komponiert/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Weigel . Andreas . 2019-06-01 . Warum Franz von Suppès Operette Boccaccio (höchstwahrscheinlich) keine Garser Komposition ist . 2023-02-07 . Stars in Gars . de-DE . 7 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230207045544/https://starsingars.wordpress.com/2019/06/01/warum-franz-von-suppes-operette-boccaccio-hoechstwahrscheinlich-doch-keine-garser-komposition-ist/ . dead .
  6. Book: Suppé . Franz von . Boccaccio, or, The prince of Palermo; comic opera in three acts. . Boccaccio . Giovanni . Smith . Dexter . Genée . Richard . Zell . F. . 1880 . Ditson . Prince of Palermo. . Boston.
  7. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8837175?q=Boccaccio+opera&c=book "Von Suppé's sparkling comic opera in three acts, entitled: Boccaccio / libretto by Messrs. Reece & Farine"
  8. Encyclopedia: Gänzl. Kurt. The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Boccaccio Operette in 3 acts. 2023-06-24. Operetta Research Center.
  9. Web site: BiblioTech PRO V3.2a . 2023-02-07 . archives.metoperafamily.org.

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