Adelaide di Borgogna

Adelaide di Borgogna, ossia Ottone, re d'Italia (Adelaide of Burgundy, or Otto, King of Italy) is a two-act opera composed by Gioachino Rossini (with contributions by Michele Carafa) to a libretto by Giovanni Schmidt. It was premièred at the Teatro Argentina in Rome on 27 December 1817.[1]

Adelaide di Borgogna
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
Rossini c. 1815
LibrettistGiovanni Schmidt
LanguageItalian
Premiere
27 December 1817 (1817-12-27)
Teatro Argentina, Rome

Performance history

20th century and beyond

Performances have included concert versions with Della Jones as Ottone and Eiddwen Harrhy as Adelaide given at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in November 1978, and another at Usher Hall in Edinburgh on 19 August 2005[2] with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus with Jennifer Larmore as Ottone and Majella Cullagh as Adelaide.

The Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca in Italy presented staged performances in August 1984, with Ottone sung by Martine Dupuy and Adelaide by Mariella Devia. In addition, the Rossini Opera Festival staged it in Pesaro in August 2006, with Daniela Barcellona and Patrizia Ciofi singing the roles of Ottone and Adelaide respectively[3] and it was presented again in a new production in 2011, also with Barcellona as well as Jessica Pratt in the title role.

Roles
Elisabetta Pinotti, who created the role of Ottone, by Giovanni Sasso
Roles, voice types, premiere cast
Role Voice type Premiere cast, 27 December 1817[1]
Adelaide soprano Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani
Ottone contralto Elisabetta Pinotti
Adelberto tenor Savino Monelli
Berengario bass Gioacchino Sciarpelletti
Eurice mezzo-soprano Anna Maria Muratori
Ernesto tenor Giovanni Puglieschi
Iroldo mezzo-soprano or tenor Luisa Bottesi

Recordings
Year Cast
(Ottone, Adelaide,
Berengario, Adalberto)		 Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra		 Label[3]
1984 Martine Dupuy,
Mariella Devia,
Armando Caforio,
Aldo Bertolo		 Alberto Zedda,
Martina Franca Festival Orchestra and New Cambridge Chorus
(Recording of a performance at the Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca, southern Italy, 4 August)		 CD: Fonit Cetra
Cat: 3984 27591
2005 Jennifer Larmore,
Majella Cullagh,
Mirco Palazzi,
Bruce Ford		 Giuliano Carella,
Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus
(Recording of a concert performance in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 19 August)		 CD: Opera Rara
Cat: ORC 32
2011 Daniela Barcellona,
Jessica Pratt,
Bogdan Mihai,
Nicola Uliviero		 Dmitri Jurowski,
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Comunale di Bologna.
(Recording of a performance at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro)		 Blu-ray DVD: Arthaus Musik,
Cat: 108060
2018 Margarita Gritskova,
Ekaterina Sadovnikova,
Baurzhan Anderzhanov,
Gheorghe Vlad		 Luciano Acocella,
Virtuosi Brunensis,Camerata Bach Choir, Poznań,
Recorded live at the Rossini in Wildbad Festival		 CD:Naxos Records
Cat:8.660419-21

References
  1. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Adelaide di Borgogna, 27 December 1817". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. Tim Ashley, "Adelaide di Borgogna Usher Hall, Edinburgh", The Guardian (London), 22 August 2005
  3. Details of performances and recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk

Further reading
  • Gossett, Philip; Patricia Brauner, in Amanda Holden (Ed.) (2001), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam. ISBN 0-14-029312-4
  • Osborne, Charles (1994), The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. ISBN 0-931340-71-3
  • Osborne, Richard, Rossini, Ithaca, New York: Northeastern University Press, 1990 ISBN 1-55553-088-5
  • Osborne, Richard, "Adelaide di Borgogna", in Stanley Sadie, (ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. One. p. 19. London: Macmillan, 1998 ISBN 0-333-73432-7, 1-56159-228-5

Synopsis https://www.rossinioperafestival.it/en/stories/adelaide-di-borgogna/

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