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by Philip Gossett


  productions: Paris, 1840 (Théâtre de l’Opéra-Comique), 396–97; Italian version, Milan, 1840 (La Scala), 397; New York, 1995 (Metropolitan Opera), 332–33; Bologna, 2003–2004 (Teatro Comunale), 576n4

  Il furioso all’isola di San Domingo, 102, 438

  Gabriella di Vergy, 37

  Gemma di Vergy, productions: Milan, 1834 (La Scala), 84

  Gianni di Calais, 397

  Lucia di Lammermoor

  alternative versions of, 205–206, 350–351, 353, 490, 578n36

  autograph of, 351–352, 434–435

  critical edition, 435, 578–79n38

  cuts to, 241, 255, 568n65

  death scene, 287

  glass harmonica vs. flute used in, 434–435, 579n45

  interpolated cadenza with flute, 308, 320, 352

  keys used in, 349

  libretto of, 37

  livret de mise en scène for, 595n36

  ornamentation for, 302, 320–321, 330

  set changes in, 252

  structure of, 40

  transpositions of arias in, 333, 348–353

  productions: Naples, 1835 (Teatro San Carlo), 434, 457–58; Venice, 1836–1837 (Teatro Apollo), 350–51; Paris, 1839 (Théâtre de la Renaissance), 350–351, 578n36, 600n1; New York, 1992 (Metropolitan Opera), 443, 592n81; New York, 1999 (Metropolitan Opera), 593n2; Lyon, 2002, 600n1; London, 2003 (Covent Garden), 579n38, 592n81; Chicago, 2004 (Lyric Opera), 579n44, 593n1

  Lucrezia Borgia

  alternative versions of, 222

  cuts to, 271

  death scene, 287

  libretto of, 37

  ornamentation for, 303

  structure of, 40

  productions: Milan, 1833 (La Scala), 222; Milan, 1840 (La Scala), 40, 222; Milan, 1998 (La Scala), 303

  Maria di Rohan, 244

  critical edition, 555n10

  ornamentation for, 303–304

  revisions to, 208

  productions: Venice, 1998 (Teatro La Fenice tent), 303–304

  Maria di Rudenz, 37

  Maria Padilla, 244

  Maria Stuarda (see also Buondelmonte, above)

  censorship of, 158, 227, 492, 584n45

  critical edition, 502

  Marino Faliero, 555n16

  falsified edition of, 84–85

  staging of, 597n58

  productions: Paris, 1835 (Théâtre Italien), 84–85

  Les Martyrs

  livret de mise en scène for, 595n36

  Poliuto as basis for, 158, 221

  productions: Paris, 1840 (Opéra), 430

  Le nozze in villa, 33

  Parisina, 49, 82, 102

  Pia de’ Tolomei, 37

  Poliuto (see also Les Martyrs, above)

  censorship of, 91, 158, 492

  material used in Les Martyrs, 221

  Roberto Devereux, 102–103

  La romanziera e I’uomo nero, productions: Naples, 1831 (Teatro del Fondo), 90

  Rosmonda d’Inghilterra, 350–351

  Torquato Tasso, 438

  GIOACHINO ROSSINI

  Adelaide di Borgogna, productions: Rome, 1817 (Teatro Argentina), 78

  Adina, 538–39n64, 548n19

  Andremo a Parigi?

  text modification in, 521–522

  Il viaggio a Reims and, 155

  productions: Paris, 1848 (Théâtre Italien), 153–154

  Armida

  alternative versions of, 212–213

  autograph of, 76

  critical edition, 556n28

  instrumentation of, 590n52

  material used in Otello, 209

  set changes in, 472–473

  three-act structure of, 251

  productions: Milan, 1836 (La Scala), 212–13; Florence, 1950s (Maggio Musicale), 114

  L’assedio di Corinto (see also Le Siège de Corinthe, below)

  alternative versions, 231

  productions: Genoa, 1828, 231, 386; Venice, 1829 (Teatro La Fenice), 545n34; Florence, 1949 (Maggio Musicale), 122; Milan, 1969 (La Scala), 119–122, 266; New York, 1975 (Metropolitan Opera), 119, 176, 231, 327

  Aureliano in Palmira, productions: Milan, 1813 (La Scala), 217, 297

  Il barbiere di Siviglia

  Abbado recording, 242

  autograph of, 78, 105, 114–116

  cavatinas in, 574n36

  composition of, 34, 49, 369

  critical edition, 115–119, 290–291, 565n32

  cuts to, 255, 256–260

  farsa version of, 90

  libretto of, 369

  longevity of, 68

  nonauthorial version of, 217–218

  ornamentation for, 290, 302, 305–306, 307, 315–318, 328–329, 330

  recitatives in, 249–250, 438

  reorchestration distributed by Ricordi, 74, 114–116

  set changes for, 473

  transpositions of arias in, 328, 332

  productions: Rome, 1816 (Teatro Argentina), xv, 69, 72, 78, 174, 258, 444–45; Florence, 1816 (Teatro della Pergola), 217–18; Venice, 1819 (Teatro San Samuele), 563n4; Florence, 1942 (Maggio Musicale), 105; Milan, 1976 (La Scala), 290–91; Milan, 1969 (La Scala), 116–117, 118–119, 290; Amsterdam, 1987 (Opera), 519; Santa Fe, 1994, 307; Pesaro, 1997 (Rossini Festival), 565n34; New York, 2002 (Metropolitan Opera), 260; Helsinki, 2003 (Finnish Opera), 519

  Bellezza e Cuor di ferro, 223 (see also Matilde di Shabran, below)

  Bianca e Falliero

  cabaletta in, 567n54

  en travesti role in, 117

  libretto of, 38

  material inserted into Paris La donna del lago performance, 226

  recitatives in, 249, 438

  secco recitative in, 248

  transpositions of arias in, 333

  productions: Milan, 1819–1820 (La Scala), 213–214, 248; Pesaro, 1986 (Rossini Festival), 333, 484; Miami, 1988 (Greater Miami Opera), 117

  La cambiale di matrimonio, 77

  La Cenerentola

  Agolini contributions, 27–29, 78–79, 249, 261

  autograph of, 26, 78

  critical edition, 26

  cuts to, 261

  English adaptation of, 354

  farsa version of, 90

  Kalmus edition, 26

  libretto of, 374

  material from Armida used in, 556n28

  material from Il barbiere di Siviglia used in, 256, 258–260

  material inserted into Paris Il Turco in Italia performance, 220

  ornamentation for, 318–319

  puntature for, 325–326

  recitatives in, 249, 438

  reorchestration of, 97, 104

  Rossini’s revisions to, 78–79

  productions: Rome, 1817 (Teatro Valle), 78, 259; Rome, 1818 (Teatro Apollo), 78–79; Rome, 1821 (Teatro Apollo), 78; Paris, 1822 (Théâtre Italien), 220, 573n27; Milan, 1973 (La Scala), 26; Bologna, 1992, 318; New York, 1997 (Metropolitan Opera), 26–27; Pesaro, 1998 (Rossini Festival), 27; Pesaro, 2000 (Rossini Festival), 5, 27–29; Helsinki, 2003 (Finnish Opera), 519

  Ciro in Babilonia

  arie di sorbetto in, 245

  cabaletta inserted into Siège de Corinthe, 121–122

  material inserted into Mosè in Egitto, 262

  recitative functions in, 248

  Le Comte Ory

  Berlioz’s views on, 269

  instrumentation of, 590n52

  material from Il viaggio a Reims used in, xii, 153, 154, 155, 268, 521, 530

  sketches for, 50

  productions: Paris, 1828 (Opéra), 153

  Demetrio e Polibio, 566n40

  La donna del lago

  autograph of, 76, 292

  banda sul palco in, 65, 183

  Breitkopf edition, 99

  cabaletta in, 567n55

  concert performances of, 484

  contributions by other composers in, 62

  critical edition, 123, 291–292, 573n27

  duettino in, 268

  en travesti role in, 117

  keys used in, 349


  material inserted into Robert Bruce, 600n2

  paper used for, 53

  Radiciotti’s views on, 565n33

  recitatives in, 250

  stagings of, 484

  structure of, 40

  productions: Naples, 1819 (Teatro San Carlo), 250–51; Naples, 1820 (Teatro San Carlo), 573n27; Milan, 1821 (La Scala), 215, 238; Paris, 1824 (Théâtre Italien), 183, 210, 226; Florence, 1950s (Maggio Musicale), 114; Houston, 1981 (Grand Opera), 53, 231; Pesaro, 1981 (Rossini Festival), 4, 291–92; Pesaro, 1983 (Rossini Festival), 291–92; Pesaro, 2001 (Rossini Festival), 539n67

  Eduardo e Cristina, 548n19

  Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra

  autograph of, 76

  composition of, 369

  critical edition, 250

  material used in Otello, 210

  paper used for, 53

  recitatives in, 250

  productions: Pesaro, 2004 (Rossini Festival), 250

  L’equivoco stravagante, 33, 89, 557–58n47

  Ermione

  autograph of, 9–10, 76, 295

  cabaletta in, 567n54

  critical edition, 7, 8–9

  duettino in, 10, 566n41

  importance of, 6

  length of, 176

  libretto of, 36–37

  oboe part, 588n25

  overture for, 59

  published excerpts from, 80

  recitatives in, 250

  productions: Naples, 1819 (Teatro San Carlo), 5; Pesaro, 1987 (Rossini Festival), 5–8; Rome, 1991, 8, 327; London, 1992 (concert performance), 410–11; Glyndebourne Festival, 1995, 8, 411; Santa Fe, 2000, 5, 8–11; New York, 2004 (City Opera), 10

  La gazza ladra

  critical edition, 309–310

  cuts to, 255

  oboe part, 588n23

  orchestration discrepancies in, 65

  ornamentation for, 309–310, 311–312, 319–320

  recitatives in, 249, 438

  Sanquirico set design for, 462

  variants for Patti, 572n17

  productions: Pesaro, 1818, 4; Paris, 1867 (Théâtre Italien), 572n17; Pesaro, 1941, 220

  La gazzetta

  autograph of, 143

  composition of, 369–370

  critical edition, 246–247, 370, 520

  Neapolitan dialect used in, 536n26

  productions: Naples, 1816 (Teatro dei Fiorentini), 246–247, 369, 430; Oxford, 2001 (Garsington Festival), 520; Pesaro, 2001 (Rossini Festival), 246–247, 253, 370, 519, 520–521

  Guillaume Tell

  cadenzas in, 309

  censorship of, 383–386, 391–392

  composition of, 267

  critical edition, 18, 267, 364, 594n15

  cuts to, 192, 241, 267

  instrumentation of, 431, 590n52

  Italian translation, 364–365, 381–394

  keys used in, 349

  original sets and staging for, 455–456, 462, 472

  overture, 431

  paper used for, 53, 55

  payment for, 34

  ranz des vaches motif in, 385

  romanza in, 280

  Rossini’s revisions to, 71, 73

  productions: Paris, 1829 (Opéra), xii–xiii, 267, 299, 431; in Italian, Florence, 1972 (Maggio Musicale), 123–24; in Italian, Milan, 1988 (La Scala), 267, 364–365, 381–382, 482; San Francisco, 1992, 391; Pesaro, 1995 (Rossini Festival), 18, 303; Paris, 2003 (Opéra), 289

  L’inganno felice, 77, 409–410, 412

  L’Italiana in Algeri

  alternative versions of, 221–222

  autograph of, 86–88, 105, 576n1

  cadential phrases in, 268–269

  censorship of, 90–94, 224–225

  composition of, 34, 36

  critical edition, 86, 96–97, 565n38

  cuts to, 243

  farsa version of, 89–90

  horn part, 420–421, 424

  libretto of, 37, 46, 260

  material written by associate, 261, 563n7

  recitatives in, 249, 438

  reorchestration of, 95–97, 104, 430–431

  Rosich in, 557–58n47

  Rossini’s revisions to, 85–86, 94–95

  transmission of, 86–92, 94–97

  productions: Venice, 1813 (Teatro San Benedetto), 85–86, 218–219, 222; Vicenza, 1813, 94, 222; Milan, 1814 (Teatro Re), 85, 94, 218, 430–431, 563n7; Naples, 1815, 85; New York, 1984 (Metropolitan Opera), 86; Pesaro, 1994 (Rossini Festival), 243, 519–520

  Ivanhoé, productions: Paris, 1826 (Odéon Theater), 490; Martina Franca, 2001, 490

  Maometto II

  autograph of, 9, 76

  cuts to, 273

  instrumentation of, 590n52

  length of, 176

  material used in Il viaggio a Reims, 157, 221, 567n50

  recitatives in, 250

  score of, 113

  Siège de Corinthe compared with, xii, 120–121, 300

  sketches for, 49

  structure of, 19, 120

  tonal structures in, 336–337

  productions: Naples, 1820 (Teatro San Carlo), 18, 119–20; Venice, 1822–1823 (Teatro La Fenice), 18, 119, 208, 463; Pesaro, 1986 (Rossini Festival), 18; Pesaro, 1993 (Rossini Festival), 18, 484

  Matilde di Shabran

  autograph of, 77–78, 143

  critical edition, 559n69

  cuts to, 261

  material borrowed from other operas, 223

  Pacini contributions, 223, 261

  recitatives in, 249

  productions: Rome, 1821 (Teatro Apollo), 77–78, 223; Naples, 1821 (Teatro del Fondo), 223; Pesaro, 1996

  (Rossini Festival), 59; Pesaro, 2004

  (Rossini Festival), 59

  Moïse et Pharaon autograph of, 145

  instrumentation of, 590n52

  material from Armida used in, 556n28

  Mosè in Egitto as basis for, xii, 300, 376

  sketches for, 50

  productions: Paris, 1827 (Opéra), 145; Pesaro, 1997 (Rossini Festival), 18, 475–76; Milan, 2003 (La Scala), 365, 482

  Mosè in Egitto

  autograph of, 76, 145, 537n44, 539n70

  banda sul palco in, 65

  Carafa contributions, 261

  cuts to, 261, 262, 267

  instrumentation of, 590n52

  libretto of, 375–376

  material written by associate, 564n18

  Moïse compared with, xii, 300

  paper used for, 53

  recitatives in, 254

  set changes in, 472–473

  three-act structure of, 251

  productions: Naples, 1818 (Teatro San Carlo), 35, 262, 546n40, 566n39; Naples, 1819 (Teatro San Carlo), 262

  Voccasione fa il ladro, 77

  Otello

  alternative versions of, 209–210, 222, 229, 490

  autograph of, 76, 295

  critical edition, 305–306, 564n21

  duet in, 268

  horn part, 420–423

  keys used in, 349

  orchestration of, 96

  paper used for, 55

  Pasta’s insertion of La donna del lago material, 210

  recitatives in, 250

  set changes in, 472–473

  three-act structure of, 251–252

  variants for Grisi, 572n16

  productions: Naples, 1816 (Teatro del Fondo), 209; Rome, 1820 (Teatro Argentina), 209, 556n28; Paris, 1821 (Théâtre Italien), 210; London, 1822 (King’s Theatre), 252; Paris, 1833 (Théâtre Italien), 572n16; Pesaro, 1988 (Rossini Festival), 305–306, 484; Chicago, 1992 (Lyric Opera), 306; Martina Franca, 2000, 229, 490

  La pietra del paragone

  critical edition, 502

  horn part, 420–421

  oboe part, 416

  recitatives in, 249

  timpani part, 417–419

  Ricciardo e Zoraide

  autograph of, 76

  banda sul palco in, 64

  instrumentation of, 590n52

  material used in Matilde di Sh
abran, 223

  material used in Otello, 209

  productions: Naples, 1818 (Teatro San Carlo), 223

  Robert Bruce, productions: Paris, 1846 (Opéra), 490; Martina Franca, 2002, 490

  Rodolfo di Sterlinga, 394

  La scala di seta

  autograph of, 22–23, 77, 294–295, 296

  critical edition, 22–23, 502

  oboe part, 588n23

  recitatives in, 249

  productions: Venice, 1812 (Teatro San Moisè), 22; Senigaglia, 1813, 22; Siena, 1818, 22; Lisbon, 1825, 22; Rome, 1976 (Teatro Olimpico), 535n20; Pesaro, 1988 (Rossini Festival), 22, 23; Pesaro, 2000 (Rossini Festival), 5, 23–25

  Semiramide

  accompanied recitative in, 248

  autograph of, 177

  banda sul palco in, 64–65, 182–183, 189–91, 193

  cabaletta in, 567n55

  composition of, 34, 265

  critical edition, 54, 177-99

  cuts to, 191–196, 263, 268, 270

  dissemination of, 177–178

  duettino in, 268

  en travesti role in, 117

  libretto of, 38, 548n19

  material inserted into Paris La donna del lago performance, 210

  orchestration of, 590n47

  ornamentation for, 197-99

  paper used for, 54, 150–151

  particelle for, 63

  Rossini’s revisions to, 180

  sketches for, 49–50

  Sutherland /Horne recording, 148, 268

  productions: Venice, 1823 (Teatro La Fenice), 36, 75, 175, 208, 248, 463; Paris, 1825 (Théâtre Italien), 180, 556n18; Paris, 1860 (Opéra), 299; New York, 1892, 1894, 1895 (Metropolitan Opera), 178; Florence, 1940 (Maggio Musicale), 178; Milan, 1962 (La Scala), 178, 179, 181; New York, 1989–1990 (Metropolitan Opera), 54, 175–178, 185–199, 266, 302, 425; Pesaro, 1992 (Rossini Festival), 28; Pesaro, 2003 (Rossini Festival), 183, 486

  Le Siège de Corinthe (see also L’assedio di Corinto, above; Maometto II above)

  autograph of, 9–10

  instrumentation of, 590n52

  lack of acceptable edition, 18–19

  Maometto II as basis for, xii, 119–121, 221, 273, 300

  material from Ermione used in, 9–10

  structure of, 19, 120–121

  productions: Paris, 1820 (Opéra), 18; Florence, 1982 (Teatro Comunale), 567n51; Pesaro, 2000 (Rossini Festival), 5, 11, 18–22

  Sigismondo, productions: Venice, 1815 (Teatro La Fenice), 463

  Il signor Bruschino

  autograph of, 77, 216, 295

  productions: Pesaro, 1985 (Rossini Festival), 6

  Tancredi

  cadenzas in, 308–309

  cavatinas in, 574n36

  critical edition, 123, 151–152, 154–155, 566n40, 572n16

  cuts to, 255, 262

  en travesti role in, 117

  horn part, 423–424

  libretto of, 36

  oboe part, 416

  ornamentation for, 312–314, 330

 

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