- Source: Gli equivoci
Gli equivoci (The Misunderstandings), is an Italian opera buffa by Stephen Storace to a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.
Following the success of his libretto for The Marriage of Figaro, Da Ponte was asked by Storace to provide for him a libretto based on Shakespeare. Da Ponte compressed Shakespeare's plot into two acts, but retained nearly all the key elements. Gli equivoci was the second of Storace's operas to be performed at the Burgtheater.
Storace composed the opera following the success of his opera Gli sposi malcontenti in the previous year.
Storace reused some of the music of Gli equivoci in his English operas, including No Song, No Supper and The Pirates.
Performance history
The opera was first performed on 27 December 1786 in the Burgtheater, Vienna.
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References
External links
Gli equivoci: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Stephen Storace: The Comedy of Errors (Gli equivoci), performance details (2000, 2001), synopsis, Bampton Classical Opera
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Antonio Tabucchi
- Gli equivoci
- Alessandro Scarlatti
- The Comedy of Errors
- John Mark Ainsley
- Stephen Storace
- Lorenzo Da Ponte
- List of operas by Alessandro Scarlatti
- The Pirates (opera)
- 1703 in music
- Michael Kelly (tenor)