The Consul

 

Orig. Language:          English

Composer:                   Menotti

Librettist:                     Menotti

 

Description:                 Opera in III Acts

Notes:                         

Time:                            After World War II

Place:                          Somewhere in Europe

Premiere Date:             March 1, 1950

Premiere Location:      Philadelphia

 

Role

Voice Part

Class

John Sorel

Baritone

L

Magda Sorel, his wife

Soprano

L

The Secretary

Mezzo Soprano

L

The Mother

Contralto

F

Secret Police Agent

Bass

F

Nika Magadoff (The Magician)

Tenor

F

Mr. Kofner

Bass-Baritone

S

The Foreign Woman

Soprano

S

*Anna Gomez

Soprano

S

*Vera Boronel

Contralto

S

First Plain-Clothes-Man

Silent

B

Second Plain-Clothes-Man

Silent

B

Assan, friend of John Sorel

Baritone

B

Voice on the Record

Soprano

B

 

Minimum Chorus: No chorus

 

 

Cosi Fan Tutte or La Scuola Degli Amanti

 

Orig. Language:          Italian

Composer:                   Mozart

Librettist:                     Lorenzo da Ponte

 

Description:                 Opera buffa in II Acts

Notes:                         

Time:                            Late 18 th Century

Place:                          Naples, Italy

Premiere Date:             January 26, 1790

Premiere Location:      Vienna. Burg Theatre

 

Role

Voice Part

Class

Fiordiligi

Soprano

L

Dorabella, her sister

Soprano

L

Ferrando, her fiance

Tenor

L

Guglielmo, engaged to Fiordiligi

Baritone

L

Don Alfonso

Baritone

L

Despina, maid to Fiordiligi & Dorabella

Soprano

L

 

Minimum Chorus:         12 (SATB)

 

 

La Cenerentola

 

Orig. Language:          Italian

Composer:                   Rossini

Librettist:                     Jacopo Ferretti

 

Description:                 Opera in II Acts

Notes:                          Text founded on EtienneŐs libretto for IsouardŐs Cendrillon, 1810

Time:                           

Place:                         

Premiere Date:             January 25, 1817

Premiere Location:      Rome, Teatro Valle

 

Role

Voice Part

Class

Angelina (Cinderella)

Mezzo-Soprano or Contralto

L

Don Ramiro, Prince of Salerno

Tenor

L

Dandini, his valet

Bass-Baritone

L

Don Magnifico, Baron of Mountflagon

Buffo-Bass

L

Clorinda, his daughter

Soprano

F (S if aria is not performed)

Thisbe, his daughter

Mezzo Soprano

S

Alidoro, a philosopher

Bass

S (F if aria is performed)

 

Minimum Chorus: 12 (TB)

 

 

Il Tabarro

 

Orig. Language:          Italian

Composer:                   Puccini

Librettist:                     Giuseppe Adami

 

Description:                 Opera in I Act

Notes:                          Giuseppe Adami after Didier Gold

Time:                            Early 20th Century

Place:                          The Seine, in Paris

Premiere Date:             December 14, 1918

Premiere Location:      New York, Metropolitan Opera

 

Role

Voice Part

Class

Michele

Baritone

L

Luigi

Tenor

L

Giorgetta

Soprano

L

Talpa

Bass

F

Frugola

Mezzo-Soprano

F

Tinca

Tenor

S

A Song Vendor

Tenor

B

Male Lover

Tenor

B

Female Lover

Soprano

B

 

Minimum Chorus: 18 (SSTBrBs)

 

 

I Pagliacci

 

Orig. Language:          Italian

Composer:                   Leoncavallo

Librettist:                     Leoncavallo

 

Description:                 Opera in Prologue and II Acts

Notes:                         

Time                             The Feast of the Assumption, about 1865-70

Place:                          Montalto, in Calabria

Premiere:                     Date: May 21, 1892

 

Role

Voice Part

Class

Canio

Tenor

L

Nedda

Soprano

L

Tonio

Baritone

L

Silvio

Baritone

F

Beppe-Harlequin

Tenor

S

1st Peasant

Baritone

CB

2nd Peasant

Tenor

CB

 

Minimum Chorus: 24 (SATB) + ChildrenŐs Chorus