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{{short description|Opera by Gioachino Rossini}}
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'''''Ricciardo e Zoraide''''' ('''''Ricciardo and Zoraide''''') is an [[opera]] in two acts by [[Gioachino Rossini]] to an [[Italian language|Italian]] [[libretto]] by [[Francesco Berio di Salsa]]. The text is based on cantos XIV and XV of ''[[Il Ricciardetto]]'', an epic poem by [[Niccolò Forteguerri (poet)|Niccolò Forteguerri]].
{{Infobox opera
| name = {{lang|it|Ricciardo e Zoraide}}
| composer = [[Gioachino Rossini]]
| image = Rossini young-circa-1815.jpg
| image_upright = 0.8
| caption = Rossini c. 1815
| librettist = Francesco Berio di Salsa
| language = Italian
| based_on = ''Il Ricciardetto'', epic poem by Forteguerri
| premiere_date = {{start date|1818|12|03|df=y}}
| premiere_location = [[Teatro San Carlo]], Naples
}}
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'''''Ricciardo e Zoraide''''' ('''''Ricciardo and Zoraide''''') is an [[opera]] in two acts by [[Gioachino Rossini]] to an Italian [[libretto]] by [[Francesco Berio di Salsa]]. The text is based on cantos XIV and XV of ''[[Il Ricciardetto]]'', an epic poem by [[Niccolò Forteguerri (poet)|Niccolò Forteguerri]].<ref>Richard Osborne, "Ricciardo e Zoraide," ''Grove Music Online'' (article revised 2002), accessed 13 May 2019.</ref>


==Performance history==
==Performance history==
''Ricciardo e Zoraide'' was first performed at the [[Teatro San Carlo]], [[Naples]], on 3 December 1818. It continued to be performed until 1846 but fell out of favor afterwards and was not performed in public again until its revival at the [[Pesaro]] [[Rossini Opera Festival]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title= ROSSINI Ricciardo e Zoraide (Pérez-Sierra)|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/rossini-ricciardo-e-zoraide-p%C3%A9rez-sierra|website=www.gramophone.co.uk|access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref> The Rossini Opera Festival featured a new production of the opera in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title= Rossini Opera Festival Program 2018|url=http://www.rossinioperafestival.it/?IDC=16|access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= New Production of Ricciardo e Zoraide for Rossini Opera Festival|url=http://prettyyende.com/press/broadway-world-new-production-of-ricciardo-e-zoraide-for-rossini-opera-festival/|access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref> Among other performances, the opera received a production at the [[Rossini in Wildbad]] festival in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ricciardo e Zoraide - Bad Wildbad|url=https://www.forumopera.com/spectacle/defi-releve|website=www.forumopera.com|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref>
''Ricciardo e Zoraide'' was first performed at the [[Teatro San Carlo]], [[Naples]], on 3 December 1818.


==Roles==
==Roles==
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|Raffaella de Bernardis
|Raffaella de Bernardis
|-
|-
|Ircano, ''a Nubian prince''
|Ircano, ''a Middle Eastern prince''
|[[bass (vocal range)|bass]]
|[[bass (vocal range)|bass]]
|[[Michele Benedetti (bass)|Michele Benedetti]]
|[[Michele Benedetti (bass)|Michele Benedetti]]
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Year
!width="140"|Cast:<br>Agorante, Zoraide, Ricciardo, Zomira
!width="140"|Cast:<br>Agorante, Zoraide, Ricciardo, Zomira, Ircano
!Conductor,<br>Opera House and Orchestra
!Conductor,<br>Opera House and Orchestra
!Label:<ref>[http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLRORICC.HTM Recordings of ''Ricciardo e Zoraide'' on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk]</ref>
!Label:<ref>[http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLRORICC.HTM Recordings of ''Ricciardo e Zoraide'' on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk]</ref>
|-
|-
|1990
|1990
|[[Bruce Ford (tenor)|Bruce Ford]],<br>[[June Anderson]],<br>[[William Matteuzzi]].<br>Gloria Scalchi
|[[Bruce Ford (tenor)|Bruce Ford]],<br>[[June Anderson]],<br>[[William Matteuzzi]],<br> Gloria Scalchi,<br> Giovanni Furlanetto
|[[Riccardo Chailly]], Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Prague Philharmonic Chorus
|[[Riccardo Chailly]], Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Prague Philharmonic Chorus
|VHS Video: Bel Canto Society<br>Cat: #619
|VHS Video: Bel Canto Society<br>Cat: #619
|-
|-
|1995
|1995
| [[Bruce Ford (tenor)|Bruce Ford]],<br>[[Nelly Miricioiu]],<br>[[William Matteuzzi]],<br> [[Della Jones]]
| [[Bruce Ford (tenor)|Bruce Ford]],<br>[[Nelly Miricioiu]],<br>[[William Matteuzzi]],<br> [[Della Jones]],<br>[[Alastair Miles]]
| [[David Parry (conductor)|David Parry]],<br>Orchestra of the [[Academy of St Martin in the Fields]] and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
| [[David Parry (conductor)|David Parry]],<br>Orchestra of the [[Academy of St Martin in the Fields]] and the [[Geoffrey Mitchell Choir]]
|Audio CD: [[Opera Rara]]<br>Cat: ORC 14
|Audio CD: [[Opera Rara]]<br>Cat: ORC 14
|-
|-
|2018
| Randall Bills,<br>[[Alessandra Marianelli]],<br>[[Maxim Mironov]],<br>Silvia Beltrami,<br>[[Nahuel di Pierro]]
| José Miguel Pérez-Sierra,<br>Virtuosi Brunensis and the Camerata Bach Choir of [[Poznan]]
|Audio CD: [[Naxos Records]]<br>Cat:8 660419-21|
|-
|2019
|Sergey Romanovsky,<br/>[[Pretty Yende]],<br/>[[Juan Diego Flórez]],<br/>Victoria Yarovaya,<br/>Nicola Ulivieri
|[[Giacomo Sagripanti]],<br/>[[Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI]],<br/>Marshall Pynkoski, stage director
|DVD:C Major<br>Cat: 752704
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
'''Notes'''
'''Notes'''
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
'''Sources'''
'''Sources'''
*{{Almanacco|dmy=03-12-1818|match=Ricciardo e Zoraide}}
*{{Almanacco|dmy=03-12-1818|match=Ricciardo e Zoraide}}
*Farr, Robert, [http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2005/Apr05/Rossini_Ricciardo_orc14.htm Recording review: ''Ricciardo e Zoraide'', [[Opera Rara]]], ''Music Web International''.
*Farr, Robert, [http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2005/Apr05/Rossini_Ricciardo_orc14.htm Recording review: ''Ricciardo e Zoraide''], [[Opera Rara]], ''Music Web International''.
*[[Philip Gossett|Gossett, Philip]]; Brauner, Patricia (2001), "''Ricciardo e Zoraide''" in [[Amanda Holden (writer)|Holden, Amanda]] (ed.), ''The New Penguin Opera Guide'', New York: Penguin Putnam. ISBN 0-14-029312-4
*[[Philip Gossett|Gossett, Philip]]; Brauner, Patricia (2001), "''Ricciardo e Zoraide''" in [[Amanda Holden (writer)|Holden, Amanda]] (ed.), ''The New Penguin Opera Guide'', New York: Penguin Putnam. {{ISBN|0-14-029312-4}}
*[[Charles Osborne (music writer)|Osborne, Charles]] (1994), ''The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini'', London: Methuen; Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. ISBN 0931340713
*[[Charles Osborne (music writer)|Osborne, Charles]] (1994), ''The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini'', London: Methuen; Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. {{ISBN|0931340713}}
*Osborne, Richard (1990), ''Rossini'', Ithaca, New York: Northeastern University Press. ISBN 1-55553-088-5
*Osborne, Richard (1990), ''Rossini'', Ithaca, New York: Northeastern University Press. {{ISBN|1-55553-088-5}}
*Osborne, Richard (1998), ''Ricciardo e Zoraide'', in [[Stanley Sadie]], (Ed.), ''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Opera]]'', Vol. Three, p. 1312. London: MacMillan Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-333-73432-7 ISBN 1-56159-228-5
*Osborne, Richard (1998), ''Ricciardo e Zoraide'', in [[Stanley Sadie]], (Ed.), ''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Opera]]'', Vol. Three, p.&nbsp;1312. London: Macmillan Publishers, Inc. {{ISBN|0-333-73432-7}} {{ISBN|1-56159-228-5}}
*Osborne, Richard (2018), [https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/rossini-ricciardo-e-zoraide-p%C3%A9rez-sierra Recording review: ''Rossini Ricciardo e Zoraide''], [[Gramophone (magazine)]].
*Servadio, Gaia (2003), ''Rossini'', New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003. ISBN 0-7867-1195-7
*Steen, Michael and Richard Osborne, '' The Lives and Times of the Great Composers: His Life and Works'', Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 271–278. ISBN 0-19-518129-8
*Servadio, Gaia (2003), ''Rossini'', New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003. {{ISBN|0-7867-1195-7}}
*Steen, Michael and Richard Osborne, '' The Lives and Times of the Great Composers: His Life and Works'', Oxford University Press, 2007, pp.&nbsp;271–278. {{ISBN|0-19-518129-8}}
*[[Francis Toye|Toye, Francis]] (re-issue 1987), ''Rossini: The Man and His Music'', Dover Publications, 1987. ISBN 0486253961 ISBN 0-486-25396-1
*[[Francis Toye|Toye, Francis]] (re-issue 1987), ''Rossini: The Man and His Music'', Dover Publications, 1987. {{ISBN|0486253961}} {{ISBN|0-486-25396-1}}


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Revision as of 14:21, 4 September 2023

Ricciardo e Zoraide
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
Rossini c. 1815
LibrettistFrancesco Berio di Salsa
SpracheItalian
Based onIl Ricciardetto, epic poem by Forteguerri
Premiere
3 December 1818 (1818-12-03)
Teatro San Carlo, Naples

Ricciardo e Zoraide (Ricciardo and Zoraide) is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa. The text is based on cantos XIV and XV of Il Ricciardetto, an epic poem by Niccolò Forteguerri.[1]

Performance history

Ricciardo e Zoraide was first performed at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, on 3 December 1818. It continued to be performed until 1846 but fell out of favor afterwards and was not performed in public again until its revival at the Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival in 1990.[2] The Rossini Opera Festival featured a new production of the opera in 2018.[3][4] Among other performances, the opera received a production at the Rossini in Wildbad festival in 2013.[5]

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 3 December 1818
(Conductor: Nicola Festa )
Agorante, King of Nubia, infatuated with Zoraide tenor Andrea Nozzari
Zomira, wife of Agorante contralto Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni
Zamorre, confidant of Agorante tenor Gaetano Chizzola
Elmira, confidant of Zomira mezzo-soprano Raffaella de Bernardis
Ircano, a Middle Eastern prince bass Michele Benedetti
Zoraide, daughter of Ircano, in love with Ricciardo soprano Isabella Colbran
Ricciardo, a Christian paladin knight, in love with Zoraide tenor Giovanni David
Fatima, confidant of Zoraide mezzo-soprano Maria Manzi
Ernesto, friend of Ricciardo, Christian camp ambassador, tenor Giuseppe Ciccimarra

Synopsis

Place: the city of Dongola in ancient Nubia.
Time: The time of the Crusades

The Nubian King Agorante, who is infatuated with Zoraide, has defeated her father, Ircano and captured her. Ricciardo, a Christian knight and Zoraide's lover, accompanies an emissary to plead for her release. Agorante's jealous wife, Zomira, arranges the capture of Ricciardo as well and plots to have the young lovers executed to protect her position as Queen. The opera ends with an army of Christian knights rescuing Ricciardo and Zoraide. Ricciardo spares Agorante's life.

Recordings

Year Cast:
Agorante, Zoraide, Ricciardo, Zomira, Ircano 		Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra 		Label:[6]
1990 Bruce Ford,
June Anderson,
William Matteuzzi,
Gloria Scalchi,
Giovanni Furlanetto 		Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Prague Philharmonic Chorus VHS Video: Bel Canto Society
Cat: #619
1995 Bruce Ford,
Nelly Miricioiu,
William Matteuzzi,
Della Jones,
Alastair Miles 		David Parry,
Orchestra of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir 		Audio CD: Opera Rara
Cat: ORC 14
2018 Randall Bills,
Alessandra Marianelli,
Maxim Mironov,
Silvia Beltrami,
Nahuel di Pierro 		José Miguel Pérez-Sierra,
Virtuosi Brunensis and the Camerata Bach Choir of Poznan 		Audio CD: Naxos Records
Cat:8 660419-21|
2019 Sergey Romanovsky,
Pretty Yende,
Juan Diego Flórez,
Victoria Yarovaya,
Nicola Ulivieri 		Giacomo Sagripanti,
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI,
Marshall Pynkoski, stage director 		DVD:C Major
Cat: 752704

References

Notes

  1. ^ Richard Osborne, "Ricciardo e Zoraide," Grove Music Online (article revised 2002), accessed 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ "ROSSINI Ricciardo e Zoraide (Pérez-Sierra)". www.gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Rossini Opera Festival Program 2018". Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ^ "New Production of Ricciardo e Zoraide for Rossini Opera Festival". Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Ricciardo e Zoraide - Bad Wildbad". www.forumopera.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  6. ^ Recordings of Ricciardo e Zoraide on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk

Sources

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