Mascagni, Pietro

Pietro Mascagni – Amica, Poème dramatique in two acts / libretto by Paul Bérel (Paul de Choudens)

(b. Livorno, 7. December 1863 – d. Rome, 2. August 1945)

French libretto by Paul Collin
Italian translation by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti

Premiere: Salle Garnier, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monaco, 16 March 1905
Cast: Geraldine Farrar (Amica); Charles Rousselière (Giorgio); Maurice Renaud (Rinaldo);
Paola Rainaldi (Magdelone); Henri-Alexandre Lequien (Maître Camoine)
Pierre Mascagni (Conductor)

Italian premiere: Teatro Costanzi, Rome, 13 May 1905
Cast: Amelia Karola (Amica); Pietro Schiavazzi (Giorgio); Riccardo Stracciari (Rinaldo);
Italia Bonetti (Maddalena); Leo Eral (Padron Camoine)
Pietro Mascagni (Conductor)

Characters
Amica, an orphan, niece of Camoine (soprano); Giorgio, a farm worker (tenor);
Rinaldo, a shepherd and Giorgio’s brother (baritone); Maître/Padron Camoine, farm owner (bass);
Magdelone/Maddalena, housekeeper, betrothed to Camoine (mezzo-soprano).
Chorus: Farm workers, shepherds, harvesters, children.
Setting: Piedmont Alps, 1900

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