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| Opera giocosa by Francesco Bianchi | |
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| Librettist | Giovanni Bertati |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 1783 (1783) Teatro San Moisè, Venice |
La villanella rapita (The Abducted Country Girl) is an opera giocosa in two acts by Francesco Bianchi with additional arias by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for its later performances in Vienna. The libretto was by Giovanni Bertati.
Performance history
The opera was first performed at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice in the autumn of 1783. It was then given at the Eszterháza Theater in Süttör, Fertőd, on 29 August 1784. It was also produced at the Little Theatre in the Haymarket in London under Vincenzo Federici [it] on 27 February 1790.
A pasticcio with the same title, with some music by Bianchi as well as Paisiello, Guglielmi, Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, Sarti and Soler was performed at Théâtre Feydeau in Paris on 5 June 1789.
Mozart additions
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart contributed a vocal quartet, "Dite almeno in che mancai?", K. 479, and a vocal terzet, "Mandina amabile", K. 480, for a performance at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1785. (The former work was first heard in public on 5 November, and the latter on 28 November.) The singers involved were Vincenzo Calvesi (Count), Celeste Coltellini (Mandina), Stefano Mandini (Pippo), and Francesco Bussani (Biaggio), the last named in K. 479 only.
Roles
| Role | Voice type |
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| Biaggio | bass |
| Ninetta, Biaggio's daughter | soprano |
| Giannina, Biaggio's daughter | soprano |
| Mandina, Biaggio's daughter, about to be married to Pippo | soprano |
| Pippo, Mandina's bridegroom | baritone |
| The count | tenor |
| Paulino, the count's friend | tenor |
Synopsis
The count takes a liking to a young bride, Mandina, at her pre-wedding banquet, lures her away from her bridegroom, Pippo, and then abducts her in a drugged state back to his palace. Mandina, after a little experience of upper-class luxuries, eventually establishes her innocence and marries Pippo after all.
References
- McClymonds, Marita P. (1992). "Villanella rapita, La (The Abducted Country Girl)". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O905473. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.(subscription required)
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Villanella rapita". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- "Dite almeno in che mancai", K. 479 (Score)
- "Mandina amabile", K. 480 (Score)
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