Amor vuol sofferenza

Amor vuol sofferenza is a 1739 commedia per musica in three acts by Leonardo Leo to a libretto by Antonio Federico Gennaro (d.1744). It was first performed at Naples, Teatro Nuovo.[1][2] Leo was working on a revision to be entitled La finta Frascatana in 1744 when he died, which was completed by Matteo Capranica.[3]

Cast

La fedeltà odiata Teatro dei Fiorentini 1744

  • Fazio - fool, lucchese, bass, premiered by Gioacchino Corrado
  • Alessandro - young Romano, lover of Eugenia, the enamoured with Camilla, contralto travesti, premiered by Antonia Colasanti
  • Camilla - innamorata di Ridolfo, soprano, premiered by Maddalena Frizzi
  • Vastarella - della villa di Portici, enamoured first with Mosca, then with Fazio, soprano, premiered by Margherita Pozzi
  • Eugenia - feigned fraschetana, servant in the house of Alessandro's uncle known as Ninetta, lover of Alessandro contralto
  • Ridolfo - young Genovese in love with Eugenia taken for Ninetta, soprano castrato, premiered by Giacomo Ricci
  • Mosca - old man, napoletano in love with Vastarella, bass, premiered by Girolamo Piani

Recordings

  • Amor vuol sofferenza Marilyne Fallot, Giovanna Donadini, Marilena Laurenza. Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti di Napoli, Daniele Moles, Nuova Era 3CD

References

  1. ^ Edward J Dent: Selected Essays 0521221749 1979 - - Page 53 Cavaliere Leo identified this with Amor vuol sofferenze by comparing it with the complete libretto in the same library, and I was fortunate enough to find the opera complete at Montecassino. A study of the score and libretto showed us that the ...
  2. ^ L'archivo musicale di Montecassino -Eduardo Dagnino - 1929 - Page 284 Leonardo Leo Eccone la statistica : 22 volumi di partiture teatrali (16 opere), 6 miscellanee, 2 oratori : totale 30. Opere complete: Alidoro (unico), Amor vuol sofferenza, Argene, (forse autografo, porta la firma e la data 1735), Ciro, Demofoonte, Emira (unico) .
  3. ^ Stefano Capone, Carmela Lombardi - L'opera comica napoletana (1709-1749) 2007 G.A. Federico, opera comica, Napoli, Teatro dei Fiorentini] 1739 - Amor vuol sofferenza [libr. G.A. Federico, opera comica, Napoli, Teatro Nuovo sopra Toledo] 1 740 - Alidoro [libr. ... Teatro dei Fiorentini] 1 744 - La finta frascatana [è una versione di Amor vuol sofferenza completata da M. Capranica per la morte di Leo.