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Riccardo Riccardi
Il direttore (Opus 71)
Dichter der Textvorlage: Frank Wedekind
Libretto von: Riccardo Riccardi
UES103092-000
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Languages: Italienisch
Format: 210 x 297 mm
Pages: 240
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Description
An opera in Italian based on Der Kammersänger, a play written by Frank Wedekind, a giant of German literature. Il direttore is a satirical work that spares no one. If you believe the musical world is always fair and clean, Il direttore is not for you. If on the other hand, you know there must be subterfuge and favoritism in music as in theater, and if you believe there are people whose reputation is undeserved, this is the work for you.
In 1950, Hugo Weisgall wrote a different work based on Der Kammersänger: The Tenor. Is there any relation between Weisgall’s work and Riccardi’s?
“I didn't want to know anything about the libretto or music of The Tenor,” says Riccardi, “so as not to be influenced by it. In fact I’ve since discovered that his libretto omitted the one character (an old composer) whom I feature. I omitted all the other characters featured in his opera. The only character we have in common is Wedekind’s original protagonist: the Tenor, who in my version became a conductor and an artistic director.”
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Type: Dirigierpartitur
Languages: Italienisch
Format: 210 x 297 mm
Pages: 240