A giorno di regno

a giorno di regno, ossia it finto Stanislao ( One Day of reign, or the forgery Stanislas ) is a opera in two acts of Giuseppe Verdi on a Italian booklet in of Felice Romani, drawn from the part of Alexandre-Vincent Pineux-Duval, the forgery Stanislas .

Genesis

an unhappy beginning

It is the first attempt of the type-setter in the field of the comic opera. Made green, after the happy beginning of Oberto, Tale di San Bonifacio, with having to compose a Opera buffa for the season of 1840 is found. In a reduced time, it must write on an old booklet that Romani vacuum-cleans to adapt it to the music. For Verdi it is one unhappy period: his first wife, Margherita Barezzi dies during the composition.

Creation

First takes place with the Teatro went Scala of Milan the September 5th 1840.

Interpreters of the first representation:

the knight Belfiore : Raffaele Ferlotti (Baritone)
the baron Kelbar : Raffaele Scalese (low)
the marchioness del Poggio : Antonietta Raineri Marini (Soprano)
Giulietta Kelbar : Luigia Abbadia (Mezzo-soprano)
Edoardo de Sanval : Lorenzo Salvi (Tenor)
Rocca : Agostino Rovere (low)
the count Ivrea : Giuseppe Vaschetti (tenor)
Delmonte : Napoleone Marconi (tenor)

Orchestra and choruses:

Teatro went Scala, Milan
Maestro Al cembalo : Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Panizza
Chief of chorus: Giulio Granatelli
Decorations: Baldassarre Cavallotti and Domenico Menozzi

Reception

The opera is a total fiasco and is withdrawn from the poster of evening even, Scala countermanding the remaining programmings. Made green which was in the pit thus heard the reactions of the assistance directly. He recognized itself with criticisms that the failure was partially due to its personal situation. But the cause of the fiasco is also due to the singers who were not adapted to their roles. Made green will not compose any more comedy until the end of its career and it will be necessary to await Falstaff to see the musician obtaining a resounding success with a comic opera. Other representations take place however in Italy during the life of Made green: Venice in 1845, Rome in 1846 and Naples in 1859.

Argument

the action is held with the castle of Kelbar in Brittany in 1733

The history tells the adventure of the Polish monarch, the king Stanislas Leszczyński, who hides because of a war of succession. In order to regain its legitimate throne, it sends a French officer, the Belfiore knight, with the castle of the baron Kelbar, the usurper. The baron has recently arranged an political alliance by yielding his daughter, Giulietta, with Rocca, the British treasurer, but Giulietta prefers the nephew of Rocca, Edoardo. Another project of not very desired marriage engages the niece of the baron, the marchioness Poggio, a young widow in love with Belfiore which could not promise to him to marry it in spite of the fact that he likes it. The day when the true king regains finally his throne, the false king hastens to prevent the arranged marriage of Giulietta. However, it is astonished to see the marchioness in Brittany while itself is also astonished by its presence. They mutually pretend not to be recognized and engage in a battle of spirit. The tangle of the intrigues is finally solved.

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