La fedeltà alla prova, dramma giocoso per musica rappresentato la prima volta a Napoli sul Real teatro del Fondo nel Carnevale del 1835

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Author:  Placido Mandanici, G. Schmidt

Publisher:  Tipografia Flautina

Place of printing:  Naples

Year of publication:  1835

Product Condition:
Copy in fair condition. Full fake leather binding; the boards are framed by rich gilded decorations with impressions of gilded coats of arms in the center: dust spots, abrasions and scratches. The binding is completely unglued between the first white sheet and the title page; the first fascicle is loose. Brown stains at the edges of the back covers. Well-preserved sheets with wide margins and scattered foxing; pencil number on the title page; number noted in red pen on the back of the first flyleaf. Moisture stain at the center of the lower edge of the first sheets. Text in Italian.

Pages:  (2),47,(3)

Format:  In eighth

Dimensions (cm):
Height:  20
Width:  12

Description

Libretto of the first performance of the opera La fedeli alla prova by the Neapolitan schoolmaster Placido Mandanici (1799-1852): after studying at the S. Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples, Mandanici was appointed composer of music and director of dances for the royal theatres (S. Carlo and del Fondo), a position he held from 1825 to 1834. Transferred to Milan where he opened a singing school, he composed the opera for the Teatro del Fondo in Naples, the libretto of which we present here. This Neapolitan theatre, inaugurated in 1779 with L'infedele fedele by Cimarosa, takes its name from the “Fondo di separazione dei lucri” (Separation of Profits Fund) which financed its construction with the proceeds from the sale of assets confiscated from the Jesuits. In 1799 it changed its name to Teatro Patriottico and was inaugurated with the staging of Vincenzo Monti's Aristodemo, becoming a stage for political dramas. With the restoration, the theatre returned to its original musical vocation; a great impresario was Barbaja who brought the greatest musicians of the time to Naples, from Rossini to Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi. If the name of Mandanici is not known to music lovers today, at the time his works were very successful even on demanding stages such as La Scala in Milan or Carignano in Turin. He died in exile in Genoa for his positions close to the patriotic demands of the Risorgimento. The libretto is embellished with a full leather binding with the coat of arms of the reigning house of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies on the gold plates. The performers of the first performance are indicated

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