Name: Il Burbero di Buon Cuore
Start: 2007-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2007-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Real

Organization

Conductor

Christophe Rousset

Singer

Soprano

Elena de la Merced

Angelica

Véronique Gens

Madama Lucilla

Contralto

Cecilia Diaz

Marina

Tenor

Saimir Pirgu

El caballero Giocondo

Juan Francisco Gatell

Valerio

Bass

Luca Pisaroni

Dorval

Carlos Chausson

Ferramondo

Baritone

Josep Miquel Ramón

Castagna

Costume designer

Silvie Martin-Hyszka

Set designer

Noëlle Ginefri

Teatro Real de Madrid

Il Burbero di Buon Cuore -  (The Good-Hearted Curmudgeon)

Madrid

Spain

Teatro Real

On 1 November 2007, the Teatro Real presented the opera by Vicente Martín y Soler for the first time. A debut to great acclaim in 1786 and based on one of Carlo Goldoni’s most celebrated comedies, Il burbero di buon cuore (The Good-Natured Curmudgeon) represents, in the words of the author of the critical edition Leonardo J. Waisman, “the result of the long apprenticeship of the Valencian musician in the leading centres of Italian opera. He uses all the resources of the opera buffa with mastery and great economy of means.” The libretto of the opera is unmistakably the work of Lorenzo da Ponte, author of the texts of three Mozart masterpieces: Le nozze di Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787) – where the author quotes the Martín y Soler opera Una Cosa Rara - and Così fan tutte (1790).

Vicente Martín y Soler was undoubtedly one of the most important and best-known composers of his era, attested by the fact that all the European courts competed for his services, from Naples and Vienna to St. Petersburg, where he died in 1806.

Il Burbero di buon cuore by Martin y Soler from Teatro Real, performed at Teatro Real, 2007. Directed by Irina Brook, conductor Christophe Rousset. Starring Elena de la Merced (Angelica), Véronique Gens (Madama Lucilla), Maria Cecilia Diaz (Marina), Saimir Pirgu (Giocondo), Juan Francisco Gatell (Valerio), Luca Pisaroni (Dorval), Carlos Chausson (Ferramondo), Christophe Rousset (Fortepiano). Subtitled in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Il Burbero di buon cuore

The Good-Hearted Curmudgeon

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Il Burbero di buon cuore - Preview Clip

The Good-Hearted Curmudgeon by Martín Y Soler, Sat 10 Nov 2007, From (2007/2007), Conductor Christophe Rousset, Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

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