Il trionfo dell'onore (The Triumph of Honour) is an operatic 'commedia' in three acts by the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti, with a libretto by Francesco Antonio Tullio. It was first performed at the Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, on 26 November 1718. It is Scarlatti's only known comic opera.
Roles
edit| Role | Voice type[1] | Premiere cast[2] |
|---|---|---|
| Riccardo Albenori | soprano (en travesti) | Caterina Testi |
| Leonora Dorini | contralto | Petronilla Micheli |
| Erminio | soprano castrato | Biagio Stabile |
| Doralice Rosetti | soprano | Costanza Posterla |
| Flaminio Castravacca | tenor | (not known)[3]
|
| Cornelia Buffacci | tenor (en travesti) | Simone De Falco |
| Rosina Caruccia | contralto | Marianna Monti |
| Capitan Rodimarte Bombarda | bass | Giacomo D'Ambrosio |
Synopsis
edit- Act 1
- Ricardo Albenori, a dissolute young man, and his friend, the soldier Rodimarte Bombarda, arrive in Pisa, having escaped from Lucca where they had run into trouble with the law. In Lucca, Riccardo had also seduced Leonora Dorini before rejecting her in favour of Doralice Rossetti. Leonora has followed him and takes refuge with Cornelia Buffacci, Doralice's aunt. Doralice, too, is still pursuing Riccardo, who manages to convince her he loves her.
- Act 2
- Erminio, Leonora's brother who is in love with Doralice, arrives in Pisa. Leonora tells him how Riccardo, Erminio's friend, seduced her. He vows to avenge her. Leonora and Doralice quarrel over Riccardo.
- Act 3
- Riccardo plans to elope with Doralice but Erminio finds him and challenges him to a duel. Riccardo is wounded, repents his dissolute life and accepts Leonora's hand in marriage.
References
edit- ^ Vaccarini, Marina, Trionfo dell'onore, Il, in Gelli, Piero & Poletti, Filippo eds. (2007). Dizionario dell'Opera 2008, Milan: Baldini Castoldi Dalai, pp. 1311-1312. ISBN 978-88-6073-184-5 (reproduced online at Opera Manager (in Italian))
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Il trionfo dell´onore, 26 November 1718". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- ^ 'NN' according to Parsons, Charles H., ed. (1992). Opera Premieres: Index of Casts v. 2. New York: Edwin Mellen Press. p. 1164. ISBN 0-88946-413-8.
Further reading
edit- The Viking Opera Guide, ed. Amanda Holden (Viking, 1993)
- Work details, Magazine de l'opéra baroque (in French)]
