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⚫ {{Mascagni operas}}'''''Lodoletta''''' is a ''dramma lirico'' or lyric ] in three acts by ]. The ] is by ], and is based on the novel ''Two Little Wooden Shoes'' by ], (]).
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⚫ '''''Lodoletta''''' is a ''dramma lirico'' or lyric ] in three acts by ]. The ] is by ], and is based on the novel ''Two Little Wooden Shoes'' by ] (pseudonym of Marie Louise de la Ramée).


==Composition history==
⚫ It was first performed at the ] in ] on 30 April 1917 with ] in the title role. The ] premiere was on 12 January 1918 at the ], ], with ] as Lodoletta and ] as Flammen.

An auction of her property, including musical rights for ''Two Little Wooden Shoes'', was held to satisfy local creditors when Ouida died in Italy in 1908. ] attempted to buy them but was outbid by a local tradesman. The winner subsequently resold them to a music publisher, which provided them to Mascagni for development into the opera.<ref name=London>], album jacket notes for London 5202, ''Operatic Recital by Renata Tebaldi Volume 3'', 12" mono LP.</ref>

==Performance history==

⚫ It was first performed at the ] in Rome on 30 April 1917 with ] in the title role. The American premiere was on 12 January 1918 at the ], New York City, with ] as Lodoletta and ] as Flammen.


==Roles== ==Roles==
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!Role !Role
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!Premiere Cast, 12 January 1918<ref></ref><br >(Conductor: Pietro Mascagni ) !Premiere cast, 30 April 1917<ref>{{Almanacco|dmy=30 April 1917|match=Lodoletta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.italianopera.org/italianOPERAuk.php?f=compositori%2FM%2Fc2194568.htm|title=List of cast members|website=italianopera.org|access-date=2020-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928193759/http://www.italianopera.org/italianOPERAuk.php?f=compositori%2FM%2Fc2194568.htm|archive-date=2011-09-28|url-status=dead}}</ref><br>Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
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|Lodoletta |Lodoletta
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|Cleofe Braghini |Cleofe Braghini
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|Maud |Maud
|soprano |soprano
|Luigia Pieroni |Luigia Pieroni
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|Franz |Franz
|baritone |baritone
|Leone Paci |Leone Paci
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|Antonio |Antonio
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|A voice/a postman |A voice/a postman
|tenor |tenor
|Ettore Bonzi |Ettore Bonzi
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|} |}

==Plot summary==

The opera is set in 1853 in Holland and Paris.

Lodoletta, a Dutch orphan, and Flammen, an artist, are lovers, but she leaves him when he suggests they should live together. After he moves to Paris, she has a change of heart and follows him, finally arriving at his house on New Year's Eve, sick and in rags. Seeing a glittering party underway inside, she realizes that they inhabit different worlds and collapses in the snow. Delirious, she imagines he is kissing her and, in the final aria, "{{lang|it|Flammen perdonami|italic=no}}", begs his forgiveness as she dies of exhaustion.<ref name=London />


==References== ==References==
'''Notes'''
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1917 opera by Pietro Mascagni

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Lodoletta is a dramma lirico or lyric opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni. The libretto is by Giovacchino Forzano, and is based on the novel Two Little Wooden Shoes by Ouida (pseudonym of Marie Louise de la Ramée).

Composition history

An auction of her property, including musical rights for Two Little Wooden Shoes, was held to satisfy local creditors when Ouida died in Italy in 1908. Giacomo Puccini attempted to buy them but was outbid by a local tradesman. The winner subsequently resold them to a music publisher, which provided them to Mascagni for development into the opera.

Performance history

It was first performed at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 30 April 1917 with Rosina Storchio in the title role. The American premiere was on 12 January 1918 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, with Geraldine Farrar as Lodoletta and Enrico Caruso as Flammen.

Roles

Roles, voice types, premiere cast
Role Voice type Premiere cast, 30 April 1917
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Lodoletta soprano Rosina Storchio
La pazza contralto Cleofe Braghini
Maud soprano Luigia Pieroni
La vanard soprano Ida De Filippis
Flammen tenor Giuseppe Campioni
Giannotto baritone Enrico Molinari
Franz baritone Leone Paci
Antonio bass Augusto Dadò
A voice/a postman tenor Ettore Bonzi

Plot summary

The opera is set in 1853 in Holland and Paris.

Lodoletta, a Dutch orphan, and Flammen, an artist, are lovers, but she leaves him when he suggests they should live together. After he moves to Paris, she has a change of heart and follows him, finally arriving at his house on New Year's Eve, sick and in rags. Seeing a glittering party underway inside, she realizes that they inhabit different worlds and collapses in the snow. Delirious, she imagines he is kissing her and, in the final aria, "Flammen perdonami", begs his forgiveness as she dies of exhaustion.

References

  1. ^ Spike Hughes, album jacket notes for London 5202, Operatic Recital by Renata Tebaldi Volume 3, 12" mono LP.
  2. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Lodoletta, 30 April 1917". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  3. "List of cast members". italianopera.org. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

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