>From: Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...>
>To: oldervoice <baritone21@h...>
>CC: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [vocalist] Opera aria by Lillo
>Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:29:10 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, oldervoice wrote:
>
> > Dear Listers,
> >
> > The old John Church collection of soprano arias lists an aria from
> > Osteria, by a composer named Lillo, titled "Domani, o mei felice",
> > Has any of you sung this or heard a recording of it? I couldn't find
> > any information about libretto, plot, character, etc.
> > Private replies or to the list as you prefer.
>
>The composer, Giuseppe Lillo (1814-1863) composed operas for La Fenice in
>Venice, the San Carlo in Naples, and La Scala in Milan. He also wrote
>quite a bit of piano music, inspired by his "paragon" Franz Liszt; he also
>wrote sacred music.
>
>The complete name of the opera is L'OSTERIA D'ANDUIAR, and it appears
>to have been quite popular in Naples in the 1840s (it played at the San
>Carlo - for which it was composed - in 1841, then at the Teatro del Fondo
>in 1843).
>
>Lillo also composed the comic opera IL GIOIELLO, and the operas ROSMUNDA
>IN RAVENNA (premiere, La Fenice, 1837) and CATERINA HOWARD (written for
>the San Carlo in 1849) - with L'OSTERIA, these are considered his best
>works.
>
>Wish I could help you with more information about that opera, but frankly,
>Lillo seemed to have been pretty "small potatoes" even at the peak of his
>career. In a world that barely remembers the works of Mercadante and
>Spontini, it's not surprising that we hear and know next to nothing about
>Lillo.
>
>Karen Mercedes
>http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
>***************************************
>What lies behind us, and what lies before us
>are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
> - Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
Brava Karen,
There is a photo of you and it is NOT an I-Mac or PC. You are a real person
but with a data base/memory to die for. Thank You.!!
Ron Zinkel
oldervoice
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