Domenico Monleone
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Domenico Monleone was an Italian
composer
of operas, most noted for his opera
Cavalleria rusticana of 1907, which for a while rivalled the success of Mascagni's work of the same name which was from the same source. The work was the third opera to be based on Verga’s 1884 theatrical adaptation of his own short story, Cavalleria rusticana, Stanislao Gastaldon
’s Mala Pasqua (1888) being the first, and Mascagni's famous opera (1890) being the second.
Mascagni and his lawyers intervened and Monleone change the opera ‘beyond recognition’ setting the music to a new libretto. In this form it was presented as La giostra dei falchi in 1914.
There have been recent revivals of Monleone's original Cavalleria rusticana in Tirana
(Albania) and (more successfully) in Montpellier
(France) in 2001. Also in Albania there has been (1998) a revival (radio concert) of Il mistero conducted by Danile Pacitti which has been released on CD.
Italy
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of operas, most noted for his opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
Cavalleria rusticana of 1907, which for a while rivalled the success of Mascagni's work of the same name which was from the same source. The work was the third opera to be based on Verga’s 1884 theatrical adaptation of his own short story, Cavalleria rusticana, Stanislao Gastaldon
Stanislao Gastaldon
Martino Stanislao Luigi Gastaldon was an Italian composer, primarily of salon songs for solo voice and piano. However, he also composed instrumental music, two choral works, and four operas. Today, he is remembered almost exclusively for his 1881 song "Musica proibita" , still one of the most...
’s Mala Pasqua (1888) being the first, and Mascagni's famous opera (1890) being the second.
Mascagni and his lawyers intervened and Monleone change the opera ‘beyond recognition’ setting the music to a new libretto. In this form it was presented as La giostra dei falchi in 1914.
There have been recent revivals of Monleone's original Cavalleria rusticana in Tirana
Tirana
Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...
(Albania) and (more successfully) in Montpellier
Montpellier
-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....
(France) in 2001. Also in Albania there has been (1998) a revival (radio concert) of Il mistero conducted by Danile Pacitti which has been released on CD.
Compositions
- Cavalleria rusticana, 2 May 1907, AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
- Una novella del Boccaccio, 26 May 1909, GenoaGenoaGenoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
- Alba eroica, 5 May 1910, Genoa
- Arabesca, 3 November 1913, RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
- La giostra dei falchi - the music of Cavalleria rusticana (above) to a new libretto, 17 April 1914, TurinTurinTurin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
- Suona la ritirata, 23 May 1916, MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
- Fauvette, 3 February 1926, Genoa
- Il mistero, 7 May 1921, Venice, revised 1934,Turin
- Scheuggio Campanna, 1928, Genoa
- La ronda di notte del Rembrandt, 1933 Genoa
- Notte di nozze, 17 September 1940, BergamoBergamoBergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...