La gazzetta, ossia Il matrimonio per concorso (The Newspaper, or The Marriage Contest) is an opera buffa by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was by Giuseppe Palomba after Carlo Goldoni's play Il matrimonio per concorso of 1763. The opera satirizes the influence of newspapers on people's lives. There is critical disagreement as to its success, although the New England Conservatory's notes for their April 2013 production state that the opera "was an immediate hit, and showed Rossini at his comic best."
Original Name | La gazzetta, ossia Il matrimonio per concorso |
Librettist | Giuseppe Palomba (after Carlo Goldoni's play Il matrimonio per concorso of 1763) |
Premiered | 1816, September 26th in Naples, FL, United States |
First published | 2002 |
Type | Opera |
Spoken language | Italian |
Instruments |
Orchestra
Voice (Bass) - Don Pomponio Voice (Soprano) - Lisetta, Don Pomponio's daughter Voice (Baritone) - Filippo, an innkeeper, in love with Lisetta Voice (Tenor) - Alberto, a wealthy young man Voice (Soprano) - Doralice, in search of a husband Voice (Bass) - Anselmo, Doralice's father Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Madama La Rose Voice (Bass) - Monsù Traversen, an old roué |
Autotranslations beta |
Gioachino Rossini: The Newspaper, or The Marriage Contest Gioachino Rossini: The Newspaper, or The Marriage Contest Gioachino Rossini: The Newspaper, or The Marriage Contest |