Monday, March 23, 2015

MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015

QUOTE:
"Music is to the soul as food is to the body."
AUTHOR: Rita Mae Brown

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"You need food to nourish your body
  and music to feed your soul."
COMPOSER
ROSSINI
Osbert Lancaster: Uni L'Italiana in Algeri
THE ITALIAN WOMAN
IN ALGIERS OVERTURE
("L'Italiana in Algeri")
Leonard Bernstein, Conductor
New York Philharmonic


http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=74129
THIS LINK HAS THE ENTIRE OVERTURE ANALYZED:
Exceptionally, the overture is thematically
linked with the opera itself, which is
unusual for Rossini's overtures:
"L'Italiana" starts with a theatrically
heavy slow introduction ("Pria di dividerci")
leading into an exciting allegro with
elements of sonata form. The first theme
("allegro") is perfect in establishing much
of the confusion that Mustafa's
Osbert Lancaster:
Costume Design for Mustafa 
(the Bey of Algier who kidnaps the
main characher Isabella) foolishness
causes; while the more gentle second
theme ("dolce," "leggiero") could
symbolize the lovesick Lindoro (Isabella's
kidnapped love interest). A musical link
occurs in the crescendos that feature a
rising theme which will appear later in
Taddeo's (an older companion of
Isabella who she calls
her uncle) aria.
L'Italiana in Algeri
Aria di Taddeo
Bruno Taddia, Vocal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThIhKXTl13M#t=28

THE ITALIAN WOMAN
IN ALGIERS OVERTURE
("L'Italiana in Algeri")
George Solti, Conductor
Chicago Symphony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pap0PrkASLQ

CL54885
THE ITALIAN WOMAN
IN ALGIERS
("L'Italiana in Algeri")
Short Animated Film Rendition
Emanuele Luzzati and Giulio Gianini, 1968
(Using Decoupage)
http://nmas2.blogspot.com/2012/03/l-italiana-in-algeri-emanuele-luzzati.html


http://borovik.ucoz.ru/forum/2-7-24
The Italian Girl in Algiers
(L'Italiana in Algeri) was
Rossini's fifth opera
(his first comic opera)
THE ITALIAN WOMAN
IN ALGIERS
("L'Italiana in Algeri")
Opera (Complete)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VufZASMfCAQ
written in in 1813 when he was 21 years old
which took him just twenty-seven days to write.
The plot is introduced with a lively overture.
This famous overture, something of a tribute
to Haydn's Surprise Symphony, lull the audience
with a quiet, unassuming opening, then hit them
with the whole orchestra, has light pizzicato
passages contrasted by huge orchestral
segments showing off Rossini's flair for
melodic invention.
CHARACTERS IN THE OPERA
Isabella
The Italian Girl
(contralto)
Lindoro
Young Italian Sailor
In Love with Isabella
(tenor)
Mustafa
Bey of Algiers
(bass)
Taddeo
An Elderly Italian
Friend to Isabella
(bass)
Elvira
Bey of Mustafa's Wife
(soprano)
Zulma
Isabella's Confindante
Elvira's Slave
(mezzo-soprano)
Haly
Captain of the Bey's Guard
(tenor or bass)
Harem Women
(silent)
Pirates, Slaves, Sailors
(male chorus)
The story of the opera revolves around
the Bey (Governor) of Algiers
Mustafa, Bey of Algiers
and his desire to add
an Italian woman to his harem.
The Italian girl, Isabella,
Isabella
is searching for her lost love,
Lindoro,
Lindero
who has been kidnapped by the
Bey of Algiers. In her search for Lindero
she is shipwrecked in Algiers
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/dz.htm
who falls in love with her. While herself
being held captive, Isabella
Isabella
surprisingly finds Lindoro
Lindero
among the Bey's prisoners.
Isabella
Isabella
hatches a plot of escape
that involves flirtation and stealth
to outwit the Bey.
Mustafa, Bey of Algiers
At the end, she
and Lindoro
Lindoro
sail away together.

File:L'italianaAlgeriTN.jpg
http://imslp.org/wiki/File:L%27italianaAlgeriTN.jpg
THE ITALIAN WOMAN
IN ALGIERS
("L'Italiana in Algeri")
Opera (Complete) Part 1
With English Subtitles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCeLF3wSyMo
ACT I
SCENE 1: A small apartment in Mustafa's palace
SCENE 2: Near the seashore
SCENE 3: A small apartment in the Bey's palace
SCENE 4: A magnificent hall in the palace

INTERMISSION

ACT II
SCENE 1: A small apartment in the Bey's palace
SCENE 2: A large apartment in the palace
SCENE 3: A small apartment in Mustafa's palace
SCENE 4: A grand hall in the palace
THE ITALIAN WOMAN
IN ALGIERS
("L'Italiana in Algeri")
Opera (Complete) Part 2
With English Subtitles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWMCm1iayFM
http://nmas2.blogspot.com/2012/03/l-italiana-in-algeri-emanuele-luzzati.html
http://www.chncpa.org/ens/ycgp/jmxx/2013-09-06/861637.shtml
https://content.thespco.org/music/compositions/overture
-to-the-italian-girl-in-algiers-gioachino-rossini/
http://seattleopera.org/discover/archive/
2006-2007/italian_girl/synopsis.aspx
CL38353
http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/music/italian
-girl-algiers-overture-gioachino-rossini
http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn
/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes
/ROSSINI-Overture-to-L%E2%80%99Italiana-in-Algeri.aspx
http://www.whyy.org/philaperforms/opera/guide.html
http://www.whyy.org/philaperforms/opera/index.html
http://www.archivio.francarame.it/scheda.aspx?
IDScheda=11719&IDImmagine=9&IDOpera=80
http://hum.uchicago.edu/orgs/ciao/Rossini%20operas/1italiana.html
http://spartandaily.com/129124/italian-girl-algiers-wacky-romantic-fantasy
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/08/137685157/rescue-reversed-rossinis-litaliana-in-algeri
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99774004
http://www.metopera.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?customid=50
http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?
item_code=8.660284-85&catNum=660284&filetype=About
+this+Recording&language=English
http://data.instantencore.com/pdf/1000769/
CL+3+Program+Notes+09_10.pdf

http://www.utahsymphony.org/blog/2010/03/08/
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700014312/Operas-
screwball-comedy-The-Italian-Girl-in-Algiers.html?pg=all
http://www.worldofopera.org/operas/operas/item/2809-turning
-the-tables-rossinis-litaliana-in-algeri?pg=page1
http://www.kcindependent.com/no-harem-apparent-lyric-brings
-out-musical-delights-in-zany-rossini-comedy/
http://www.friendsofchambermusic.com/wp-co
ntent/uploads/2013/01/Orpheus-notes.pdf
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2012/10
sunday-classics-anatomy-of-overture.html
http://www.springfieldsym.org/c6notes.html
http://music.indiana.edu/events/program.php?eid=67612
https://www.playleets.com/watch/-rIatVmpjDA/litaliana
-in-algeri-overture-sinfonia-james-levine.html
https://www.kcopera.org/productions/recent-
productions/the-italian-girl-14/giochino-rossini/

 STUDY GUIDES
http://www.pittsburghopera.org/files/file/Study%20Guide%
20for%20The%20Italian%20Girl%20in%20Algiers.pdf
https://www.kcopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/The-Italian-Girl-Guide.pdf
http://www.mnopera.org/wp-content/uploads/transfer/ed/Italiana%20Guide.pdf
http://www.calgaryopera.com/content/file/The_Italian_Girl_in_Algiers_.pdf
http://www.toledoopera.org/clientuploads/documents/Opera%20on%20Wheels
/Italian%20Girl%20Study%20Guide%20%28Final%29.pdf
http://www.toledoopera.org/clientuploads/documents/Opera%20
on%20Wheels/Italian%20Girl%20Study%20Guide%20v.2.pdf
https://www.operaphila.org/sites/default/files/u14/it-girl-sol-webguide.pdf
http://stocktonpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Guide_14.pdf
LIBRETTO and MUSIC
http://www.pocketopera.org/2015/libt/ROSSINI-TheItaliangirlinAlgiers.pdf
http://imslp.org/wiki/L%27italiana_in_Algeri_%28Rossini,_Gioacchino%29
http://www.flutetunes.com/tunes/rossini-litaliana-in-algeri-overture.pdf
http://www.flutetunes.com/tunes.php?id=1448
http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/5e30c558
-c37c-4471-9b17-fe0a10a14dc6/fullview#page/1/mode/2up
http://www.free-scores.com/PDF/rossini-gioacchin
o-l-039-italiana-in-algeri-ouverture-74129.pdf
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