Il ritorno di Don Calandrino
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| Il ritorno di Don Calandrino | |
|---|---|
| Intermezzo by Domenico Cimarosa | |
 Composer Domenico Cimarosa | |
| Translation | The Return of Don Calandrino |
| Other title | Armidoro e Laurina |
| Librettist | Giuseppe Petrosellini (?) |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 1778 Teatro Valle, Rome |
Il ritorno di Don Calandrino (The Return of Don Calandrino), also known as Armidoro e Laurina,[1] is an intermezzo in two acts by Domenico Cimarosa with an Italian libretto presumably written by Giuseppe Petrosellini.[2]
The premiere took place in 1778 at Teatro Valle in Rome. Performances in Livorno (1783), Prague (1785), Vienna (1787), Barcelona (1788), Florence (1788 and 1793) and Padua (1801) followed.[3] After a long break, the opera was revived in 2007, under the musical direction of Riccardo Muti in a series of performances at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival,[4][5][6][7][8][9] Teatro Pérez Galdós in Las Palmas,[10][11] Teatro Municipale in Piacenza,[12] Teatro Verdi in Pisa,[13] and the Ravenna Festival.[14]
Roles
Synopsis
The libretto gives a humorous account of characters and actions of Don Calandrino, the son of the podestà of Monte Secco (Abruzzo, Italy),[16] who pretends he knows everything, but in fact is incapable of even thinking logically; Livietta, a haughty and rich peasant girl, who tries to act as a lady, but invariably fails both in her language and manners; Monsieur Le Blonde, a French traveler eager to talk about places he has supposedly visited, but of which he knows nothing; Irene, a simple and humble girl; and Valerio, the Mayor of Monte Secco and Irene’s brother. After several turns, the story resolves in pairing Don Calandrino with Livietta, and Le Blonde with Irene.[17]