I due timidi


I due timidi is a one-act radio opera composed in 1950 by Nino Rota with libretto by the film writer Suso Cecchi d'Amico.

Performance history

It was originally written as a radio production for Radio Audizioni Italiane and first performed, on air, on 15 November 1950. The first staged production was in London at the Scala Theatre on 17 March 1952. It was also given at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari on 18 January 1971, and at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo on 23 October 1972.
It was revived by the Wiener Kammeroper opera company in Vienna in 2007. and again by the Santa Fe Opera as part of their "One-Hour Opera" program in the spring of 2008.

Roles

RoleVoice typePremiere Cast, 15 November 1950
MariucciasopranoEmma Tegani
LuciasopranoGraziella Sciutti
MariasopranoMirella Ronconi
Signora Guidottimezzo-sopranoAgnese Dubbini
Lisamezzo-sopranoScilly Fortunato
RaimondotenorAmedeo Berdini
Dr SinisgallitenorMario Carlin
VittoriobaritoneLorenzo Catacchio
NarratorBassFranco Calabrese
Mariuccia's mothermezzo-soprano

Recordings

  • Rota: I due timidi, La notte [di un nevrastenico], Orchestra Filarmonia Veneta 'G F Malipiero', Chorus of the Teatro Sociale di Rovigo. Conductor: Flavio Emilio Scogna. Principal singers: Paolo Drigo, Shin Young-Hoon, Sabrina Testa, Lorenzo Battagion, Nunzio Galli, Giuliano Scaranello. Release date: 2005. Label: Bongiovanni 2367
  • I due timidi / La notte di un nevrastenico, Giorgio Celenza, Sabrina Cortese, Daniele Adriani, Antonio Sapio, Chiara Osella, and Carlo Feola Reate Festival Orchestra, led by Gabriele Bonolis, Dynamic 2CD or DVD, 2019