Le donne curiose


Le donne curiose is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a text by after Carlo Goldoni's play.

Performance history

The first dramatic work by Wolf-Ferrari to achieve more than local notice, it was first performed in Munich on 27 November 1903 in a German translation as Die neugierigen Frauen. The first performance in Italian was at the old Metropolitan Opera House in New York on 3 January 1912 with a cast led by Arturo Toscanini, including Geraldine Farrar and Hermann Jadlowker. Tullio Serafin conducted the first performance in Milan on 16 January 1913.

Roles

RoleVoice typePremiere cast, 27 November 1903
Conductor: Hugo Reichenberger		First performance in Italian,
3 January 1912
Conductor: Arturo Toscanini
ArlecchinobassGeorg SieglitzAntonio Scotti
Beatricemezzo-sopranoCharlotte HuhnRita Fornia
ColombinasopranoHermine BosettiGeraldine Farrar
FlorindotenorHans KoppeHermann Jadlowker
LeandrotenorHans BreuerJeanne Maubourg
LeliobaritoneAndres de Segurola
OttaviobassPaul BenderAdam Didur
PantalonebaritoneFriedrich BrodersenAntonio Pini-Corsi
RosaurasopranoElla TordekBella Alten
Lunardobass
Mènegobass
Mómolobass
Eleonorasoprano
Asdrubaletenor
Almoròtenor
Alvisetenor
First gondoliertenor
Second gondolierbass

Synopsis

The story is a comedy set in 18th-century Venice about two wives checking up on the goings-on at their husband's club.