ZANDONAIANA -- the thirteen operas

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This is a complete list of the operas of the Italian composer Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944).


1)

La coppa del re

1 act

Gustavo Chiesa, after Friedrich Schiller

Composed 1906 or before, never performed.

2)

"L'uccellino d'oro"
3 acts

Father Giovanni Chelodi, after the Grimm brothers
Spring 1907 Sacco di Rovereto Unpublished.
Zandonai's version is for piano and singers only.
A performing edition was made by Silvio de Florian (1908–1995) in 1959.

3)
"Il grillo del focolare"
3 acts
Cesare Hanau, after Charles Dickens' The Cricket on the Hearth
28November 1908 Turin, Politeama Chiarella

4)
"Conchita"
4 acts
M Vaucaire and C Zangarini, after Pierre Louÿs' La femme et le pantin

14 October 1911Milan, Teatro Dal Verme

5)
Melenis

3 acts
M Spiritini and C Zangarini, after Louis Bouilhet
13 November 1912 Milan, Teatro Dal Verme

6)
Francesca da Rimini -- being the first part of the "Trilogia dei Malatesti" by d'Annunzio.


4 acts

RicordiTito Ricordi II, adapted from the play by Gabriele d'Annunzio
19 February 1914Turin, Teatro Regio -- tenore: Giulio Crimi, Paolo il Bello.

7)
La via della finestra
3 acts
G Adami, after Eugène Scribe
27 July 1919Pesaro, Teatro Rossini

8) Giulietta e Romeo
3 acts
Arturo Rossato and M Bandello, after L da Porto and N d'Atri
14 February 1922Rome, Teatro Costanzi
There is a German version with libretto by Alfred Brüggemann (1873–1944).

9) I cavalieri di Ekebù
4 acts
Arturo Rossato, after Selma Lagerlöf's Gösta Berling's Saga1

7 March 1925Milan, La ScalaGerman version with libretto by Ernst Lert titled Die Kavaliere von Ekeby

10)
Giuliano
prologue, 2 acts, epilogue
Arturo Rossato, after Jacobus de Voragine and Gustave Flaubert
4 February 1928Naples, Teatro San Carlo

Based on the legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller
11) Una partita
1 act
Arturo Rossato, after Alexandre Dumas, père
19 January 1933Milan, La Scala

12) La farsa amorosa
3 acts
Arturo Rossato, after El sombrero de tres picos by Pedro de Alarcón
22 February 1933Rome, Teatro dell'Opera

13) Il bacio3 acts
Arturo Rossato and Emilio Mucci, after Gottfried Keller
10 March 1954 RAIfinal act left incomplete

References
Waterhouse, John C. G. (1992), "Zandonai, Riccardo" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

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Operas by Riccardo Zandonai
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