I quatro rusteghi
Music by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari · libretto by Luigi Sugana · premiered 1906 · at National Theatre Munich
I quatro rusteghi (The Four Curmudgeons, The Four Ruffians, in Edward J. Dent's translation School for Fathers, also translated by James Benner as Foolish Fathers) is a comic opera in three acts, music by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to a libretto by Luigi Sugana and Giuseppe Pizzolato based on Carlo Goldoni's 18th-century play I rusteghi. The opera is written in Venetian dialect, hence "quatro" instead of "quattro".
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About the Composer
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (born Ermanno Wolf) (12 January 1876 – 21 January 1948) was an Italian composer and teacher. He is best known for his comic operas such as Il segreto di Susanna (1909). A number of his works were based on plays by Carlo Goldoni, including Le donne curiose (1903), I quatro rusteghi (1906) and Il campiello (1936).
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Other Operas by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
- Il campiello (1756)
- Gli amanti sposi (1765)
- Il segreto di Susanna (1909)
- I gioielli della Madonna (1911)
- Das Himmelskleid (1927)
- Gli dei a Tebe (1943)