Il campiello
Music by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari · libretto by Mario Ghisalberti · premiered 1936 · at La Scala
Il campiello (The Little Square) is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. The libretto was by Mario Ghisalberti, after the famous comedy of the same name written for the 1756 Venetian Carnival by the great Venetian playwright, Carlo Goldoni. Referred to as a commedia lirica, it is an ensemble opera influenced by Mozart, as well as Giuseppe Verdi's last opera Falstaff. It is concerned with the public lives of the volatile inhabitants of a "campiello" in Venice and is sung in the local dialect (except for two Neapolitan roles).
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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
- I quatro rusteghi
- Gli amanti sposi (1765)
- Il segreto di Susanna (1909)
- I gioielli della Madonna (1911)
- Das Himmelskleid (1927)
- Gli dei a Tebe (1943)