La campana sommersa
Music by Ottorino Respighi · libretto by Claudio Guastalla · premiered 1927 · at Hamburg State Opera
La campana sommersa (The Sunken Bell) is an opera in four acts by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. Its libretto is by Claudio Guastalla, based on the play Die versunkene Glocke by German author Gerhart Hauptmann. The opera's premiere was on 18 November 1927 in Hamburg, Germany. Respighi's regular publisher, Ricordi, was displeased by his choice of subject, and refused to publish the opera. This led to its being published by the German publisher Bote & Bock, and a German premiere. The fairy-tale world of Hauptmann's play inspired Respighi to create his most lavishly and imaginatively orchestrated operatic score, which frequently reminds the listener of his famous symphonic poems. Since the opera's anti-hero Enrico is a bell maker, Respighi fills the music with many chiming and ringing effects.
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About the Composer
Ottorino Respighi is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Ottorino Respighi
- La fiamma (1908)
- Marie Victoire (1912)
- La bella dormente nel bosco (1922)
- Belfagor (1923)
- Maria egiziaca (1932)
- Lucrezia (1937)