La figlia del mago
Music by Lorenzo Ferrero · libretto by Marco Ravasini · premiered 1981 · at Teatro Poliziano
La figlia del mago (The Sorcerer's Daughter) is a children's opera in two acts by Lorenzo Ferrero set to an Italian-language libretto by Marco Ravasini. It was completed in 1981 and subtitled giocodramma melodioso, a wordplay on melodramma giocoso. The libretto, inspired by Mario Lavagetto's 1979 book Quei più modesti romanzi: il libretto nel melodramma di Verdi, is written in an imaginary language which emphasises the element of play. The music is a sequence of closed numbers "which spoof the most common operatic conventions." The aim of the opera is to show children how Italian opera functions. Alongside professional singers, children take mime roles.
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About the Composer
Lorenzo Ferrero is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Lorenzo Ferrero
- La Conquista (1521)
- Le piccole storie (1884)
- Charlotte Corday (1989)