Livietta e Tracollo

La contadina astuta, or Livietta e Tracollo, is an opera buffa composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to a libretto by Tommaso Mariani. It was originally composed as an intermezzo for Pergolesi's opera Adriano in Siria but subsequently became popular in its own right and was performed throughout Europe. It premiered along with Adriano in Siria on 25 October 1734 at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples.[1][2]

Livietta e Tracollo
Opera buffa by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Pergolesi, the opera's composer
LibrettistTommaso Mariani
LanguageItalian
Premiere
25 October 1734
Teatro San Bartolomeo, Naples

Roles
Role Voice type Premiere cast
25 October 1734
Tracollo, a prowlerbuffo bassGioacchino Corrado
Livietta, a young peasant girlsopranoLaura Monti
Facenda, Tracollo's friendsilent actor
Fulvia, Livietta's friendsilent actor

Recordings
  • Pergolesi Livietta e Tracollo & La Serva Padrona – Nancy Argenta (Livietta) and Werner Van Mechelen (Tracollo); La Petite Bande conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken. CD. Label: Accent ACC96123D[3]
  • Pergolesi Adriano In Siria (including the intermezzo Livietta e Tracollo) – Monica Bacelli (Livietta) and Carlo Lepore (Tracollo); Accademia Bizantina conducted by Ottavio Dantone. DVD recorded live at the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi in 2010, the tercentenary of Pergolesi's birth. Label: Opus Arte OA 1065[4]

References
  1. Sadie, Julie Ann (1998). Companion to Baroque Music, p.75. University of California Press. ISBN 0520214145
  2. OperaScotland.org. Livietta e Tracollo o La contadina astuta; or The Wise Peasant Girl. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. s.n. (November 1997). "Review: Pergolesi Livietta e Tracollo & La Serva Padrona". Gramophone Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. Vickers, David (February 2013). "Review: Pergolesi Adriano in Siria. Gramophone Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2020 (subscription required).
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