La donna serpente (opera)

La donna serpente (The Snake Woman) is a 1932 opera by Alfredo Casella to a libretto by Cesare Vico Lodovici based on the fable, La donna serpente, by Carlo Gozzi.[1] The same fable was the basis of Wagner's first opera, Die Feen. The plot concerns a king, Altidòr, who falls in love with a fairy, Miranda. The fairy's father curses Altidòr that if he curses Miranda, she shall turn into a snake.

Recordings
  • La donna serpente (LP) Mirto Picchi, Magda Laszlo, Renata Mattioli, Luisella Ciaffi, Coro di Milano della Rai, Giulio Bertola. Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della Rai, Fernando Previtali, 1959
  • La donna serpente (DVD) Angelo Villari, Zuzana Marková, Vanessa Goikoetxea, Anta Jankovska, Candida Guida, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Fabio Luisi ; Bongiovanni, 2014
  • La Donna Serpente (DVD) Piero Pretti, Carmela Remigio, Erika Grimaldi, Francesca Sassu, Anna Maria Chiuri, Marco Filippo Romano, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda
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References
  1. Giorgio Bagnoli The La Scala Encyclopedia of the Opera 1993 p 114 0671870424 "DONNA SERPENTE, LA (The Snake Woman) Fairy-tale opera in a prologue and three acts by Alfredo Casella (1883-1947) ... By avoiding the temptations of a realistic narrative, and being more concerned with music rather than dramatic effect, Casella displays in La donna serpente all his best qualities as a composer..."
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