Lo straniero

Lo straniero (The Stranger) is an opera (dramma lirico) in two acts composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti who also wrote the libretto. Based on characters from the Old Testament but with an invented story, it is the third work in Pizzetti's trilogy on the themes of redemption and the virtue of love. Although it did not receive its premiere until 1930, Pizzetti had begun the project several years earlier. He began the libretto in 1922 and completed it in 1923. The composition of the music was completed in 1925. The other two works in the trilogy are Dèbora e Jaéle which premiered in 1922 and Fra Gherardo which premiered in 1928.[1]

For the 1967 film, see The Stranger (1967 film).

Lo straniero
Opera by Ildebrando Pizzetti
Portrait of the composer in the early 1920s
Librettist	Ildebrando Pizzetti
Language	Italian
Premiere	29 April 1930 (1930-04-29) Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Rome

Performance history

Lo straniero premiered on 29 April 1930 at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. It was subsequently revived there in 1938 and 1955. It was also performed in 1942 at the Teatro Regio di Parma and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.[2]

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast[2] 29 April 1930 (Conductor: Gino Marinuzzi)
Maria	soprano	Maria Zamboni
Lo straniero	tenor	Renato Zanelli
Falco	tenor	Luigi Nardi
Rosso	tenor	Guido Vaccari
Scedeùr	baritone	Gaetano Viviani
Old man	baritone	Amerigo Neri
King Hanóch	bass	Giacomo Vaghi
Pietra	bass	Duilio Baronti
Esaù	bass	Adolfo Pacini

References

1. Gelli, Piero (ed.) (2005). "Straniero, Lo" Archived 2006-05-16 at the Wayback Machine. Dizionario dell'opera, p. 1219. Baldini Castoldi Dalai (republished on operamanager.it). Retrieved 17 February 2016 (in Italian).
2. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). Lo Straniero. Almanacco Amadeus. Retrieved 17 February 2016 (in Italian).

External links

• Complete libretto (in typewritten manuscript form)